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- Girl Child, Eliminating Racism, Protecting Human Rights while Countering Terrorism Among Issues, as Third Committee Approves Five More Texts, Concludes Session 27 Nov 2009 15:55 GMT
... proclaimed the International Year for People of African Descent for 2011 -- they brought the ... of the African Group, the representative of Zambia said the Special Rapporteur’s report reflected an ... human rights were universal. The representative of Egypt, speaking on behalf of the Non-Aligned Movement, ...
- Libya offers rare opening to human rights group 25 Nov 2009 20:43 GMT
... ALGIERS, Nov 25 (Reuters) - Campaign group Human Rights Watch said on Wednesday it had for ... given permission to launch a report on Libya's rights record from inside the country, a ... only limited access to Libya, a North African oil producer where firms including BP ( ...
- Youth Organize Worldwide Human Rights Walk 25 Nov 2009 15:55 GMT
... Austria, Barbados, Cameroon, Canada, Colombia, Denmark, France, Germany, Holland, India, Kenya, Jordan, Mexico, Nepal, Nigeria, Slovakia, Somalia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Switzerland, U.K., U.S.A., and Zambia. Never before has there been such a global event to raise awareness of fundamental ...
- EUROPE/ITALY - International Day Against the Death Penalty: 1,150 cities around the world to abolish the death penalty and respect for human rights 30 Nov 2009 13:31 GMT
... abolish the death penalty and respect for human rights Rome (Fides Service) - Today, November 30 ... the World Coalition Against Death Penalty (including Amnesty International, Ensemble Contre la Peine de Mort, International ... Genoa ...) and in Slovenia (Ljubljana); in Africa: Burundi (Bujumbura, Ngozi), Chad (N'Djamena), Mozambique (Maputo), ...
- UN denies complicity in Congo human rights abuses after leaked report 1 Dec 2009 07:25 GMT
... UN denies complicity in Congo human rights abuses after leaked report The United Nations ... report charges that government officials in several African countries were working hand-in-hand with the rebels. ... Great Lakes of Africa, former president of Nigeria Olusegun Obasanjo, gave an indication of where ...
- Human Rights, environment, 1st Nation wisdom with Dustin Hoffman: 'Belonging' LA Premiere 25 Nov 2009 17:18 GMT
... Journalists Gerard Ungerman and Audrey Brohy founded Free-Will ... first film festival entirely dedicated to International Human Rights, Children's Advocacy, Environmental Preservation, and Animal Advocacy. ... takes place at the beautiful and historical Egyptian Theater. . For the complete FESTIVAL program, ...
- Commonwealth threatens tougher action against human rights abusers 26 Nov 2009 07:31 GMT
... Commonwealth threatens tougher action against human rights abusers The Secretary General of the Commonwealth ... from big regional players like India and Nigeria through to tiny statelets like Vanuatu. Climate ... opponent of the apartheid regime in South Africa, and suspended Nigeria for three years after ...
- (Corrected) Equatorial Guinea: Human Rights Concerns Taint Election 25 Nov 2009 21:20 GMT
... Arvind Ganesan, director of the Business and Human Rights Program at Human Rights Watch UPDATE: Contrary ... Mbasogo, who has ruled the oil-rich West African country since seizing power in a coup ... 2009 that it later blamed on a Nigerian rebel group, the government rounded up, arbitrarily ...
- Equatorial Guinea: Human Rights Concerns Taint Election 25 Nov 2009 09:50 GMT
... Arvind Ganesan, director of the Business and Human Rights Program at Human Rights Watch (New York) ... Mbasogo, who has ruled the oil-rich West African country since seizing power in a coup ... 2009 that it later blamed on a Nigerian rebel group, the government rounded up, arbitrarily ...
- Human Rights Concerns Taint Election [press release] 25 Nov 2009 10:33 GMT
... the credibility of the forthcoming presidential election, Human Rights Watch said today. President Teodoro Obiang Nguema ... Mbasogo, who has ruled the oil-rich West African country since seizing power in a coup ... 2009 that it later blamed on a Nigerian rebel group, the government rounded up, arbitrarily ...
- Human Rights Concerns Taint Election 25 Nov 2009 10:36 GMT
... the credibility of the forthcoming presidential election, Human Rights Watch said today. President Teodoro Obiang Nguema ... Mbasogo, who has ruled the oil-rich West African country since seizing power in a coup ... 2009 that it later blamed on a Nigerian rebel group, the government rounded up, arbitrarily ...
- Rwanda - Kagame's Human Rights Record Faces Scrutiny 30 Nov 2009 11:13 GMT
... ex-British colonies, both its membership application and a number of recent books on Central Africa are focusing new attention on the current government's human rights record. In a debate which somewhat echoes those over justice and human rights in ...
- Concern About Human Rights As Ethiopia Prepares For Elections 22 Nov 2009 14:34 GMT
... children in iraq and afganistan. DOn't use human rights as raw material 4 ur criminal polotics, ... them the most Human Right abusers in African history? It is a shame that Canadian ...
- Nazir Bhatti to speak on Human Rights Day News Conference 26 Nov 2009 20:56 GMT
... December 10, 2009, 12:30 p.m., National Press Club, ... Liberty (R.E.A.L.) Event Location: Zenger Room Details: Human rights activists discuss importance of religious, racial, ethnic, ... the suppression of Christian religious minorities in Egypt, including kidnapping and forced conversion of Coptic ...
- Human Rights Defenders Under Siege in Ethiopia 1 Dec 2009 01:23 GMT
... Human Rights Defenders Under Siege in Ethiopia Soon to ... Most Restrictive of its Kind in Sub-Saharan Africa; Law Draws Inspiration from Similarly Repressive Laws ...
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