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- 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 ... joined the campaign are: in Europe, in Belgium (Brussels, Antwerp) and in Germany (Stuttgart, Würzburg), ...
- 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 ... to Washington, Russia, India and ex-colonial master Belgium. The report’s findings support previous estimates that ...
- UN denounces discrimination ahead of Human Rights Day 7 Dec 2009 19:33 GMT
... vote to go forward next year. Ban commended Iraqi leaders and the Parliam... Mons, Belgium - The United States' allies in the campaign in Afghanistan on Monday confirmed their ...
- EUROPE/BELGIUM - UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities ratified by the European Union 1 Dec 2009 13:30 GMT
... EUROPE/BELGIUM - UN Convention on the Rights of ... as it is the first document on human rights to be ratified by the EU. From ...
- Execution by single drug subject of unofficial trials 6 Dec 2009 06:41 GMT
... COLUMBUS, Ohio — The single drug Ohio is ... in physician-assisted suicides, which are legal in Belgian, the Netherlands and in two U.S. states, ... to LSD, psilocybin and other hallucinogens. The human rights group Amnesty International is fighting an increased ...
- Ohio's new execution drug has storied past 6 Dec 2009 07:35 GMT
... COLUMBUS -- The single drug Ohio is preparing ... in physician-assisted suicides, which are legal in Belgian, the Netherlands and in two U.S. states, ... to LSD, psilocybin and other hallucinogens. The human rights group Amnesty International is fighting an increased ...
- Ohio's new execution drug has storied history 5 Dec 2009 19:10 GMT
... The single drug Ohio is preparing to use for ... in physician-assisted suicides, which are legal in Belgian, the Netherlands and in two U.S. states, ... to LSD, psilocybin and other hallucinogens. The human rights group Amnesty International is fighting an increased ...
- Neutrality be Damned- Switzerland's Ban on Minarets Seen as a Violation of Freedom of Religion 1 Dec 2009 11:55 GMT
... similar measures on many ballots in Germany, Belgium, Denmark, Italy, Greece and other countries. But ... bias and bigotry by some local officials, human rights organizations and Muslim groups across Europe and ... could have implications in other European countries. Amnesty International also stated that the ban violated the ...
- Rodger Chongwe v. Zambia, Communication No. 821/1998 (Submitted by Blogger Nick Edwards) 9 Dec 2009 02:46 GMT
... Rodger Chongwe v. Zambia, Communication No. 821/1998 (Submitted by ... communication: 7 November 1997 (initial submission) The Human Rights Committee, established under article 28 of the ... more likely to be a G-3 or Belgian FAR The bullet hole in Kaunda's vehicle ...
- Rwanda embraced by Commonwealth 30 Nov 2009 04:30 GMT
... in 2006. The African nation and former Belgian colony now becomes the 54th member of ... of 10 million people, gained independence from Belgium in 1962, and in recent years has ... elections," Maja Daruwala, director of the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative told AFP. The decision was made ...
- Leaders condemn Swiss minaret ban 30 Nov 2009 16:43 GMT
... as saying by Agence France Presse. In Belgium, Italy and the Netherlands, anti-immigrant movements called ... during the campaign, according to local media. Amnesty International said the vote violated freedom of religion ... supreme court or the European Court of Human Rights. The president of Zurich's Association of Muslim ...
- Vatican and Muslims condemn Swiss minaret ban vote - BBC News 1 Dec 2009 05:37 GMT
... as saying by Agence France Presse. In Belgium, Italy and the Netherlands, anti-immigrant movements called ... during the campaign, according to local media. Amnesty International said the vote violated freedom of religion ... supreme court or the European Court of Human Rights. The president of Zurich's Association of Muslim ...
- Bhutan coined and conned happiness 8 Dec 2009 11:50 GMT
... diversities. However, countries like Switzerland, Denmark, Netherlands, Belgium, Kuwait, Cyprus, Bahrain and scores of countries ... do not speak anything about democracy and human rights. Happiness does not prosper in absence of ...
- The Minaret Vote, Europe's Call to Show Bias 3 Dec 2009 16:59 GMT
... freedom of religion. In October, the UN Human Rights Committee warned Switzerland that a ban on ... and local policies in France, Germany, and Belgium banning or restricting the veil send a ...
- EU's Eastern Partnership Stuck In Low Gear 8 Dec 2009 17:14 GMT
... soon be required to hold a regular "human rights dialogue" with the EU -- much as ... at least, as first Spain and then Belgium hold the bloc's rotating six-month presidency. Neither ...
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