<?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=64&amp;catid=281</link><description>News Feed for - Human-rights</description><item><title>Atrocities in the Democratic Republic of Congo: Germany Arrests Rwandan War Crimes </title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96480544&amp;Channel_ID=64&amp;Category_ID=281</link><pubDate>2009-11-25T15:58:00</pubDate><description>Germany Arrests Rwandan War Crimes Suspects Ignace Murwanashyaka, seen here in a March 2005 photo, was arrested Tuesday in Germany. The Hutu militia FDLR is responsible for much of the violence in the </description><source>Spiegel Online</source></item><item><title>Emmy-Award Winning Actress Shohreh Aghdashloo to Receive the Women's International </title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96474218&amp;Channel_ID=64&amp;Category_ID=281</link><pubDate>2009-11-25T16:25:00</pubDate><description>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/ -- On December </description><source>Reuters</source></item><item><title>World AIDS Day, 12/1: Free HIV Testing at All Five Bay Area Out of the Closet Thrift </title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96437657&amp;Channel_ID=64&amp;Category_ID=281</link><pubDate>2009-11-25T15:58:00</pubDate><description>SAN FRANCISCO (Business Wire) -- AIDS Healthcare Foundation: To commemorate World AIDS Day 2009, AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), together with local partners, will offer free, confidential HIV testing </description><source>Globe Investor</source></item><item><title>Serb nationalist's war crimes trial to resume</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96386226&amp;Channel_ID=64&amp;Category_ID=281</link><pubDate>2009-11-25T13:09:00</pubDate><description>THE HAGUE, Netherlands --Judges at the Yugoslav war crimes tribunal have ordered the resumption of a Serb nationalist's trial almost a year after it was suspended amid claims of witness intimidation. </description><source>Boston Globe</source></item><item><title>Red Cross prepares for increased humanitarian needs</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96474053&amp;Channel_ID=64&amp;Category_ID=281</link><pubDate>2009-11-25T15:08:00</pubDate><description>In a survey predicting an increase in humanitarian needs in coming years, world policy makers emphasize the importance of better linking relief and development, while focusing on security, capacity building </description><source>British Red Cross</source></item><item><title>â??Cotton and Raceâ?? explores history of crop that prolonged US slavery, abetted </title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96474036&amp;Channel_ID=64&amp;Category_ID=281</link><pubDate>2009-11-25T16:05:00</pubDate><description>JACKSON, Miss. - Gene Dattel grew up in the segregated South and was one of the few Mississippians enrolled at Yale University in 1962 when his home state became ensnared in a bloody confrontation over </description><source>Amherst Daily News</source></item><item><title>Human Rights Watch urges gay protection in Serbia</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96413344&amp;Channel_ID=64&amp;Category_ID=281</link><pubDate>2009-11-25T11:05:00</pubDate><description>Belgrade, November 24 (MIA) - Serbia should 'quickly take visible steps' to halt a recent spate of violence and discrimination against gays, Human Rights Watch said Tuesday, AP reports. The New York-based </description><source>MTnet</source></item><item><title>UNHCR distributes winter aid among Pakistani IDPs</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96412029&amp;Channel_ID=64&amp;Category_ID=281</link><pubDate>2009-11-25T11:02:00</pubDate><description>Increases the bookmark twitter facebook digg Google Windowslive Delicious buzz friendfeed Linkedin diigo reddit stumbleupon The refugee agency of United Nations has begun to distribute additional relief </description><source>People's Daily Online</source></item><item><title>Genocide charges wont halt Aids</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96458463&amp;Channel_ID=64&amp;Category_ID=281</link><pubDate>2009-11-25T10:58:00</pubDate><description>Johannesburg  Recent calls for former president Thabo Mbeki and his health minister Manto Tshabalala- Msimang to be charged with genocide are unhelpful, an HIV/Aids association said yesterday. We need </description><source>Herald South Africa</source></item><item><title>Ethnic groups wary of Jews</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96453718&amp;Channel_ID=64&amp;Category_ID=281</link><pubDate>2009-11-25T08:58:00</pubDate><description>groups in society, not just Jews. But Jews didnt fare well. A third of respondents from non-Danish ethnic backgrounds said one couldnt be too careful enough in relation to Jews in Denmark. In comparison, </description><source>Copenhagen Post</source></item><item><title>HUMAN RIGHTS: UN chief unveils role models scheme to help end violence against women</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96452806&amp;Channel_ID=64&amp;Category_ID=281</link><pubDate>2009-11-25T08:47:00</pubDate><description>UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday announced the creation of a network of male role models to encourage men to stand up against violence against women. AFP - UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon </description><source>France24</source></item><item><title>Congolese lose faith in ICC</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96336863&amp;Channel_ID=64&amp;Category_ID=281</link><pubDate>2009-11-25T08:46:00</pubDate><description>Published on : 24 November 2009 - 3:27pm | By Sebastiaan Gottlieb Filed under: Their victims have little faith in the outcome of a trial against former Congolese rebel leaders Germain Katanga and Mathieu </description><source>Radio Netherlands</source></item><item><title>French team in Rwanda for genocide investigation</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96322811&amp;Channel_ID=64&amp;Category_ID=281</link><pubDate>2009-11-25T07:33:00</pubDate><description>In what has been described as a landmark development relating to the judicial co-operation between France and Rwanda, two senior judges from the Paris Court of Higher Instance have arrived in the country </description><source>Legalbrief</source></item><item><title>Zimbabwe and the 2009 Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award.</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96429734&amp;Channel_ID=64&amp;Category_ID=281</link><pubDate>2009-11-25T01:05:00</pubDate><description>Most importantly Zimbabwean activists Magondonga Mahlangu and Jenni Williams were awarded the The Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award this year. The two women representing Women of Zimbabwe Arise (WOZA) </description><source>Times Live South Africa</source></item><item><title>Human Rights Watch condemns UK's role in torture</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96270732&amp;Channel_ID=64&amp;Category_ID=281</link><pubDate>2009-11-25T00:30:00</pubDate><description>Pressure for inquiry grows as torturers themselves allege British complicity The attorney general was under intense pressure tonight to order a wider series of police investigations into British complicity </description><source>Observer</source></item><item><title>Fast Rent A Car win Sheikh Khalifa Excellence Award</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96353588&amp;Channel_ID=64&amp;Category_ID=281</link><pubDate>2009-11-25T15:12:00</pubDate><description>November 2009 Fast Rent A Car set the standard for rental agencies in the UAE Abu Dhabi -  Fast Rent A Car last night became the first car rental agency to receive a Silver award in the service category </description><source>Eye of Dubai</source></item><item><title>REMARKS BY PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA AT THE PRESENTATION OF THE ROBERT F. KENNEDY HUMAN </title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96469164&amp;Channel_ID=64&amp;Category_ID=281</link><pubDate>2009-11-25T12:57:00</pubDate><description>What a wonderful evening. Before I begin, let me just acknowledge some folks here in the crowd. First of all, Ms. Kerry Kennedy, for the great work that she's doing day in and day out. (Pictured: US president </description><source>The Zimbabwean</source></item><item><title>Latest xenophobic attacks a serious human rights challenge - SAMWU</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96469029&amp;Channel_ID=64&amp;Category_ID=281</link><pubDate>2009-11-25T12:56:00</pubDate><description>JOHANNESBURG â?? A South African labour body has described recent xenophobic attacks, which displaced an estimated 3 000 predominantly Zimbabwean migrant workers as a serious human rights challenge, and </description><source>The Zimbabwean</source></item><item><title>Mbeki and genocide: A reply to Buti Manamela</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96466149&amp;Channel_ID=64&amp;Category_ID=281</link><pubDate>2009-11-25T12:22:00</pubDate><description>President Zuma's administration and allies have since the inauguration been shifting blame of failures of the previous administration directly at former President Mbeki's doorstep, whilst accepting its </description><source>Politicsweb</source></item><item><title>War crimes victims still not laid to rest</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96465607&amp;Channel_ID=64&amp;Category_ID=281</link><pubDate>2009-11-25T12:17:00</pubDate><description>The bodies of many victims of the Srebrenica massacre still remain unidentified and unburied even though it has been 14 years since the incident. More than 8000 Muslim men and boys were killed in July </description><source>Russia Today</source></item><item><title>Still no stability in the Caucasus  EU human rights commissioner</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96465342&amp;Channel_ID=64&amp;Category_ID=281</link><pubDate>2009-11-25T12:15:00</pubDate><description>Illegal armed groups have intensified their activities in Russias North Caucasus region, according to a new report by the human rights commissioner of the Council of Europe. Thomas Hammarberg recently </description><source>Russia Today</source></item><item><title>UNHCR says number of Iraqis in Syria drops</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96464691&amp;Channel_ID=64&amp;Category_ID=281</link><pubDate>2009-11-25T12:09:00</pubDate><description>You are in &amp;gt; Home / Baghdad, Latest News, Politics / BAGHDAD / Aswat al-Iraq: The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has revealed a drop in the number of Iraqis living in Syria, </description><source>Aswat al Iraq</source></item><item><title>KEY NOTE ADDRESS BY THE UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AT THE </title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96463278&amp;Channel_ID=64&amp;Category_ID=281</link><pubDate>2009-11-25T11:55:00</pubDate><description>I. (Introduction) Ladies and Gentlemen, I am honoured to deliver the key note address at your annual human rights conference. I am particularly pleased to speak to you this morning about the legal protection </description><source>UNHCHR</source></item><item><title>KEYNOTE ADDRESS BY MS. NAVANETHEM PILLAY UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN </title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96463236&amp;Channel_ID=64&amp;Category_ID=281</link><pubDate>2009-11-25T11:54:00</pubDate><description>(Mr. Minister of Foreign Affairs,) Dear Colleagues, Ladies and Gentlemen, I wish to thank the organizers of this Forum for inviting me here. It is indeed an honour to follow in the footsteps of the many </description><source>UNHCHR</source></item><item><title>Bleak UN picture of Congo's humanitarian crisis</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96463089&amp;Channel_ID=64&amp;Category_ID=281</link><pubDate>2009-11-25T11:53:00</pubDate><description>A strongly worded United Nations report suggests that the military offensive in eastern Congo has failed, creating a new humanitarian crisis. The report, seen by the BBC, says hundreds of thousands of </description><source>Radio New Zealand</source></item></channel></rss>