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Independent investigation needed into Honduras human rights abuses : Amnesty
At the end of a 10-day visit to Honduras during the country's presidential elections, Amnesty International has called for an independent investigation to ensure all those responsible for human rights abuses are brought to justice and the victims given...
Tags: Amnesty, Human Rights abuses, Honduran constitutional crisis, War Conflict, rights abuses, Amnesty International, facto authorities, security force, Tegucigalpa, Chronology of events of the 2009 Honduran coup d'ￃﾩtat
Burma’s minorities must not be overlooked – Richard Sollom
Cambridge :: MA :: USA | 9 days ago
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Massachusetts – Twenty years after the November 1989 fall of the Berlin Wall, a repressive barricade is being quietly raised in the jungles of Burma. The Burmese military junta has begun erecting a concrete and barbed-wire fence along its western border...
Tags: Burmas, Burmese Muslim, Bangladesh, ethnic minority, militarys junta, rights abuses, Cambridge, Burma, Rohingya people, Than Shwe, Politics, Social Issues, Politics of Burma, Aung San Suu Kyi, Islam in Burma, War Conflict, State Peace and Development Council, Military dictatorship
AI urges Obama to help end human rights abuses in IHK
Srīnagar :: India | 19 days ago
Credibility Holding the Indian troops responsible for committing mass human rights violations with impunity in occupied Kashmir, global rights watchdog, the Amnesty International has asked US President Barack Obama to address the issue during the forthcoming visit...
Tags: human rights, AFSPA � India, Kashmir � Human, Indian, rights abuses, Amnesty International USA, mass human, commit mass, Barack Obama, Manmohan Singh, India, Srīnagar, Amnesty International, Jammu and Kashmir, Human rights in Punjab India, Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir, Kashmir conflict, Kashmir, Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, Politics, War Conflict
Zimbabwe's army quits diamond fields over rights row
Harare :: Zimbabwe | 20 days ago
Credibility The army presence at poorly secured diamond fields in Marange last year was amid efforts to seal off the dangerous areas and clamp down on illegal mining that led to accidents and deaths...Instead, the group agreed earlier this month to allow Zimbabwe...
Tags: diamond fields, Zimbabwean, rights abuses, Zimbabwe, Harare, Obert Mpofu, Chiadzwa, The Herald, Kimberley, Politics, Diamond, Blood diamonds, Kimberley Process Certification Scheme
Turning a blind eye to killing and rape in Democratic Republic of Congo
Kigali :: Rwanda | 27 days ago
Credibility First person by Navi Pillay On November 11, the UN Security Council discussed the pressing, but still elusive issue of protection of civilians in armed conflict. Accountability for crimes committed in the course of hostilities should be at the forefront...
Tags: human rights, DRC, UN Security Council, rights abuses, Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda, Kigali, Genocide, Homicide, Population, Crime against humanity, International Criminal Court, International criminal law, Human rights abuses, Crimes, Politics, War Conflict, Law Crime
Three Lankan nationals detained at Chennai airport
Colombo :: Sri Lanka | about 1 month ago
Credibility Three Sri Lankan nationals, who were about to board a flight to Colombo on Tuesday, were detained at the Anna International Airport here, when it was found that they had illegally entered the country sometime back...Irshad (24) and Rushmi (21) were the...
Tags: Sri Lanka, sri lankan, department reports, rights abuses, Tamil Tigers, tamils tigers, rights group, internally inquiry, tigers rebels, Colombo
US State Department hails Sri Lanka decision to probe war crime report allegations
Colombo :: Sri Lanka | about 1 month ago
Credibility The news that Sri Lanka has taken an official decision to appoint a commission to probe in to the US allegation of war atrocities was hailed by the US State Department spokesman Ian Kelly at the daily press briefing Monday, 26 October in Washington saying...
Tags: Sri Lanka, human rights, war crimes, sri lankan, rights abuses, US Congress
Obama to offer Sudan 'incentives'
Khartoum :: Sudan | about 1 month ago
Credibility Barack Obama, the US president, said that if the government of Sudan acted to improve the situation on the ground, there would be "incentives". But if Sudan did not act, "then there will be increased pressure imposed by the US and the international community".
Tags: New Sudan, Mr Obama, obama administration, Darfur, Khartoum, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Omar al-Bashir, war crimes, rights abuses, human rights
Zimbabwe President Mugabe meets EU delegation
Harare :: Zimbabwe | 2 months ago
Credibility United States of America is a restrictive measure. The delegation left for Bulawayo soon after meeting the President and are expected to be back in the capital. The delegation has met the South African President Jacob Zuma and the issue of sanctions...
Tags: Zimbabwean, Robert Mugabe, Morgan Tsvangirai, Mr Tsvangirai, president robert, prime minister, European Union, minister morgan, eu delegation, rights abuses, Zimbabwe, Harare
Aussie rider wins Tour de Timor
Dili :: East Timor | 3 months ago
Credibility Organisers say support for the Tour de Timor defied expectations. They say East Timorese lined the track to watch the race as it went through the remote hills and villages of the country. Australian rider Neil Van der Ploeg wore the yellow jersey for...
Tags: The East Timor, Indonesian, pro-Indonesia, human rights, east timorese, José Ramos-Horta, Dili, rights abuses, president jose, Timor Leste
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