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Commonwealth threatens tougher action against human rights abusers
Telegraph - 16 Hours ago
The Secretary General of the Commonwealth of Nations has urged a tougher line on policing rogue member states who commit human rights abuses. Ahead of this weekend's Commonwealth Heads of Government summit
Get Off The Phone! Public Back Tougher Action Against Dishonest Motorists Fresh Business Thinking
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Cuba does not deserve this criticism on human rights
Guardian.co.uk - 23 Hours ago
The real abuse taking place in Cuba is the crippling and inhumane American blockade Your article on the Human Rights Watch (HRW) report on Cuba gives little context of the complexity of US-Cuba relations
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Canada charges another genocide suspect
Legalbrief - 8 Hours ago
A court in Canada has formally charged Jacques Mungwarere with crimes of genocide. The New Times reports that Mungwarere who was arrested by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) after a tip-off by
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Governance of equalities, diversity and human rights diagnostic
Audit Commission - 10 Hours ago
Delivering better outcomes for people and communities Defining our aim We believe that good governance in the public sector leads to sustainable, better outcomes for citizens. We define good governance
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Father was never charged with war crime, family says
Toronto Star Online - 10 Hours ago
Waterloo man fighting to keep citizenship `abhors' Nazi label Share Share Helmut Oberlander leaves court after an immigration hearing in Toronto in 2002 accompanied by his wife, Margret, and daughter
Oberlander was never a Nazi and has not been charged with a war crime: daughter Medicine Hat News
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TURKEY: NGOs Unite to Demand Say in Human Rights Bill
Inter Press Service - 13 Hours ago
ANKARA, Nov 26 (IPS) - Turkey's new human rights bill has a flaw - not a single rights group was consulted in the drafting. With protests building up against this lapse, 41 non-government organisations
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New Book on Rwanda's Progress since Genocide Published: Book written by Dean of
University of the Pacific - 15 Hours ago
Genocide ravaged Rwanda in 1994 and resulted in the death of close to a million Rwandans. Fifteen years later, Rwanda has risen from the ashes and is becoming a model nation politically, socially and
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Conditions still critical for typhoon victims in Philippines, says UN
People's Daily Online - 20 Hours ago
Increases the bookmark Nearly a month after back-to-back typhoons submerged villages across the Philippines, hundreds of thousands of people displaced or still living in flooded areas are in need of safe
Conditions still critical for RP typhoon victimsâ??UN Philippine Daily Inquirer
Conditions still critical for RP typhoon victims-UN Philippine Daily Inquirer
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Aid agency says ready to tackle looming humanitarian challenges
People's Daily Online - 20 Hours ago
Increases the bookmark twitter facebook digg Google Windowslive Delicious buzz friendfeed Linkedin diigo reddit stumbleupon The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement has said it is ready and
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Armenakyans Survivors: ArmeniaNow reporters photo project on Genocide wins first
Armenia Now - 21 Hours ago
ArmeniaNows photographer was honored this week in St. Petersburg, Russia. Published: 24 November, 2009 Article tools ArmeniaNow photojournalist Nazik Armenakyans photo project Survivors won a Karl Bulla
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Just in Time for Black Friday: the Human Rights Campaign Calls Out Stinkers
Fast Company - 22 Hours ago
LGBT Americans wield more than $700 billion in buying power and are more likely than straight folks to spend money with companies that support them (makes sense, no?). But combing through a company's
Smartphone deals will be everywhere in time for black friday... (mocoNews via TechNews TechNews.AM
Press Release: Black Friday Nintendo DSi Bundles Come Loaded with More Than $20 Stage Select
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Child poverty bill breaches human rights, say MPs
Children & Young People Now - 2 Hours ago
MPs and peers have slammed the Child Poverty Bill for excluding vulnerable children.
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KYIVâ??S GOLOSEYEVSKY DISTRICT COUNCIL CALLS FOR ARMENIAN GENOCIDE RECOGNITION
Armtown.com - 3 Hours ago
Echoing the address of Arthur Martirosyan, the head of the Armenian community of Goloseyevsky district of Kyiv, the district council called on the Ukrainian President and Supreme Rada to recognize and
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RUSSIAN-ARMENIAN UNIVERSITY HOSTS YOUNG HUMANITARIAN LAW EXPERTS
Armtown.com - 3 Hours ago
Russian-Armenian (Slavonic) University launched Thursday a 2-day international conference on humanitarian law, with young humanitarian law experts from Europe, Iran, Russia and CIS states among participants.
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Corporations Are Advised to Improve Human Rights Reporting
Social Funds - 3 Hours ago
The Global Reporting Initiative and its partners in a human rights initiative find insufficient attention to negative impacts of human rights issues in corporate reporting, and plans to update its Sustainability
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Nazir Bhatti to speak on Human Rights Day News Conference
Pakistan Christian Post - 3 Hours ago
Sponsored by: Responsible for Equality And Liberty (R.E.A.L.) Event Location: Zenger Room Details: Human rights activists discuss importance of religious, racial, ethnic, and gender equality and liberty
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Thomas Hammarberg thinks human rights abuses are occurring in the Caucasus
Georgian Messenger - 3 Hours ago
EU Commissioner Thomas Hammarberg has stated that cases of kidnapping and killing in the North Caucasus are not being properly investigated. He said this after visiting Chechnya and Ingushetia in September.
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Emmy-Award Winning Actress Shohreh Aghdashloo to Receive the Women's International
TickerTech.com - 4 Hours ago
Sponsored by: TheWIFTS Foundation to Honor Emmy Award-Winning Actress Shohreh Aghdashloo With Humanitarian Award for Contribution to Women's Rights Movement LOS ANGELES, Nov. 25 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/
Emmy-Award Winning Actress Shohreh Aghdashloo to Receive the Womens International Street Insider
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Red Cross Red Crescent issues universal call to action to tackle today's humanitarian
ICRC - 4 Hours ago
Concluding the first- ever Red Cross Red Crescent Council of Delegates held in Africa, Red Cross Red Crescent leaders from more than 180 countries called on governments and other stakeholders to join
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ADDRESS BY MS. KYUNG-WHA KANG DEPUTY HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AT THE SPECIAL
UNHCHR - 5 Hours ago
Director General, Chair, Moderator, Excellencies, Distinguished delegates, Ladies and gentlemen, The plight of migrants, and particularly migrants in an irregular situation, is one of today's most critical
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Lebanon must investigate all civil war mass grave sites
LebWeb.com - 5 Hours ago
The Lebanese authorities must step up their efforts to reveal the fate of thousands of people abducted between 1975 and 1990, during the country's civil war, Amnesty International said. The organization's
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UN DEPUTY HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS TO VISIT COLOMBIA
UNHCHR - 5 Hours ago
GENEVA -- The UN Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights Kyung-wha Kang is to pay her first visit to Colombia from 28 November to 4 December, where she will participate in the High Level Segment of
Still no stability in the Caucasus EU human rights commissioner Russia Today
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Spanish human rights league for allowing Aminatour Haidar to return home
Algérie Presse Service - 7 Hours ago
MADRID (Spain)- The Spanish League for the Defence of Human Rights has called on the Spanish and Moroccan governments to 'find a solution without delay' for the return to Western Sahara of Sahrawi activist
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UNHCR chief reiterates commitment to prevention of sexual violence
United Nations Multimedia - 7 Hours ago
The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) is committed to the prevention of sexual violence, which it says needs a personal as well as a collective response. In a message to mark the start of the annual 16 Days of
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AED 3 billion provided by UAE Red Crescent for humanitarian purposes
Individual.com - 9 Hours ago
In the framework of the directives of H.H. Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, UAE President, the initiatives of H.H. Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of
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