<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.congoo.com/css/rss.css" type="text/css" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Human-rights News - Congoo</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/feed/newschannelsfeed.aspx?chid=23&amp;catid=281</link><description>News Feed for - Human-rights</description><item><title>Lekota slams calls for Mbeki to be charged</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96313431&amp;Channel_ID=23&amp;Category_ID=281</link><pubDate>2009-11-24T08:31:00</pubDate><description>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 </description><source>Mail &amp; Guardian Online</source></item><item><title>DR Congo militiamen on trial at war crimes court</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96386226&amp;Channel_ID=23&amp;Category_ID=281</link><pubDate>2009-11-24T11:05:00</pubDate><description>Former Congolese militiaman Germain Katanga listens to evidence during his trial at the International Criminal Court in The Hague. Katanga is accused of seeking to wipe out a village blocking a strategic </description><source>France24</source></item><item><title>War Crimes Tribunal's Credibility at Stake in Karadzic Trial</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96358910&amp;Channel_ID=23&amp;Category_ID=281</link><pubDate>2009-11-24T01:50:00</pubDate><description>Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic is being tried before the UN war crimes tribunal in The Hague. Many analysts believe the court's credibility is at stake in this high profile trial. Karadzic </description><source>Digital Chosun</source></item><item><title>Genocide calls won't help Aids plight</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96380604&amp;Channel_ID=23&amp;Category_ID=281</link><pubDate>2009-11-24T08:59:00</pubDate><description>'We need to spend all the limited resources and time we have in fighting HIV and Aids rather than focusing on fighting people and things that happened in the past,' National Association of People living </description><source>Times Live South Africa</source></item><item><title>Key witnesses threaten to boycott genocide trials</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96372151&amp;Channel_ID=23&amp;Category_ID=281</link><pubDate>2009-11-24T07:04:00</pubDate><description>Groups representing key witnesses appearing before the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) said that they may no longer participate in court trials following the acquittal of two suspects </description><source>Legalbrief</source></item><item><title>Manmohan Singh's US visit not aimed at diminution of Pak importance: Holbrooke</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96273217&amp;Channel_ID=23&amp;Category_ID=281</link><pubDate>2009-11-24T06:50:00</pubDate><description>Washington, Nov.24 (ANI): US Special Envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan, Richard Holbrooke, has said that Pakistan need not worry about Prime Minister Dr.Manmohan Singh's US visit, as the Obama administration </description><source>Yahoo! India</source></item><item><title>Genocide calls 'unhelpful'</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96383880&amp;Channel_ID=23&amp;Category_ID=281</link><pubDate>2009-11-24T11:12:00</pubDate><description>Johannesburg - Recent calls for former president Thabo Mbeki and former health minister Manto Tshabalala-Msimang to be charged with genocide are unhelpful, an HIV/Aids association said on Tuesday."We </description><source>News24.com</source></item><item><title>Zimbabwe women, receiving rights award, speak out</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96291777&amp;Channel_ID=23&amp;Category_ID=281</link><pubDate>2009-11-24T07:18:00</pubDate><description>WASHINGTON_President Barack Obama praised representatives of a women's organization whose members have been beaten by President Robert Mugabe's police force and face court trials for challenging the Zimbabwean </description><source>Poten &amp; Partners</source></item><item><title>Obama mistakenly leaves human rights event early, returns to his seat with laughter</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96272920&amp;Channel_ID=23&amp;Category_ID=281</link><pubDate>2009-11-24T07:38:00</pubDate><description>WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama is getting used to leaving events before they end, even when he does not have to. Monday night, Obama mistakenly left a White House ceremony honouring two activists' </description><source>Am1220.ca</source></item><item><title>DR Congo war crimes trial begins at the Hague</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96390507&amp;Channel_ID=23&amp;Category_ID=281</link><pubDate>2009-11-24T11:42:00</pubDate><description>Two Congolese militiamen accused of seeking to wipe out a village blocking a strategic route in an ethnic war pleaded not guilty to war crimes in the International Criminal Court on Tuesday. "I plead </description><source>InSing.com</source></item><item><title>Zimbabwe: Remarks by Jenni Williams Accepting the 26th Annual Robert F. Kennedy </title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96390033&amp;Channel_ID=23&amp;Category_ID=281</link><pubDate>2009-11-24T11:46:00</pubDate><description>Remarks by Jenni Williams, accepting on behalf of of Zimbabwe Arise, the 26th Annual Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award, November 23th, 2009 at the White House, Washington, DC. Good evening Mr. President, </description><source>AllAfrica.com</source></item><item><title>Zimbabwe: Remarks by Magodonga Mahlangu Accepting the 26th Annual Robert F. Kennedy </title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96390005&amp;Channel_ID=23&amp;Category_ID=281</link><pubDate>2009-11-24T11:46:00</pubDate><description>Remarks by Magodonga Mahlangu accepting the 26th Annual Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award, November 23th, 2009 at the White House, Washington, DC. Good evening Mr. President, Mrs. Obama, members of </description><source>AllAfrica.com</source></item><item><title>Games criticised for portrayal of war crimes</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96387998&amp;Channel_ID=23&amp;Category_ID=281</link><pubDate>2009-11-24T11:20:00</pubDate><description>Modern Warfare 2 and Army of Two were singled out by human rights groups for depicting war crimes. Human rights groups in Switzerland have criticised the games industry for frequently flaunting international </description><source>Bit-Tech.net</source></item><item><title>Q&amp;A:  "HUMAN RIGHTS MUST BE CENTRAL IN POVERTY FIGHT'</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96360150&amp;Channel_ID=23&amp;Category_ID=281</link><pubDate>2009-11-24T11:12:00</pubDate><description>As the number of people living in poverty swell to over two billion, Amnesty International Secretary-General Irene Khan makes a strong argument for human rights to be made central to development and eradication </description><source>Individual.com</source></item><item><title>Uganda: UN Human Rights Body to Review Country</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96382291&amp;Channel_ID=23&amp;Category_ID=281</link><pubDate>2009-11-24T09:02:00</pubDate><description>Kampala Uganda's human rights situation will be reviewed by the United Nations Human Rights Council in 2011 for the first time. This was announced by Margaret Sekaggya, the UN Special Rapporteur working </description><source>AllAfrica.com</source></item><item><title>Human rights journalism to be rewarded</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96380119&amp;Channel_ID=23&amp;Category_ID=281</link><pubDate>2009-11-24T08:36:00</pubDate><description>November 2009 The deadline for nominations for the Martin Ennals Foundation's annual award to honour a journalist involved in human rights activities is December 9. The award is open to journalists across </description><source>Journalism.co.za</source></item><item><title>Medvedev pledges to back human rights groups</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96310127&amp;Channel_ID=23&amp;Category_ID=281</link><pubDate>2009-11-24T08:40:00</pubDate><description>Russiaâ??s President Medvedev has promised to push through new laws to give human rights activists more support. At a meeting in the Kremlin he reassured representatives of non-governmental organisations </description><source>EuroNews</source></item><item><title>Nation's Resilience Despite Continuing Denial of the Genocide [analysis]</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96341909&amp;Channel_ID=23&amp;Category_ID=281</link><pubDate>2009-11-24T07:43:00</pubDate><description>Rwanda:Nation's Resilience Despite Continuing Denial of the Genocide Brig. Gen. Frank Rusagara analysis Kigali â?? During a presentation at the Rwanda Symposium held in Oxford in March 2009, the audience </description><source>AllAfrica.com</source></item><item><title>25 yrs sought for Fujimori at top court over breach of human rights</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96368634&amp;Channel_ID=23&amp;Category_ID=281</link><pubDate>2009-11-24T04:05:00</pubDate><description>RIO DE JANEIRO, Nov. 24 KYODO Prosecutors sought 25 years in prison Monday at the top Peruvian court for former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori, who was appealing a sentence of 25 years in prison </description><source>Kyodo</source></item><item><title>Rwandan immigrant formally charged with genocide</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96351589&amp;Channel_ID=23&amp;Category_ID=281</link><pubDate>2009-11-24T04:14:00</pubDate><description>OTTAWA (AFP) - A 37-year-old Rwandan immigrant arrested earlier this month on suspicion of committing acts of genocide has been formally charged with "genocide," his attorney said Monday. Jacques Mungwarere </description><source>Yahoo! Canada</source></item><item><title>War crimes in games are...</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96291841&amp;Channel_ID=23&amp;Category_ID=281</link><pubDate>2009-11-24T04:02:00</pubDate><description>Human rights groups are calling upon developers and publisher to address the way war crimes are portrayed in video games. Swiss organisations Trial and Projeventute carried out a study to see if conflicts </description><source>MCV</source></item><item><title>UN humanitarian chief says things are changing for better in Sri Lanka</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96357047&amp;Channel_ID=23&amp;Category_ID=281</link><pubDate>2009-11-24T01:19:00</pubDate><description>The release of internally displaced people from camps in northern Sri Lanka has been moving at a very fast pace according to the United Nations Emergency Relief Coordinator. John Holmes, back from a visit </description><source>United Nations Multimedia</source></item><item><title>Sheikh Khalifa receives UNHCR Plaque</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96353588&amp;Channel_ID=23&amp;Category_ID=281</link><pubDate>2009-11-24T00:28:00</pubDate><description>:55 PM ABU DHABI - President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan has received the plaque of the United s High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). The plaque is awarded in recognition of his </description><source>Khaleej Times</source></item><item><title>Sudan violates peacekeeper deployment agreement</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96331749&amp;Channel_ID=23&amp;Category_ID=281</link><pubDate>2009-11-24T00:25:00</pubDate><description>UNITED NATIONS - Sudanâ??s government has harassed and limited movements of international peacekeepers in its conflict-torn western Darfur region, violating an agreement on the peacekeepersâ?? deployment, </description><source>Khaleej Times</source></item><item><title>China activist who spoke out on quake gets 3 years</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96273957&amp;Channel_ID=23&amp;Category_ID=281</link><pubDate>2009-11-24T07:33:00</pubDate><description>Send To: From: Comments: BEIJING -- A veteran dissident was sentenced to three years in prison after casting a spotlight on poorly built schools that collapsed and killed thousands of children during </description><source>Chicago Daily Herald</source></item></channel></rss>