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  • Children's rights treaty readily signed, readily ignored 21 Nov 2009 00:16 GMT
    ... 1989, the agreement spelled out the basic human rights of those under age 18: the right ... of progress. South Africa, like Canada and Russia, has set up a separate juvenile justice ... both sexes, continues unabated in many regions. UNICEF says many of the 60,000 child prostitutes ...

  • Today In History 21 Nov 2009 01:13 GMT
    ... Haitian police arrest some 200 journalists, politicians, human rights activists, doctors and teachers for alleged communist-inspired ... to communities along its banks. 2006 - Russia announces it is lifting its ban on ... that appears to be aimed at easing Moscow's entry into the World Trade Organization. 2007 ...

  • Indian boy mirrors plight of millions of kids 21 Nov 2009 00:12 GMT
    ... a party to the convention. Rozanne Chorlton, UNICEF representative to the war-torn Horn of Africa ... have adopted laws recognizing child rights. In Russia, an epidemic of homeless children in the ...

  • EU-Russia summit sees climate progress but human rights row 20 Nov 2009 07:30 GMT
    ... EU-Russia summit sees climate progress but human rights row STOCKHOLM (AFP) - EU criticism of ... of Russia's human rights record and fears Moscow will delay its WTO entry clouded EU-Russia ...

  • Human Rights Watch Submission to the National Assembly Information Committee on the full Muslim Veil on National Territory 20 Nov 2009 17:39 GMT
    ... Human Rights Watch welcomes the opportunity to contribute to ... 1. Branch of the Salvation Army v Russia (72881/01), Judgment of 5 October, 2006, para. ...

  • Uzbekistan: Ensure Fair Appeal for Human Rights Defender 20 Nov 2009 22:30 GMT
    ... of Uzbekistan, using trumped-up criminal charges against human rights defenders, and Mukhtarov’s conviction fits that pattern.He ... that some sessions took place without an Uzbek-Russian interpreter, though one of Mukhtarov's lawyers does ...

  • UN Panel "deeply concerned" at "serious ongoing" human rights abuses in Iran 20 Nov 2009 20:37 GMT
    ... "deep concern" at "serious ongoing and recurring" human rights violations in Iran, focusing this year on ... Algeria, Egypt, Lebanon, Pakistan, Yemen, and even Russia. (end) sj.bs ...

  • Russia moves one step closer to death penalty abolition 20 Nov 2009 14:38 GMT
    ... Russia moves one step closer to death penalty ... one step closer to death penalty abolition Amnesty International has welcomed a decision by Russia's Constitutional ... the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms. “Russia has long been ...

  • Antifa Takes On Nationalists In Russian Youth's Civil War 20 Nov 2009 18:01 GMT
    ... Antifa Takes On Nationalists In Russian Youth's Civil War Ivan Khutorskoi at an ... of his apartment on the outskirts of Moscow. A day later, Khutorskoi's allies in Russia's ... a prospect that has disturbed some veteran human rights activists, who agree with Antifa's antiracism agenda ...

  • Russia And The EU After Lisbon 20 Nov 2009 00:49 GMT
    ... innovation, if it becomes reality, will restrict Russia’s ability to take advantage of conflicting interests ... It seems that solidarity is exactly what Moscow has in mind when it speaks of ... with its emphasis on democratic values and human rights -- does not fit the Kremlin’s model. ...

  • Russia, Germany stress interest in strategic partnership - Summary 20 Nov 2009 16:52 GMT
    ... Moscow - Germany and Russia stressed their interest Friday in pursuing their ... and President Dmitry Medvedev, as well as human rights groups representatives. The head of Berlin's junior ...

  • New German foreign minister on first Moscow visit 20 Nov 2009 19:51 GMT
    ... Germany's new Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle emphasised strong relations with Russia during his first visit to Moscow Friday, but remained discreet on human rights issues. "Russia is the most important strategic partner for us, beyond the eastern borders ...

  • Campaigner against hate crimes killed in Moscow 20 Nov 2009 22:56 GMT
    ... Campaigner against hate crimes killed in Moscow MOSCOW — Russian prosecutors say an anti-hate crimes campaigner has ... seen a string of contract-style killings of human rights activists and journalists. Few of the killers ...

  • Russian court forbids use of death penalty 20 Nov 2009 00:42 GMT
    ... Russian court forbids use of death penalty However. ... sentence in Russia was now "impossible" because Moscow has signed international protocols banning the use ... to solve the problem of crime," prominent human rights lawyer Mara Polyakova told AFP. "This decision ...

  • Campaigner against hate crimes killed in Moscow 20 Nov 2009 22:54 GMT
    ... Campaigner against hate crimes killed in Moscow MOSCOW — Russian prosecutors say an anti-hate crimes campaigner has ... seen a string of contract-style killings of human rights activists and journalists. Few of the killers ...


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