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Vedanta faces heat from activists again
London :: United Kingdom | 4 months ago
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World Future Council's chair and human rights campaigner Bianca Jagger, along with fellow campaigners, protested at The Lincoln Centre where the mining company held its annual general meeting, raising questions over religious and government bodies like...
Tags: Bianca Jagger, Vedanta, human rights, rights campaigner, campaigner bianca
UN allows gay, lesbian group to join debates
Geneva :: Switzerland | 4 months ago
Credibility The United Nations granted official status to a gay and lesbian organization from Brazil on Monday, allowing it to participate in U.N. meetings ranging from health to human rights. The victory for the Brazilian Association of Gays, Lesbians and Transsexuals...
Tags: human rights, arab human, rights group
Controversy over Nicaragua abortion ban
Managua :: Nicaragua | 4 months ago
Credibility Nicaragua 's ban on all abortions, even when a woman's life is at risk, is compelling incest and rape victims to give birth and contributing to an increase in maternal deaths, according to a report from Amnesty International. Delegates from the human...
Tags: Nicaragua, Amnesty International, abort ban, human rights
Propaganda ticker in Havana, Cuba goes blank
Havana :: Cuba | 4 months ago
Credibility It was smuggled through the US diplomatic pouch, secretly installed across the facade of a building overlooking Havana and tasked with a very specific mission: annoy Fidel Castro . The scrolling electronic sign, a low-tech version of New York's Time Square...
Tags: Havana, Cuban, U.S, electronic sign, diplomatic mission, Fidel Castro, State Department, human rights, fifth floor, electronic billboard
Aung San Suu Kyi faces new lawsuit
Yangon :: Myanmar | 4 months ago
Credibility Suu Kyi's cousin, retired army officer Lieutenant Colonel Khin Maung Aye, on July 24 posted a public notice in the Mirror newspaper, claiming that he owned a portion of Suu Kyi's compound in Yangon and had already sold it. The advertisement said that...
Tags: Aung San Suu Kyi, Burma, Myanmar, leader aung, Nyan Win, democracy leader, Mandalay, human rights, kyi trial
The big lie of Afghanistan
Malalai Joya explains whats happening in war stricken Afghanistan. "IN 2005, I was the youngest person elected to the new Afghan parliament. Women like me, running for office, were held up as an example of how the war in Afghanistan had liberated women....
Pakistan and India asked to ensure civil liberties in Kashmir
Muzaffarabad, Jammu and Kashmir, Sunday, 26 July, 2009: Human rights group Press For Peace (PFP) has asked India and Pakistan to ensure civil liberties in their administrative parts of Kashmir and both should immediately release...
Tags: Kashmir, India, Pakistan, Human rights
China dismisses local leaders after angry protest
Shishou :: China | 4 months ago
Credibility The Communist Party boss of a Chinese city and head of law enforcement were dismissed Saturday for mishandling violent protests last month after a young man's mysterious death, a state news agency said. About 1,000 people gathered June 19 after the 24-year-old...
Tags: human rights, China
Iran police disperse protests in Tehran
Tehrān :: Iran | 4 months ago
Credibility The protests were apparently in response to demonstrations held around the world calling for the Iranian government to release opposition activists. Protesters chanted "death to the dictator" and "we want our vote back" before they were attacked and...
Tags: Iranians, Iranâ, United4Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, president mahmoud, opposition activists, human rights, rights abuses, Shohreh Rezazadeh
Democracy groups plan global Iran rallies
Tehrān :: Iran | 4 months ago
Credibility Human rights supporters in dozens of cities around the world plan to rally Saturday to show solidarity with Iranians seeking democracy and civil rights, one of the organizing groups said. United4Iran said it expects protests at Iranian embassies and...
Tags: United4Iran, human rights
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