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UN Peacekeeping Mission Concerned By M23 Situation in Congo
New York City :: NY :: USA | 11 months ago
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The United Nations peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is concerned by the security situation in the country's east, where a rebel group of former solders known as M23 has made advances in recent days, a UN spokesperson
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“Crisis within the Human Rights Movement” A Rejoinder
Colombo :: Sri Lanka | 11 months ago
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30 editor In a short article written to the Colombo Telegraph (1 July 2012) titled The Crisis Within The Human Rights Movement, Sajeeva Samaranayake has raised some important questions regarding the approaches of the human rights movements today
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Protest to expose Jubilee Blood Diamond
Las Vegas :: NV :: USA | 11 months ago
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The Givati Brigade was directly responsible for killing 29 members of the Samouni family when the house in which over 100 members of the family were forced to shelter was bombed by the Brigade. The Brigade prevented emergency medical teams from
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Human rights violations aboard foreign vessels (Newstalk ZB)
Auckland :: New Zealand | 11 months ago
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Human rights violations aboard foreign vessels Newstalk ZB June 18, 2012, 5:06 pm New Zealand fishing researchers are welcoming the hint of arrests in South Korea. Research by Dr Christina Stringer and Glenn Simmons from Auckland University's
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Sheer double standard
Toronto :: Canada | 11 months ago
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Alsir Sidahmed Tuesday 12 June 2012 It looks like a classic case of one country being accused of human rights violations . . ., but wait...The country in question is none other than Canada, and the accusation did not come from an NGO used for this
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Congo-Kinshasa: Weapons Fuel Killing, Rape, Says Rights Group
New York City :: NY :: USA | 12 months ago
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Arms Supplies Fuelling Unlawful Killings and Rape 12 June 2012 press release Political leaders must act immediately and halt arms supplies to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) where they continue to fuel unlawful killings, rape, looting and
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Assessment Of Human Rights Work In Less Developed Countries
Asia :: Philippines | 12 months ago
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As in every other social activity, human rights works is bound to historical circumstances...To ignore these factors in impact assessment is to lose the very core of meaning in such an assessment. Mentioning the less developed countries is an
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UN High Commissioner for Human Rights On Syria
Aleppo :: Syria | 12 months ago
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Navi Pillay, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights [Delivered by Mr. Ivan Simonovic, Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights] 7 June 2012, New York Mr. President, Secretary-General, Secretary-General of the Arab League, The High Commissioner is
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Sri Lanka: Disturbing Questions
Colombo :: Sri Lanka | 12 months ago
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Saturday June 9, 2012 Search About Salem-News.com is the premiere Independent Online Newsgroup in the United States...On learning that my home state happens to be Odisha despite my Delhi-upbringing, all of a sudden, the general manager of the hotel
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UN report accuses Canada of complicity in torture
Toronto :: Canada | 12 months ago
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The Canadian government is criticizing a United Nations agency for issuing a report condemning Canada for complicity in torture and human rights violations in Afghanistan and Syria. A report from the U.N. Committee Against
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