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As genocide raged, general's pleas...
CNN - 107 Minutes ago
In 1993, Romeo Dallaire was full of hope for the future of Rwanda. The Canadian lieutenant general and son of a soldier was about to take up the biggest command of his career -- leading United Nations
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Darfur genocide continues: ICC prosecutor
The Age - 57 Minutes ago
Sudan's government is still supporting genocide in Darfur, including through rape and holding up humanitarian aid, the International Criminal Court prosecutor said Wednesday. 'Genocide continues,' Luis
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Super funds fight for human rights
Financial Standard - 40 Minutes ago
Can super funds join forces to stop human rights abuses, improve the lives and rights of hundreds of people in just over a year? According to four Swedish pension funds, nothing is impossible. The Ethical
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Zimbabwean authorities target activists and trade unionists
Amnesty International - 62 Minutes ago
A Zimbabwean human rights activist was abducted from her home at dawn on Wednesday by a group of armed plain-clothes men who identified themselves as policemen. Jestina Mukoko is the director of the Zimbabwe
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Oxfam demands France, Germany and UK face up to the humanitarian crisis in Congo
Oxfam International - 68 Minutes ago
â??EU leaders have to face up to the stark choice before them. Failure to do so means armed men go on murdering.â? Elise Ford Head of Oxfam's EU Advocacy Office, Brussels International agency Oxfam today
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Telstra reveals its human rights face
Business Spectator - 109 Minutes ago
Australian lawyers are generally in favour of the Federal Government's proposal to introduce a charter of human rights. Telstra has also declared its support for such a charter, arguing that it would
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\Torture used by both old, new Mauritanian regimes - Amnesty
Lebanon Daily Star - 114 Minutes ago
NOUAKCHOTT: Mauritania freely uses torture as a method of investigation and repression and it has become more prevalent after a recent coup, Amnesty International said Wednesday. 'In Mauritania, the security
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Two former Bosnian Serb soldiers charged with war crimes
Southeast European Times - 92 Minutes ago
SARAJEVO, Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) -- Prosecutors filed charges Tuesday (December 2nd) against two former Bosnian Serb army officers in connection with the executions of 23 Muslim civilians during
Bosnia Indicts Two Former Serb Soldiers For War Crimes Lloyd's
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Bone detectives seek genocide answers
CNN - 4 Hours ago
The man's remains lie on a table. Next to him are the bones of his 22-year-old son and the remains of another son. But no one yet knows which of the man's two missing boys the third set of remains could
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Amnesty: Gunmen abduct Zimbabwean activist
CNN - 6 Hours ago
Amnesty International demanded Wednesday to know the whereabouts of human rights activist Jestina Mukoko, who it says was abducted at dawn by armed men in civilian clothes posing as police. Mukoko, director
Zimbabwe: Human rights activist abducted after arrests at cholera clinic Amnesty International UK
Zimbabwe activist abducted by 12 gunmen CNN
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Drug addicts win human rights compensation for being forced to go cold turkey
Telegraph - 4 Hours ago
after it was ruled that denying them heroin and other drugs such as methadone to help treat their addictions was illegal. The figure was only part of the 50,000 of taxpayers' money paid out in just one
Drug addict prisoners receive 11,400 'human rights' compensation for being forced Mail Online UK
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Jody Williams and Shirin Ebadi: Arrest Sudan's president for genocide now
Guardian Unlimited - 5 Hours ago
On December 3, chief prosecutor for the International Criminal Court (ICC), Luis Moreno-Ocampo, will report to the UN Security Council on the progress of his investigation into crimes in the Darfur region
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Sudan activists fear more arrests over war crimes case
Reuters UK - 15 Hours ago
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Activists fear more arrests News24.com
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Britain's civil liberties in spotlight after Parliament raid
Christian Science Monitor - 8 Hours ago
Politicians and the press have protested police's decision to raid Parliament and arrest Conservative MP Damian Green. London - In the 2-1/2 years since 52 London commuters were killed by suicide bombers,
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Torture in Mauritania 'routine'
BBC - 9 Hours ago
Amnesty said Mauritanian prisoners are tortured to extract 'confessions' Torture of prisoners in Mauritania - including electric shocks, burnings and sexual violence - is 'routine and systematic', a rights
'Torture routine in Mauritania' News24.com
Amnesty says torture routine in Mauritania WOUB
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New UN pact may be needed for climate victims: WWF
Reuters South Africa - 10 Hours ago
POZNAN, Poland (Reuters) - The world may need a new U.N. pact to compensate victims of climate change or risk a tangle of billion-dollar lawsuits linked to heatwaves, droughts and rising seas, a study
New U.N. pact may be needed for climate victims: WWF Reuters UK
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Security, civil liberties experts question data-mining
NetworkWorld - 5 Hours ago
The U.S. Congress should limit government data-mining efforts because some techniques don't work and many raise serious privacy concerns, two experts said Monday. No credible study has found predictive
Security, civil liberties experts question data mining Computerworld
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NGOs can play bigger role in China's human rights protection
CHINAdaily - 3 Hours ago
BEIJING -- The rapid growth of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in China has played an increasingly important role in human rights protection, but more needs to be done to give them a better environment
Official: NGOs can play bigger role in China's human rights protection Xinhua News Agency
MPs now playing bigger role IOL
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Bob Geldof accepts humanitarian award in Manitoba
Sympatico - 5 Hours ago
Prime Minister Stephen Harper accused Liberal Leader St?phane Dion of betraying Canadian voters with the proposed Liberal-NDP coalition to replace the Conservative minority government,... 2 To save his
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Why human rights are no luxury ...
Baltic Times - 6 Hours ago
Exactly 60 years have passed since the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights by the United Nations. Looking back, I think that in Europe, despite ups and downs, we can be proud of many
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Standing Up for Human Rights by Restricting Military Assistance to Indonesia
ETAN - 6 Hours ago
Response to the Wall Street Journal editorial, Obama's Indonesia Test November 25, 2008 - A recent urged its readers to watch the 'low-profile' but important issue of the U.S. military relationship with
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Evil: Before 'genocide' had a name
CNN - 12/2/2008
Paris, 1948. In the shadow of the Holocaust, the fledgling United Nations meets to adopt one of its first human rights treaties. Applause shakes the room, cameras flash -- and at the center, a single,
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Christiane Amanpour: Reporting On Genocide
NPR - 9 Hours ago
CNN's Christiane Amanpour has covered every major international and humanitarian crisis since the Gulf War. Now, in a new CNN documentary called , Amanpour focuses on genocide and the people who are working
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President acknowledges unprecedented foreign exchange reservesGaza: An Elegy for
Islamic Republic News Agency - 10 Hours ago
Iran-President-Interview President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Tuesday evening that the amount of Iran's current foreign exchange deposit is unprecedented in the country's history. Addressing a live interview
President acknowledges unprecedented foreign exchange reserves Islamic Republic News Agency
President acknowledges unprecedented foreign exchange reserves Gaza: An Elegy for Islamic Republic News Agency
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Gaza: An Elegy for Human Rights!Baqeri reaffirms Iran's resolve to free hijacked
Islamic Republic News Agency - 10 Hours ago
Iran-Gaza-Human Rights The Israeli blockade of the Gaza Strip contravenes international law and has forcibly deprived 1.5 million Palestinian men, women and children of their most basic human rights for
Gaza: An Elegy for Human Rights! Islamic Republic News Agency
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