Remains Of 2,000 People Found In Kashmir
2011-08-22
The remains of more than 2,000 people have been found in dozens of unmarked graves in the divided region of Kashmir, according to an Indian government human rights inquiry.Continue Reading
Rights group slams Manus Island deal
2011-08-22
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The Human Rights Commission has warned that transferring asylum seekers to an immigration processing centre set to re-open in Papua New Guinea could lead to human rights breaches.Continue Reading
UN rights body to pressure Syria on brutal crackdown
2011-08-22
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The UN Human Rights Council will pressure the Syrian regime Monday to halt attacks and allow an independent probe into alleged violations during its brutal crackdown on anti-government protests.Continue Reading
UN rights body to pressure Syria on brutal crackdown
2011-08-22
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GENEVA (AFP) – The UN Human Rights Council will pressure the Syrian regime Monday to halt attacks and allow an independent probe into alleged violations during its brutal crackdown on anti-government protests.Continue Reading
UN rights body to pressure Syria on brutal crackdown
2011-08-22
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The UN Human Rights Council will pressure the Syrian regime Monday to halt attacks and allow an independent probe into alleged violations during its brutal crackdown on anti-government protests.Continue Reading
The Price of Business as Usual
2011-08-21
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Prime Minister Stephen Harper loves the way the government of Colombia operates. Defending the Colombia-Canada free-trade agreement that was passed in 2009 with the support of the Liberals, he ludicrously claims that concerns about human rights in that…Continue Reading
Over 2,000 found buried in Kashmir’s unmarked graves – report
2011-08-21
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NEW DELHI (Reuters) – More than 2,000 corpses have been found buried in several unmarked graves in Kashmir, believed to be victims of the divided region’s separatist revolt, a government human rights commission said in a report.Continue Reading
Cameron warned over human rights
2011-08-21
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David Cameron has been warned by senior Liberal Democrats not to try to “water down” Britain’s commitment to human rights in the wake of the riots.Continue Reading
Victims meet to talk rights
2011-08-21
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The Telegraph had last month highlighted how half the cases registered with AHRC since 2008 were gathering dust, as the commission reeled under an acute shortage of manpower, inordinate delays by police and government agencies to reply to its notices a…Continue Reading
Bill Browder: the man making Moscow squirm over the death of Sergei Magnitsky
2011-08-20
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Bill Browder is a man on a mission. “I want to change Russia and change human rights advocacy in Russia in a profound way,” the hedge fund millionaire says with almost messianic zeal, in his sparsely furnished …Continue Reading
UN calls on Pakistan to probe abductions, extrajudicial killings of journalists
2011-08-20
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Geneva, Aug.20 (ANI): The United Nations (UN) Human Rights office has urged the Pakistan Government to investigate numerous reports of abductions, disappearances and extrajudicial killings, particularly of journalists, in the country.Continue Reading
Sudan to allow UN mission to South Kordofan
2011-08-20
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Sudan says it will allow six U.N. agencies to take part in a government-organized mission to South Kordofan, where the U.N. human rights office has called for a probe into alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity.Continue Reading
Human rights advocate Jerome Shestack dies
2011-08-20
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Jerome J. Shestack, a noted attorney, human rights advocate and supporter of Israel, has died at age 88.Continue Reading
US ‘disappointed’ Belarus leaving nuclear deal
2011-08-19
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The United States expressed disappointment Friday over the suspension of plans to eliminate highly enriched uranium from Belarus amid an escalation of a human rights row.Continue Reading
Bahrain’s Minister of Human Rights and Social Development Discusses Vigorous Implementation Plan for National Dialogue …
2011-08-19
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Contact: Jameela Al Kuhajee, jameelakooheji@gmail.com, Phone: +973-36070000Continue Reading