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Members of Boko Haram and other extremist groups in Nigeria could face war crimes charges for deliberate acts leading to ethnic and religious cleansing, the top United Nations human rights official said

UN human rights chief welcomes signing of Bangladesh work safety accord by major - 6 Hours ago

Hundreds people lost their lives when an eight-story building outside Dhaka, Bangladesh, collapsed on 24 April, 2013, trapping thousands of mostly garment workers inside. Photo

Schiff introduces Genocide resolution, again - 6 Hours ago

Recognition is 'profound call of moral duty,' Schiff says in statement. A group of girls walk with a few thousand protestors in a long revolving line at a protest rally in front of the Turkish Consulate

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UN agency prepositions for Darfur refugees in Chad ahead of rainy season - 6 Hours ago

Print 17 May 2013 With tens of thousands of Darfur refugees in eastern Chad, the United Nations refugee agency today said it is ';in a race against time'; to deliver aid before heavy rains cut off access

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Abuser who held San Rafael woman captive gets nearly 23-year prison term - 5 Hours ago

A man who held a San Rafael woman captive for a weekend of violent abuse was sentenced Friday to 22 years and eight months in state prison.Carlos Ciprano Housh, 50, of Concord could have received a life

1.5mn Syrians are now refugees: UNHCR - 6 Hours ago

The United Nations refugee agency has announced that the number of Syrian civilians who have fled to other countries to escape violence in their homeland has now exceeded 1.5 million. “The Syrian conflict

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Sri Lanka: TN Mu’l’livaaykkaal Remembrance meeting condemns Indian-West complicity - 4 Hours ago

TN Mullivaaykkaal Remembrance meeting condemns Indian-West complicity in genocide [TamilNet, Friday, 17 May 2013, 23:48 GMT] Speakers at the Mullivaaykkaal Remembrance meeting in Chennai, Tamil Nadu on

UNHCR leads efforts for homecoming of 10,000 Filipino refugees in Sabah - 5 Hours ago

COTABATO CITY, May 18 (PNA)– The United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR), in coordination with the Department of Social Welfare and Development – Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (DSWD-ARMM),

Nigerian rebels could face war crimes charges for population cleansing' - UN rights - 5 Hours ago

N58.9 Trillion Oil Deal HEDA Urges Human Rights Commission to Investigate Petroleum - 5 Hours ago

By SaharaReporters, New York HEDA, the Human And Environmental Development Agenda, has called on the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) to investigate the claim by five oil producing communities

UN: Number of Syrian refugees now over 1.5 million - 6 Hours ago

Besides the alarming loss of life in the Syrian civil war, with more than 70,000 lives being claimed so far, the resulting humanitarian crisis seems to be worsening. The United Nations reported Friday

China Submission by Human Rights Watch to the Legislative Affairs Office of the - 6 Hours ago

China: Submission by to the Legislative Affairs Office of the State Council Friday 17th May, 2013 Submission by to the Legislative Affairs Office of the State Council on the proposed amendments to the

Thailand: Deliver Justice for 2010 Political Violence - 6 Hours ago

(New York) – Three years on, the Thai government has failed to fulfill its promise to impartially prosecute all those responsible for the 2010 political violence, Human Rights Watch said today. Amnesty

UN reports total number of Syrian refugees has now reached 1.5 million - 6 Hours ago

Besides the alarming loss of life in the Syrian civil war, with more than 70,000 lives being claimed so far, the resulting humanitarian crisis seems to be worsening. The United Nations today reported

UN: Syrian refugees number more than 1.5 million - 6 Hours ago

The number of registered Syrian refugees has topped 1.5 million, said the United Nations refugee agency. - More -

Jordan warns UN of 'crushing weight' of Syria refugees - 7 Hours ago

Jordan on Tuesday warned the UN Security Council that the growing exodus of Syrian refugees was a threat to its stability and the council is now considering a visit to the camps.

The Korean Atrocity: Forgotten US War Crimes and Crimes against Humanity - 4 Hours ago

At a Quebec City celebration of the 70th anniversary of World War II’s Battle of the Atlantic last weekend, Minister of Veterans’ Affairs, Steven Blaney, responded to a question about Canadian military

LGBT Rights: The 2013 'Hall of Shame' | Human Rights Watch - 5 Hours ago

The American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ), for attempting to export homophobia to Africa. Founded in 1990 by the Baptist Minister and televangelist Pat Robertson, and headed by Jay Sekulow, its chief

Domestic violence victim: "I was a prisoner in my own home" - 7 Hours ago

(CBS News) - Almost one out of four women has experienced "severe physical violence" by an intimate partner, according to the Centers for Disease Control. CBS News spoke with a victim of domestic violence.

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