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Children be protected from abuses: Fehmida ...
Islamabad :: Pakistan | about 7 hours ago
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Staff Report Islamabad�Speaker National Assembly Dr. Fehmida Mirza on Friday said that children are the hope of mankind and continuity of human race and needed to be protected from degrading living conditions, violence, drug trafficking, child labor and...
Tags: Dr. Fehmida Mirza, beings protection, Pakistan, Islamabad, Human rights, Politics, Society, Fahmida Mirza, Torture, Human rights abuses, Crimes against humanity, Culture, Social Issues, Labor
Govt urged to adopt child rights legislation
Karāchi :: Pakistan | about 17 hours ago
Credibility Sharmila Faruqui said that the present government attaches top priority to this issue and scrutiny of existing legislation at the federal and provincial level is underway with a view to ensuring that domestic laws are in conformity with the convention,...
Tags: Pakistan, Karāchi, Politics, Society, Convention on the Rights of the Child, Children's rights, Culture, Economics, Human rights, Civilian Complaint Review Board, Refugee, Social Issues
North Korea: : UN condemns North Korea and Myanmar for human rights violations
Pyŏngyang :: North Korea | 1 day ago
Credibility The North Korean deputy ambassador to the UN speaks of attack of political enemies. The motion against the Burmese regime approved by 92 votes in favour, 26 against and 65 abstentions. A UN General Assembly Special Committee has condemned North Korea...
Tags: North Korean, human rights, rights violations, North Korea, Pyŏngyang, Burma, Military dictatorship, Naypyidaw, Politics, Society, United Nations Human Rights Council, Blasphemy, Culture, Social Issues, Religion Belief
Calls for children's commissioner
New York City :: NY :: USA | 1 day ago
Credibility Establishing the post would be an "important step" to improving the protection of children's rights, commissioner Cathy Branson QC says. "The right to an adequate standard of living, health care, education, or protection from violence might seem to be...
Tags: New York City, Society, Convention on the Rights of the Child, Children's rights, Human rights, Culture, Politics
European Union gets medieval with ultra-secret elections
Lon :: Burkina Faso | 1 day ago
Credibility European Union gets medieval with ultra-secret elections Published 19 November, 2009, 12:42 The EU is coming under fire for shunning democratic principles as candidates for top jobs assemble behind closed doors with secret societies as “selection day”...
Tags: Burkina Faso, Lon, Operation Condor, Shunning, Bilderberg Group, Transparency, Society, Disengagement from religion, Secret societies, Henry Kissinger, Politics
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Mumbai :: India | 3 days ago
Credibility This government entered office with fine-sounding plans about transparent, outcome-bound governance. Besides a bunch of accountability initiatives, we were promised quarterly progress cards for all the big Bharat Nirman programmes, and yearly reports...
Tags: India, Mumbai, Society, Governance, Industries, Political philosophy
Obama's Double Standards
President Obama has spoken out in support of internet freedom in China. I happen to support internet freedom. China happens to not support it. And Obama? Well, he's kind of on the fence when it comes to that issue. He's not exactly in favour of internet...
Tags: culture, law, politics, science and technology, society
Woman files suit over shampoo bottle being dropped on her head
Los Angeles :: CA :: USA | 4 days ago
Credibility An Iowa City woman said she has suffered physical and mental pain for the last two years after a shampoo bottle was dropped on her head. Now, Mary Jones has filed a lawsuit against La� James International College in hopes of receiving compensation for...
Tags: Mary Jones, shampoo bottle, Los Angeles, Society, Suffering, Shampoo, Psychological pain, Quincy Jones, Pain, Emotion, Personal life, Health Medical Pharma, Human Interest, Law Crime
Obama Should Listen to Rahm
I was heartened to learn that President Obama has apparently rejected all 4 options that were being considered with respect to the war in Afghanistan. All through the Presidential campaign, Obama had referred to the Afghan war as the "good war" - a "war...
7 newborns suffocate to death Vijayawada govt hospital
Hyderabad :: India | 5 days ago
Credibility Sources in the hospital, however, said the central oxygen system had not been working for some days now. The problem aggravated on Saturday evening. "The mishap was due to a combination of equipment failure and human negligence," the sources said. The...
Tags: Andhra Pradesh, India, Hyderabad, Newton-Wellesley Hospital, Vijayawada, Law, Politics, Society, Culture, Economics, Human rights, Health Medical Pharma, Law Crime
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