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- Human Rights NGOs Need a Monitor 30 Dec 2009 22:51 GMT
... of powerful non-governmental organizations are no exception. Human rights NGOs have long benefited from a “halo ... activities of NGOs like Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International and B’Tselem. These NGOs have played a ... the New Israel Fund, the governments of Sweden and Norway, and the European Union foot the ...
- Western nations and human rights groups have reacted with concern to the sentencing of Liu Xiaobo by a Beijing court to 11 years' imprisonment for subversion. Liu is a leading pro-democracy campaigner in China. 26 Dec 2009 04:34 GMT
... sentence for leading dissident Western nations and human rights groups have reacted with concern to the ... by rights groups and the international community. Sweden, which holds the European Union's rotating presidency, ... ranging from 1.5 to 11 years," said Amnesty International in a statement. "Among those, Liu Xiaobo's ...
- Girl Child, Eliminating Racism, Protecting Human Rights while Countering Terrorism Among Issues, as Third Committee Approves Five More Texts, Concludes Session 24 Dec 2009 20:26 GMT
... Girl Child, Eliminating Racism, Protecting Human Rights while Countering Terrorism Among Issues, as Third ... Following the text’s approval, the representative of Sweden, speaking on behalf of the European Union ...
- The Swedish government hands over the EU's rotating six-month presidency to Spain on January 1. As the year comes to an end, the EU is bracing itself for a somewhat uncertain transitional period under a new set of rules. 1 Jan 2010 04:34 GMT
... Sweden wraps up six months in EU presidency The Swedish government hands over the EU's rotating six-month ... rules, discussions on the European Convention of Human Rights, and economic recovery in Europe. Spanish Foreign ...
- Sweden hands EU presidency over to Spain 31 Dec 2009 07:54 GMT
... Sweden hands EU presidency over to Spain The Swedish government hands over the EU's rotating six-month ... rules, discussions on the European Convention of Human Rights, and economic recovery in Europe. Spanish Foreign ...
- Sweden wraps up six months in EU presidency 31 Dec 2009 12:56 GMT
... Sweden wraps up six months in EU presidency The Swedish government hands over the EU's rotating six-month ... rules, discussions on the European Convention of Human Rights, and economic recovery in Europe. Spanish Foreign ...
- NGO Gaza War Myths Revisited 1 Jan 2010 04:36 GMT
... to issue judgments on international legal issues. Amnesty International researcher, Donatella Rovera, who is not a ... Christian Aid: UK, Ireland Al Haq: Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Switzerland, Ireland, Netherlands, Ford Foundation, Christian ... undergoing a “training course” on “first aid”and “human rights.” B’Tselem failed to reveal its methodology for ...
- Anger over jailed China dissident 25 Dec 2009 16:12 GMT
... US, UN and EU were joined by human rights groups in a chorus of anger over ... system say this is a harsh sentence. Amnesty International said that according to their records this ... Brussels, the EU presidency, currently held by Sweden, said it was "deeply concerned by the ...
- Rights groups, West blast China over sentence for leading dissident 26 Dec 2009 04:34 GMT
... sentence for leading dissident Western nations and human rights groups have reacted with concern to the ... by rights groups and the international community. Sweden, which holds the European Union's rotating presidency, ... ranging from 1.5 to 11 years," said Amnesty International in a statement. "Among those, Liu Xiaobo's ...
- The U.N. in Afghanistan 1 Jan 2010 05:12 GMT
... strengthening governance, combating corruption, monitoring and protecting human rights and assuring fair and independently supervised elections. ... considering three candidates: Staffan de Mistura of Sweden, Jean-Marie Guéhenno of France and Ian Martin ... in Nepal and East Timor and led Amnesty International, is an effective advocate, but he lacks ...
- Chinese dissident jailed for 11 years 25 Dec 2009 16:56 GMT
... one-party communist system and the protection of human rights. His case has generated concern in the ... Brussels, the EU presidency, currently held by Sweden, condemned the decision to jail Liu as ... around 50 people protested against the sentence. Amnesty International expressed concern for the other signatories of ...
- Chinese dissident to appeal jail ruling 25 Dec 2009 20:33 GMT
... one-party communist system and the protection of human rights. His case has generated concern in the ... Brussels, the EU presidency, currently held by Sweden, condemned the decision to jail Liu as ... around 50 people protested against the sentence. Amnesty International expressed concern for the other signatories of ...
- Crack in EU-Israel relations 31 Dec 2009 18:56 GMT
... form of "apartheid." Relations between Israel and Sweden, the holder of the EU Presidency, took ... newspaper story but its calls for the Swedish government to officially condemn it were rejected. ... decade ago. On the other hand however, human rights groups are criticising the EU for its ...
- 'Cast Lead' melts hopes for rapid armistice: Trend News commentator 28 Dec 2009 15:03 GMT
... A year has passed since the start of the ... a recent joint report of 16 international human rights organizations, summarizing the humanitarian disaster in the ... if the peace process gives no results. Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt put a final ...
- Speech By Madi Jobarteh On the Occasion of the 5th Anniversary [document] 28 Dec 2009 23:12 GMT
... have implemented some form of such legislation. Sweden's Freedom of the Press Act of 1766 ... the other international instruments aimed at protecting human rights and media freedom, even though the Gambian ... is now an entrenched clause of the Swedish Constitution In the 18th century, after over ...
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