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Goldstone wins Swedish prize
Cape Town :: South Africa | 4 days ago
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Swedish Bar Association and the International Bar Association for "an outstanding contribution to promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms." (AFP)
Tags: Richard Goldstone, Goldstone Cited, South Africa, Cape Town, War Conflict, Politics, International Law and the Gaza War, Israel, Gaza War, Hamas, South African people, Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Human rights, Palestinian territories, Law Crime, Israeli-occupied territories
Torture 'systematic' in Egypt
Cairo :: Egypt | 4 days ago
Credibility The basic feature of human rights in Egypt today is the prevalence of a policy of exception in which those responsible for violations usually escape punishment amid a climate of impunity intentionally created and fostered for several decades," said the...
Tags: human rights, rights groups, Egyptian, Egypt, Cairo, Human rights abuses, Torture and the United States, Morality, Social Issues, Torture, Crimes against humanity, Violence, Human rights in Egypt
Manifesto 'In defence of fundamental rights on the Internet'
Humanes de Madrid :: Spain | 4 days ago
Credibility Typically Spanish joins other Spanish internet sites, journalists and bloggers to oppose the proposals from the Spanish Government to allow a commission, under the Ministry of Culture, to close webpages Given the inclusion in the Draft Law on Sustainable...
Tags: legislative changes, business models, Spain, Humanes de Madrid, International relations, Society, Culture, Human rights, Politics, Business Finance, Network neutrality, Privacy, Law
Taking liberties with theatre
Cape Town :: South Africa | 4 days ago
Credibility Next week, iceandfire theatre company launch Everyone Has the Right , a call for new plays about human rights, in partnership with Amnesty International. As their patron I should declare an interest, but nonetheless the scheme raises valuable questions...
Tags: Amnesty International, South Africa, Cape Town, Harold Pinter, Human rights, Brian Friel, Athol Fugard, Politics, Mountain Language, One for the Road
China sets goal for boosting tourism industry in next five years
Xinhua :: China | 4 days ago
Credibility China's State Council, or the Cabinet, posted guidelines promoting the development of tourism industry over the next five years on its website Thursday. As of 2015, domestic tourists are projected to top 3.3 billion with an annual average growth of...
Tags: China, tourism industry, human rights, action plan, Xinhua, Environment, Society, Baosteel, Culture, Politics, Minority group, Business Finance, Social Issues, Xinhua News Agency, Economics, National Human Rights Action Plan 2009-2010, Dumping
Nepal goes north for climate, diplomats south for justice
Kathmandu :: Nepal | 4 days ago
Credibility As nearly two-dozen Nepal ministers Thursday flew to the mountainous north to hold the first cabinet meeting ever in the lap of Mt Everest, nine western diplomats based in Kathmandu said they would head for the southern plains to seek justice. Thursday....
Tags: Bardiya, human rights, Nepal, OHCHR, cabinet meeting, Everest, Kathmandu
The minaret initiative is "a proxy war"
Zurich :: Switzerland | 5 days ago
Credibility The government strongly opposes the initiative, and has launched its own campaign against it. The proposal, backed by the rightwing Swiss People's Party, is also opposed by all the other main parties. Justice Minister Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf tells swissinfo.ch...
Tags: minaret ban, Switzerland, justice minister, Ahmet Davutoglu, Zurich, Religion Belief, Politics, Minaret, Swiss People's Party, Islamic architecture, Arabic architecture, Mosque, Swissinfo, Freedom of religion, Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf, Members of the Swiss Federal Council, Referendum, Micheline Calmy-Rey, Ulrich Schlￃﾼer, Minaret controversy in Switzerland, Elections, Initiative, Geert Wilders, SRG SSR, Party for Freedom, Republican People's Party, Human rights, Islamophobia, Central Europe, Freedom of expression, Direct democracy
Experts link climate change and human rights
Geneva :: Switzerland | 5 days ago
Credibility Micheline Calmy-Rey made the remark on Monday at a Geneva conference on links between climate change and human rights, and their integration into the crucial United Nations Climate Conference negotiations in the Danish capital in December...And at least...
Tags: climate change, Geneva, Earthjustice Yves Lador, Copenhagen, foreign minister, Switzerland, Environment, Society, Diplomatic conferences, Human rights, Culture, Carbon finance, United Nations Climate Change Conference, Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Anti-minaret vote alarms UN rights experts
Geneva :: Switzerland | 5 days ago
Credibility The remarks were made during a grilling of Swiss officials by the Geneva-based UN Human Rights Committee on Tuesday over Switzerland's progress in implementing a UN treaty...An initiative to ban the construction of minarets in Switzerland launched by...
Tags: Switzerland, Swiss People's Party, rights experts, minaret vote, rights institution, Geneva, Politics, Society, Human rights instruments, International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, Culture, Human rights, Social Issues, Economics
Q&A: India's Anti-Women Laws Dropping from the Books
Jordan :: NY :: USA | 5 days ago
Credibility One is Sujata Manohar, who helped create a national law in India that bars sexual harassment in the workplace. "Some people believe the traditional way of life is better, but they are not in the majority and there is a clear move towards elimination of...
Tags: India, Muslim, CEDAW, Jordan, Women's rights, Human rights instruments, Human rights, Social Issues, Discrimination law, Discrimination, Sexual harassment, Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women, Religion Belief, Women in India
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