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China sentences quake activist to 3 years in prison
Washington Post - 4 Hours ago
The sentencing comes less than a week after President Obama made an official visit to Beijing and appealed to China's Communist rulers to accept that 'certain fundamental human rights' are universal.
CHINA: Quake activist sentenced to three years in jail France24
Quake activist sentenced to jail Washington Post
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Games 'permit' virtual war crimes
BBC - 5 Hours ago
MPs rowed over scenes in Modern Warfare 2 in which civilians were killed. Video games depicting war have come under fire for flouting laws governing armed conflicts. Human rights groups played various
News: New study analyses war crimes in games EuroGamer
New study analyses war crimes in games EuroGamer
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Prison term for Chinese activist
BBC - 9 Hours ago
By Michael Bristow BBC News, Beijing Activist Huang Qi has spent a decade fighting for people's rights Chinese activist Huang Qi has been sentenced to three years in prison for 'illegally holding state
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China jails earthquake activist
Guardian.co.uk - 7 Hours ago
Veteran dissident Huang Qi given three years for critical website articles about regime's response to Sichuan disaster A Chinese court has sentenced a veteran dissident convicted of spying to three years
China jails earthquake internet protester for three years Metro.co.uk
Quake activist jailed for three years South China Morning Post
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Tories are wrong on Human Rights Act
Guardian.co.uk - 9 Hours ago
Any attempt by a Tory government to repeal the HRA would harm Britain's relationship with Europe, leaving us out in the cold Conservative party policy is to 'replace the Human Rights Act, which has undermined
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'Too late for Mbeki genocide charge'
News24.com - 107 Minutes ago
Sydney Masinga Mbombela - The doctor who was fired for giving ARVs to rape victims says it is too late to charge former president Thabo Mbeki for genocide. Malcolm Naude was responding to the call by
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Appeals Court Acquits 'Mr Z' of 1994 Genocide
AllAfrica.com - 4 Hours ago
Arusha The Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) Monday reversed the 20-year sentence imposed on Protais Zigiranyirazo, brother-in-law of former Rwandan President Juvenal
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Clover threatens to cut industry ties
Legalbrief - 6 Hours ago
Clover will have little choice but to withdraw from all dairy industry associations if it is unable to secure a satisfactory response to its application for temporary exemption from the Competition Act.
Clover may cut ties with industry Business Report
Genocide Survivors Threaten to Cut Ties With Tribunal AllAfrica.com
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Zero tolerance of abuse, prisons deputy says
National Post - 6 Hours ago
Gail Latouche makes her regular, unannounced rounds at Kandahar's notorious Sarpoza Prison as if she is a troubadour. Prison guards and inmates follow closely in her wake, eager to shake her hand, pose
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[EDITORIAL] Human rights envoy
Korea Herald - 9 Hours ago
The U.S. Senate has confirmed the appointment of Robert King, a former staff member at the House Foreign Relations Committee, as special envoy for North Korean human rights issues. With the position,
New U.S. Envoy for N.Korean Human Rights Confirmed Digital Chosun
New U.S. Envoy in N.Korean Human Rights Confirmed Digital Chosun
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Humanitarian assistance for Burma - Stephen Smith
Australian Labor Party - 11 Hours ago
Australia will provide $15 million in humanitarian assistance for the Burmese people still suffering from the devastation caused by Cyclone Nargis which struck Burma in May 2008. Cyclone Nargis killed
Humanitarian Assistance for Burma Australian Government
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In defending human rights, Canadian shows age matters
Canada.com - 11 Hours ago
VANCOUVER â Lauryn Oates was just 14 when she became a human rights campaigner. Back in 1996, the then-Grade 9 student read a newspaper article about the Talibanâs banning of women from schools that
Detention of Chinese Human Rights Defender Protested in NY Epoch Times
Canada defends the rights of Canadian producers Department of Foreign Affairs Canada
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Q&A: MDGs Dont Recognise Role of Human Rights in Poverty Fight
Inter Press Service - 12 Hours ago
Q&A: â??MDGs Donâ??t Recognise Role of Human Rights in Poverty Fightâ?? Neena Bhandari interviews IRENE KHAN, secretary general of Amnesty International Amnestry Int'l secretary general Irene Khan:
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Increase in Climate-linked Disasters Intensifies Demands on the Humanitarian Community
Media Newswire - 13 Hours ago
- Climate change is putting increasing demands on the humanitarian community, the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) said on Wednesday at its first-ever global
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Human rights concerns raised as Rwanda set to join Commonwealth
The Independent - 17 Hours ago
Rwanda is set to succeed in its bid to join the Commonwealth this week despite serious concerns over its human rights record, according to a senior source close to the negotiations. A summit of Commonwealth
Concerns raised over Rwanda's Commonwealth bid The Independent
Concern About Human Rights As Ethiopia Prepares For Elections VOA News
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Somalia: Humanitarian Crisis Deepens as Beletweyne Control Shifts
AllAfrica.com - 76 Minutes ago
Nairobi Both locals and internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Somalia's central town of Beletweyne are experiencing increased hardship with several changes in the town's administration, residents say.
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ARMENIAN GENOCIDE MEMORIAL INAUGURATED IN TWIN FALLS, US
Armtown.com - 85 Minutes ago
Liyah Babayan envisioned an Armenian Genocide memorial in Twin Falls County, Idaho, United States, to serve as a permanent tribute to those who died in what has become known as the Armenian Holocaust
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Two Chinese Human Rights Lawyers Interrogated for Attempting to Meet with President
Canada Free Press - 104 Minutes ago
Christian Newswire Bio Print friendly E-mail a friend Contact Us By Christian Newswire Thursday, November 19, 2009 BEIJING, /Christian Newswire/At 10:13 AM (Beijing time), nearly 200 nervous-looking Public
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Lekota dismisses calls to charge Mbeki with genocide
SABC - 2 Hours ago
Congress of the People (Cope) President Mosiuoa Lekota has described calls for former President Thabo Mbeki and those who served under him to be charged with genocide as an irresponsible and dangerous
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Chinese court imprisons Sichuan quake victims' activist
Kyodo - 4 Hours ago
HONG KONG, Nov. 23 KYODO Huang Qi, an activist who exposed shoddy buildings in the Sichuan earthquake last year and the founder of a website about the Tiananmen massacre, was sentenced by a Chinese court
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Turmoil in Canada over Alleged War Crimes in Afghanistan
Israel National News - 5 Hours ago
Follow Israel news briefs on and (IsraelNN.com) A veteran Canadian foreign service officer charged the government with hiding war crimes in the war in Afghanistan. Military and government leaders
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Games Guilty Of Human Rights Violations
Now Gamer - 5 Hours ago
A study by Swiss groups has looked into whether in-game actions could infringe upon International Humanitarian Law if committed in the real world Unsurprisingly the answer is yes. The study, conducted
Greece violates Human Rights (again) Indymedia Ireland
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Parliaments Joint Select Committee on Human Rights Urges Government To Take Action
Egov Monitor - 5 Hours ago
On the 20th anniversary of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC), Parliament?s Joint Select Committee on Human Rights says the UK needs a concerted plan to address the UK?s poor ranking
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Child Slavery Must Be Eradicated In Haiti S Read...
Caribbean World News - 9 Hours ago
Global international rights group, Amnesty International, is putting the spotlight on child slavery in Haiti. 'Most child domestic workers in Haiti live as virtual slaves,' said Gerardo Ducos, Haiti researcher
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Another Human Rights Honor For Haiti`s Wycl Read...
Caribbean World News - 9 Hours ago
CaribWorldNews, NEW YORK, NY, Thurs. Nov. 19, 2009: Grammy Award-winning Haitian, singer, songwriter and producer is raking in the honors the human rights honors. Jean, along with U2's Bono, was presented
Honoring Human Rights Time
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