<?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=76&amp;catid=281</link><description>News Feed for - Human-rights</description><item><title>Afua Hirsch on Human Rights Watch report claiming British complicity in Pakistani </title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96449077&amp;Channel_ID=76&amp;Category_ID=281</link><pubDate>2009-11-25T08:13:00</pubDate><description>Report errors or inaccuracies: userhelp@guardian.co.uk Letters for publication should be sent to: letters@guardian.co.uk</description><source>Guardian.co.uk</source></item><item><title>Human Rights Watch urges gay protection in Serbia</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96458992&amp;Channel_ID=76&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=96458714&amp;Channel_ID=76&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=76&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=76&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=76&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=76&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=76&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=76&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=76&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>FDC Accuses Army of Rights Abuses in Karamoja</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96395477&amp;Channel_ID=76&amp;Category_ID=281</link><pubDate>2009-11-25T07:36:00</pubDate><description>Uganda: Gerald Bareebe The Forum for Democratic Change President, Dr Kizza Besigye has, in his first major press conference since returning from a 10-day tour of Karamoja, accused the Uganda People Defence </description><source>AllAfrica.com</source></item><item><title>Human Rights Concerns Taint Election - Dictator Predicts Landslide Victory As Opposition </title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96461297&amp;Channel_ID=76&amp;Category_ID=281</link><pubDate>2009-11-25T11:35:00</pubDate><description>Conditions in Equatorial Guinea cast serious doubt about the credibility of the forthcoming presidential election, Human Rights Watch said today. President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, who has ruled </description><source>Individual.com</source></item><item><title>All Are Partners in Upholding Human Rights</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96460948&amp;Channel_ID=76&amp;Category_ID=281</link><pubDate>2009-11-25T11:31:00</pubDate><description>Human rights speak to our most treasured values, and we all seek to observe them and see them observed,' Kamalesh Sharma told the Commonwealth Forum of National Human Right Institutions (NHRI) in Trinidad </description><source>AllAfrica.com</source></item><item><title>Zimbabwean Activist Receives Kennedy Award for Human Rights</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96458922&amp;Channel_ID=76&amp;Category_ID=281</link><pubDate>2009-11-25T11:04:00</pubDate><description>Washington - In the early 1980s, Zimbabwe's Magodonga Mahlangu witnessed the massacre of thousands in Matabeleland, including family members, and she decided it was intolerable that the people of Zimbabwe </description><source>Media Newswire</source></item><item><title>DR Congo war crimes trial starts</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96458465&amp;Channel_ID=76&amp;Category_ID=281</link><pubDate>2009-11-25T10:58:00</pubDate><description>benin: Two Congolese militiamen pleaded not guilty when they were accused in The Hague Tuesday of planning to wipe out an entire village as their men killed civilians, raped women and enslaved child soldiers. </description><source>Qatar Peninsula</source></item><item><title>Human Rights Watchdog Warns Russia on Corruption, Abuse in Chechnya</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96455256&amp;Channel_ID=76&amp;Category_ID=281</link><pubDate>2009-11-25T09:22:00</pubDate><description>News Publications Â· In-depth geopolitical and industry specific news coverage aggregated from 35,000 online outlets. Updated every 15 minutes. News Alerts Â· Receive a free selection of the day's top </description><source>Ein News</source></item><item><title>SL Tamil refugees:UN expresses concern</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96452425&amp;Channel_ID=76&amp;Category_ID=281</link><pubDate>2009-11-25T08:42:00</pubDate><description>United Nations: The UN humanitarian chief called Sri Lanka's decision to release Tamil refugees confined to government camps since the end of the country's 25-year civil war 'good news' but said the United </description><source>Manorama Online</source></item><item><title>Milan Zver MEP holds debate on Poverty and Mental Health: A Human Rights Issue</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96443825&amp;Channel_ID=76&amp;Category_ID=281</link><pubDate>2009-11-25T07:15:00</pubDate><description>Milan Zver MEP and Mental Health Europe (MHE) will host a luncheon debate on 'Poverty and mental health in the EU: A human rights issue' on 30 November 2009 in the European Parliament in Brussels. Its </description><source>European People's Party in the European Parliment</source></item><item><title>Canada Charges Another Genocide Suspect</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96430599&amp;Channel_ID=76&amp;Category_ID=281</link><pubDate>2009-11-25T07:36:00</pubDate><description>Rwanda: Edmund Kagire Kigali â?? A court in Canada has formally proffered genocide charges on Jacques Mungwarere, a genocide suspect arrested in Canada earlier this month. Mungwarere who was arrested </description><source>AllAfrica.com</source></item><item><title>Fast Rent A Car wins Sheikh Khalifa Excellence Award</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96353588&amp;Channel_ID=76&amp;Category_ID=281</link><pubDate>2009-11-25T07:41:00</pubDate><description>Fast Rent A Car last night became the first car rental agency to receive a Silver award in the service category of the Sheikh Khalifa Excellence Awards scheme. The award, organised by Abu Dhabi Chamber </description><source>AME Info</source></item><item><title>Former NUR vice Rector gets life sentence for Genocide</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96430323&amp;Channel_ID=76&amp;Category_ID=281</link><pubDate>2009-11-25T01:11:00</pubDate><description>The National University of Rwanda's Genocide memorial site. (Photo P. Ntambara) HUYE - The Gacaca court of Ngoma recently sentenced in absentia a former vice Rector of the National University of Rwanda </description><source>Rwanda New Times</source></item><item><title>Philippines: Humanitarian situation still critical for more than 78,000 families </title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96440254&amp;Channel_ID=76&amp;Category_ID=281</link><pubDate>2009-11-25T03:05:00</pubDate><description>This report was issued by OCHA New York based on inputs from the OCHA Regional Office for Asia Pacific (ROAP) and OCHA Philippines. It covers the period from 20 to 25 November 2009 and addresses Typhoon </description><source>ReliefWeb</source></item><item><title>World AIDS Day Luncheon: HIV, Human Rights and Universal Access and Marginalized </title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96437657&amp;Channel_ID=76&amp;Category_ID=281</link><pubDate>2009-11-25T02:12:00</pubDate><description>Description: In collaboration with twenty-six civil society organizations, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), the United Nations Population </description><source>UNAIDS</source></item><item><title>DR Congo war crimes trial starts</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96386226&amp;Channel_ID=76&amp;Category_ID=281</link><pubDate>2009-11-25T10:58:00</pubDate><description>benin: Two Congolese militiamen pleaded not guilty when they were accused in The Hague Tuesday of planning to wipe out an entire village as their men killed civilians, raped women and enslaved child soldiers. </description><source>Qatar Peninsula</source></item><item><title>Rebel Leaders Plead Not Guilty In Congo Massacre Trial</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96385927&amp;Channel_ID=76&amp;Category_ID=281</link><pubDate>2009-11-25T02:07:00</pubDate><description>Mathieu Ngudjolo at his trial at the International Criminal Court in The Hague, 24 Nov 2009 Two Congolese rebel leaders pleaded not guilty at the start of a trial at the International Criminal Court in </description><source>VOA News</source></item></channel></rss>