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  • Human rights advisory unit to be set up under Presidential Office: Ma 7 Jan 2010 09:54 GMT
    ... Updated Thursday, January 7, 2010 5:39 pm TWN, ... By Garfie Li and Lillian Lin, CNA Human rights advisory unit to be set up under ... study the feasibility, taking into consideration the Paris Principles which define the status and functioning ...

  • France to set up new genocide unit in Paris court 7 Jan 2010 00:26 GMT
    ... in Nyamata, Rwanda. The foreign minister of France — who plans to set up a ... — will visit the site this week. PARIS - France plans to set up a ... areas, we'll see how fast," said a French official speaking on condition of anonymity. After ...

  • France to set up genocide court 7 Jan 2010 15:23 GMT
    ... The French government has announced that it will set ... of genocide and war crimes committed in France or abroad. The new court would speed ... to create a new unit within the Paris High Court would be presented in the ...

  • Turk convicted of denying 'Armenian genocide' in France 7 Jan 2010 16:52 GMT
    ... A French citizen of Turkish origin was sentenced to ... a candidate from the Green Party in France for the local elections but removed herself ... Aydn Sezgin, former Turkish consul general to Paris, but was dropped because he was a ...

  • Women who wear burkhas and niqabs on the street in France face fines of more than £700 7 Jan 2010 17:14 GMT
    ... burkhas and niqabs on the street in France face fines of more than 700 Last ... Nicolas Sarkozy's ruling UMP Party in the French parliament, said the new legislation was intended ... possible challenge before the European Court of Human Rights on the grounds that it limits religious ...

  • Women who wear burkhas on the street in France face fines of more than £700 7 Jan 2010 14:46 GMT
    ... who wear burkhas on the street in France face fines of more than 700 Last ... Nicolas Sarkozy's ruling UMP Party in the French parliament, said the new legislation was intended ... possible challenge before the European Court of Human Rights on the grounds that it limits religious ...

  • French court fines Turkish woman in 'genocide' case 7 Jan 2010 01:24 GMT
    ... Oran Martz, who has been living in France for 19 years, told the Anatolia news ... and eventually at the European Court of Human Rights. ...

  • Turkish woman fined by French court for rejecting Armenian Genocide 7 Jan 2010 13:35 GMT
    ... going to protest consideration of Armenian-Turkish protocols in the RA Constitutional Court. Bernard Kouchner: France, the founding nation of human rights, will never be a sanctuary for perpetrators of genocide. Valter Varderesian shapes visual connections ...

  • EU-Turkey: Edging back from the brink? by HUGH POPE* 7 Jan 2010 01:23 GMT
    ... his return from an ice-breaking trip to France in October, Turkish President Abdullah Gül was ... Gül was happy to state that the French leadership did not mention “privileged partnership.” In ... said in a speech to businessmen in Paris in October: “We want to be together ...

  • Fallen pawns in US's strategic game 7 Jan 2010 10:30 GMT
    ... By Brian McCartan CHIANG MAI - Thailand's recent decision ... several critical reports by human-rights groups, including Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International, which detailed the ... if they were repatriated to Laos. The Paris-based Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) released a report ...

  • Start the New Year cinematically 7 Jan 2010 09:51 GMT
    ... 14. There will also be films from France, Germany, Romania, and Britain, as well as ... 17 with Seraphine (France 2008), about the French ‘naïve’ artist Séraphine Louis (aka Séraphine de Senlis). ... Women’s Day, the Galway Film Society and Amnesty International will screen Katlin Varga (Romania, Hungry 2009) ...

  • Jailed journo in pain - family 7 Jan 2010 12:29 GMT
    ... Cushing's Syndrome, a hormonal disorder, according to Amnesty International. Government officials were not immediately available for ... Kouchner, Foreign Minister of Tunisia's staunch ally France, said he was disappointed at the journalist's ... Ben Brik, 49, has worked for several French newspapers, magazines and media outlets. He went on ...

  • UNESCO delays new prizes after Equatorial Guinea uproar 7 Jan 2010 20:43 GMT
    ... colonial power in Equatorial Guinea — and France, the only European Union (EU) countries with ... the prize had been growing within the Paris-based agency because of the association the awarding ... before, including the Women in Science Prize. Human rights groups including the Open Society Institute and ...

  • Armenian chess players to rival Turkish team in World Team Chess Championship's 3rd tour 7 Jan 2010 13:41 GMT
    ... 6, Sirma Oran was found guilty under French Criminal Code for rejecting the Genocide. French ... in the RA Constitutional Court. Bernard Kouchner: France, the founding nation of human rights, will never be a sanctuary for perpetrators ...

  • Bambir Armenian rock band to give first concerts in 2010 7 Jan 2010 14:22 GMT
    ... 6, Sirma Oran was found guilty under French Criminal Code for rejecting the Genocide. French ... in the RA Constitutional Court. Bernard Kouchner: France, the founding nation of human rights, will never be a sanctuary for perpetrators ...


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