Latest North Africa Human Rights News
- A Distressing Record of Siding With the Bad Guys 25 Jul 2008 13:47 GMT
... THE South African government recently rejected a draft resolution of ... elections of June 27. Along with China, Libya, Russia and Vietnam, SA voted against the draft ... Burma that censured the junta over its human rights abuses and called for democratic reforms. This ...
- The French Fuhrer: Genocidal Napoleon was as barbaric as Hitler, historian claims 25 Jul 2008 07:28 GMT
... philosopher and member of the French government's human rights commission, has been researching Napoleon's bloodcurdling record ... freedom, under the leadership of a charismatic African military genius called Toussaint L'Ouverture, Napoleon sent 10,000 crack ... the French were to copy during the Algerian War, they sent death squads into every ...
- Indian-origin judge is UNHRC chief 25 Jul 2008 07:28 GMT
... has been named the United Nations' new human rights chief, despite some initial opposition from the ... States. Pillay, 67, who is from South Africa The 192-member General Assembly is expected to confirm ... silent on 'systematic violations' by Russia and Egypt, and issued only one statement on China, the ...
- Rwanda troops 'may quit Darfur' 25 Jul 2008 07:10 GMT
... second in command to the joint United Nations-African Union force but appeared on a Spanish ... by Rwandan opposition groups and some Western human rights groups for it not to be renewed. ... lacked evidence. An African Union summit in Egypt earlier in July dismissed the indictments and adopted ...
- Indian-origin judge is new UN human rights chief 25 Jul 2008 06:36 GMT
... Indian-origin judge is new UN human rights chief DHARAM SHOURIE UNITED NATIONS, JULY 25 ... US. Pillay, 67, who is from South Africa, will succeed Louise Arbour of Canada who ... silent on "systematic violations" by Russia and Egypt, and issued only one statement on China, the ...
- Indian-origin judge is the new UN human rights chief 25 Jul 2008 06:34 GMT
... Indian-origin judge is the new UN human rights chief United Nations, July 25: Indian-origin ICC ... US. Pillay, 67, who is from South Africa, will succeed Louise Arbour of Canada who ... silent on "systematic violations" by Russia and Egypt, and issued only one statement on China, the ...
- Hamdan case is built on his own words 25 Jul 2008 06:30 GMT
... of the U.S. Embassy bombings in East Africa in 1998, the destroyer Cole blast in ... being charged. Both are now free in Morocco, their homeland. The agents, testifying before a ... quoted Hamdan as saying about his collaboration. Human rights advocates have added the self-incrimination pitfall to ...
- Indian-origin judge in new UN human rights chief 25 Jul 2008 05:54 GMT
... Indian-origin judge is the new UN human rights chief United Nations, July 25: Indian-origin ICC ... US. Pillay, 67, who is from South Africa, will succeed Louise Arbour of Canada who ... silent on "systematic violations" by Russia and Egypt, and issued only one statement on China, the ...
- A distressing record of siding with the bad guys 25 Jul 2008 05:50 GMT
... THE South African government recently rejected a draft resolution of ... elections of June 27. Along with China, Libya, Russia and Vietnam, SA voted against the draft ... Burma that censured the junta over its human rights abuses and called for democratic reforms. This ...
- Isn't Africa Facing a New Cold War With Tsvangirai As Savimbi? 25 Jul 2008 05:00 GMT
... The Human Rights Watch insists the ICC should quiz the ... Cold War in to be in fought Africa, with Morgan Tsvangirai as Jonas Savimbi, reincarnated. The last ... will kill people for centuries to come. Algeria, Ethiopia, the Democratic Republic (Zaire), Ivory Cost, ...
- G8 Hypocrisy 25 Jul 2008 01:49 GMT
... that the move would be ‘counter-productive’ to African-led talks to resolve the crisis. In the ... closing session of the AU summit in Egypt, the Libyan president Muammar Kadhafi praised the ‘the formation ...
- Tunisian parliament adopts law that excludes opposition leader from presidential race 24 Jul 2008 23:28 GMT
... TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) - Tunisian legislators overwhelmingly passed a ... electoral victories tainted by charges of fraud. Human rights groups criticize the government for tightly controlling ... civil liberties, though the tourist-friendly Muslim North African country is praised for promoting women's rights. ...
- Western Interests Dictate Security Council Agenda 24 Jul 2008 21:49 GMT
... move to castigate the Burmese government for human rights violations suffered the first double veto in ... and France, which blocked sanctions against South Africa during the apartheid era, he said. "There ... Sahara due to their support for the Moroccan monarch, said Zunes, who has written extensively ...
- China's Capitalist Development and China's Rise in the World Imperialist System 24 Jul 2008 20:28 GMT
... for raw materials and energy resources in Africa and elsewhere with the U.S. (and other imperialist powers). ... company. It has become an investor in Algeria’s oil industry. And it has been making ... and medicines, for intellectual property-rights infringements, for human rights violations, and for increasing its military spending. ...
- President Bush Discusses Freedom Agenda 24 Jul 2008 20:08 GMT
... such as Kuwait and Liberia, Mauritania and Morocco, and Pakistan. It's in our national interest ... the past seven years, we expanded the African Growth and Opportunity Act, which is spreading ... whom we've got good relations, such as Egypt and Saudi Arabia and China. In keeping ...
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