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Human rights rifts mar Asean summit
Hua Hin :: Thailand | about 1 month ago
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The leaders of the 10-member Association of South East Asian Nations were supposed to be celebrating the inauguration of its new human rights body. But five member states – Burma, Cambodia, Laos, the Philippines and Singapore – refused to meet the five...
Tags: Cambodian, Thailand, prime minister, Hua Hin, Thaksin Shinawatra, human rights, rights commission, Mr Thaksin, Hun Sen, Asian
Asian leaders arrive for summit
Hua Hin :: Thailand | about 1 month ago
Credibility Heavy security surrounds the Thai beach resort of Cha-Am, after the last attempt to hold this summit, in April, was foiled by anti-government protests. Fresh tensions have emerged between Thailand and Cambodia after the latter offered sanctuary to former...
Tags: Thailand, Cambodian, Thaksin Shinawatra, human rights, Hua Hin, Southeast Asian, prime minister, Myanmar, asian leaders, rights commission
Dire human rights situation in Malaysia
Kuala Lumpur :: Malaysia | 2 months ago
Credibility Human rights violations continue to occur almost on a daily basis in Malaysia, said the Human Rights Commission of Malaysia (Suhakam) chairman Tan Sri Abu Talib Othman. As an advisory body without executive power, he said there was nothing Suhakam could...
Tags: human rights, Suhakam, rights commission
Ottawa Citizen, Canada: Change slow in Afghanistan
Montreal :: Canada | about 1 year ago
Credibility Corruption is the enemy that is destroying the government of Afghanistan from the inside, says the chairwoman of an independent human rights commission in the country. "There is no clear mechanism to fighting this corruption. We have an anti-corruption...
Tags: human rights, Canada, rights commission, independent human
Number of women in top jobs falls
London :: United Kingdom | about 1 year ago
Credibility Equality watchdog fears progress has stalled as number of women in top jobs declines · Change slower than snail's pace, says commission · Data shows fewer cabinet members, MPs and judges Sarah Boseley , health editor The Guardian , Thursday September...
Racism on the increase, says rights commission
Cape Town :: South Africa | about 1 year ago
Credibility Blatant racism appears to be on the increase in South Africa, with legislation doing too little to eliminate it, a South African Human Rights Commission report released on Thursday said. The Human Rights Development Report said racist incidents, like...
Tags: racism, race, rights commission, south african
Enoch Powell 'still haunts immigration debate'
London :: United Kingdom | about 1 year ago
Credibility Trevor Phillips, chairman of the Equality and Human Rights Commission, said the UK was falling behind competitors because of the lack of a coherent immigration strategy. While the issue had led in Britain to a "creeping resentment which can only be halted...
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