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‘Ageist’ BBC criticised as news presenter Susan Osman, 51, takes China job
Beijing :: China | 2 days ago
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Discarded BBC stars such as Moira Stuart could follow the example of Susan Osman, 51, a BBC News Channel presenter, who announced that she was to take over a leading programme in China. Osman has worked in broadcasting for 28 years, presenting bulletins...
Tags: BBC World, BBC News Channel, China, Beijing, Ageism, Entertainment Culture, BBC Breakfast, BBC One, Susan Osman, Motion Picture Association of America film rating system, Aging, Year of birth missing, Youth rights, Blighty, BBC Points West, BBC World News, Human rights, BBC News
AI: Afghan civilians must be protected
Kabul :: Afghanistan | 2 days ago
Credibility U.S. government must ensure that any troops who violate Afghan civilians human rights are held to account," said Madhu Malhotra, Asia-Pacific deputy director, in a release. "More U.S. troops must not lead to more harm to Afghan civilians." Amnesty International...
Tags: amnesty, human rights, Amnesty International, U.S, Afghanistan, Kabul, Human rights abuses, Politics, Human rights in Afghanistan, War in Afghanistan, War Conflict
JKLF-R to organise demos on World Human Rights Day
Srīnagar :: India | 2 days ago
Credibility The Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front-R will organise protest programmes in Britain, Brussels, Europe, Azad Jammu and Kashmir, occupied Kashmir and Pakistan on World Human Rights Day to be observed on December 10, reports KMS. R, Javed Ahmad Mir in a...
Tags: Kashmiris, Kashmir Liberation, Urging India, human rights, kashmir dispute, Pakistan, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, APHC, world human, India, Srīnagar, Srinagar, Politics, Kashmir conflict, Kashmir, Mirwaiz, Jammu and Kashmir, All Parties Hurriyat Conference, Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front
Afghanistan: More US troops must not harm Afghan civilians
Amnesty International has called on the US to establish a consistent, clear and credible mechanism to investigate civilian casualties resulting from military operations after President Barack Obama said he would send 30,000 extra troops to Afghanistan....
Tags: Amnesty, NATO, US, civilians casualties, Taliban insurgency, War in Afghanistan, human rights
Ottawa starves climate critics of cash on eve of eco-summit
Toronto :: Canada | 3 days ago
Credibility The federal government, already facing international criticism as a climate change laggard ahead of next week's Copenhagen summit, has cut funding to a Toronto aid group that helps the world's poorest countries cope with the ravages of global warming.
Tags: federal government, Kairos, Ottawa, Canada, Toronto, Canadian International Development Agency, Environment, Politics, Human rights, Catholic liturgy, Foreign relations of Canada, Religion Belief
Plea over 1,700 Kashmir graves
Srīnagar :: India | 3 days ago
Credibility Kashmir said yesterday it had discovered about 1,700 unmarked graves linked to the region's separatist conflict and called on authorities to launch an investigation. The graves were found in cemeteries in 55 villages close to the military line dividing...
Tags: Indian Kashmir, Kashmiri, More Kashmir, human rights, unmarked graves, kashmir graves, rights group, India, Srīnagar, War Conflict, Politics, Kashmir, Kashmir conflict, Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir, Jammu and Kashmir, Disputed territories, Parvez Imroz, Srinagar, Pakistan-administered Kashmir, Parviz, Lawyers, Ranji Trophy, Bandipore, allnews, Cricket in India, Baramulla, Political repression
Chinese Human Rights Lawyer Sentenced to Seven Years
Atlanta :: GA :: USA | 3 days ago
Credibility Human rights lawyer Wang Yonghang sentenced to seven years in prison. (New Tang Dynasty Television) A human rights lawyer, Wang Yonghang, has been sentenced to seven years in prison by the Chinese court over allegations that he published articles on the...
Tags: Wang Yonghang, Zhang Chuanli, human rights, rights lawyer, China, Atlanta
Liberal campaign puts Harper on climate hot-seat
Beijing :: China | 3 days ago
Credibility T he Conservatives have spent millions of dollars on ads that portray Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff as someone who would rather live and work anywhere but Canada. “Just visiting,” is the famous Conservative tagline about the former world-traveling...
Tags: Stephen Harper, China-Canada, China Daily, Mr. Harper, prime minister, minister stephen, human rights, China, Beijing, Harper, Wen Jiabao, Politics, Canada ￢ﾀﾓ People's Republic of China relations, Hu Jintao, Lai Changxing, Terrorism in Kyrgyzstan, Falun Gong, Canwest, Foreign policy of the Harper government, Huseyincan Celil, Canadians of German descent, Canada China Business Council
UNESCO urges full investigation into Phillippines massacre
UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova urged the Government of the Philippines to carry out a full and swift investigation into a murderous attack on a convoy in the Minguindanao Province on 23 November, in which more than 55 people, including...
Tags: UNESCO, human rights
OPP still looking for stolen police gun
Opp :: AL :: USA | 3 days ago
Credibility A 30-year-old woman is dead after a three-vehicle collision in the town of Kars Wednesday morning. Ontario Provincial Police near Cornwall are still trying to track down stolen police gear, including a semi-automatic weapon. Ottawa city councillors...
Tags: Ontario Provincial Police, human rights, Ottawa Public Health, Opp, Social Issues, Ottawa, Law Crime, Gatineau, Ontario, Cornwall Ontario, Eastern Ontario, Rona Ambrose, Kars, Legislative Assembly of Ontario, Labor, Canadian National Railway
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