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- UN says human rights violations could spread HIV/AIDS 1 Dec 2009 07:50 GMT
... World Health Organization (WHO) warned Tuesday that human rights violations, compounded by limited or no access ... contribute to the spread of HIV/AIDS in Asia. The WHO's regional office in Manila urged countries to ... Young-soo, WHO regional director for the Western Pacific, noted that populations with high-risk behaviours were ...
- Improving trade relations will be high on the agenda for Stephen Harper as he makes his first visit to China, but activists say they want the Prime Minister to continue to address human rights issues. 1 Dec 2009 17:52 GMT
... Harper urged to talk human rights with China PM set to discuss trade ... with Chinese President Hu Jintao at the Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation Summit in Singapore on Nov. ...
- Harper urged to talk human rights with China 1 Dec 2009 17:52 GMT
... Harper urged to talk human rights with China PM set to discuss trade ... with Chinese President Hu Jintao at the Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation Summit in Singapore on Nov. ...
- Parliamentary Group Urges PM to Talk Human Rights on China trip 1 Dec 2009 16:15 GMT
... asking him to raise the issue of human rights and specifically the Falun Gong persecution with ... crown prosecutor and Secretary of State for Asia-Pacific David Kilgour. Noting that “[China] persecutes the ...
- Pakistani military response to militants fails to bring peace 1 Dec 2009 13:33 GMT
... no alternative.' —I.A. Rehman, director of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan KARACHI (IPS/GIN) - As ... networks,” said Samina Ahmed, Crisis Group's South Asia project director, in a press statement issued ... ‘have-nots” have emerged in the conflict-attended South Asian state. “The state's failure to provide basic ...
- Stronger Japan ties, but with riders 1 Dec 2009 03:10 GMT
... shift from past differences between the two Asian neighbors, irritants relating to human rights and the promotion of democracy, which are ... especially relating to the Japanese aggression in Asia, have often strained relations between earlier Japanese ...
- Duch on Trial - Week 20, Part 2 (Sep 28, 2009) 1 Dec 2009 09:10 GMT
... interviews. The films were commissioned by the Asia International Justice Initiative (AIJI) with funds provided ... the British Embassy in Phnom Penh. The Asian International Justice Initiative is a collaborative project ... justice initiatives and capacity-building programs in the human rights sector in South-East Asia. For more information, ...
- Duch on Trial - Week 20, Part 1 (Sep 28, 2009) 1 Dec 2009 09:10 GMT
... interviews. The films were commissioned by the Asia International Justice Initiative (AIJI) with funds provided ... the British Embassy in Phnom Penh. The Asian International Justice Initiative is a collaborative project ... justice initiatives and capacity-building programs in the human rights sector in South-East Asia. For more information, ...
- HIV/AIDS Linked to Rights Abuses: United Nations 1 Dec 2009 16:56 GMT
... World Health Organization warned on Tuesday that human rights violations, compounded by limited or no access ... contribute to the spread of HIV/AIDS in Asia. The WHO’s regional office in Manila urged countries to ... Young-soo, WHO regional director for the Western Pacific, noted that populations with high-risk behaviors were ...
- Uzbekistan: Freed Activist's Condition Highlights Harsh Treatment 1 Dec 2009 02:40 GMT
... and unconditional release. Holly Cartner, Europe and Central Asia director (November 30, 2009) - Uzbek political opposition ... conviction highlight the government's continued repressive nature, Human Rights Watch said today. "We are overjoyed that ...
- Obama's Presidency: A One Term Show? 1 Dec 2009 05:16 GMT
... of policy in the Middle East and Central Asia. So far, the results are elusive. The U. S. ... The Jewish state has been systematically violating human rights and international law with the approval of ...
- Burmese lawyers test the water at the ICC 1 Dec 2009 07:07 GMT
... The comments came during a discussion between Asian civil society groups and representatives from six Asia-Pacific governments at the World Forum at The ... of Serbian leader Slobadan Milosevic, said that human rights violations in Burma were comparable to Dafur, ...
- Sacked by text, the Indian ... 1 Dec 2009 07:36 GMT
... millions of poor, impoverished labourers from South Asia in the Gulf region. Indeed, the long-enjoyed ... years has been fuelled largely by south Asian migrant construction workers, who work in the ... who work in the grimmest of circumstances. Human Rights Watch estimated in 2006 that at least ...
- Sacked by text, the Indian workers who built Dubai 1 Dec 2009 08:54 GMT
... millions of poor, impoverished labourers from South Asia in the Gulf region. Indeed, the long-enjoyed ... years has been fuelled largely by south Asian migrant construction workers, who work in the ... who work in the grimmest of circumstances. Human Rights Watch estimated in 2006 that at least ...
- Tunisia observes World Aids Day 1 Dec 2009 15:56 GMT
... Under the theme “human rights and access to treatment”, Tunisia is observing ... decreased by 15% in Africa, 25% in East Asia and 10% in West and South Asia. In ...
- Harper to talk trade in China 1 Dec 2009 14:04 GMT
... PM to address human rights in 1st visit to economic superpower Last ... with Chinese President Hu Jintao at the Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation Summit in Singapore on Nov. ...
- Stephen Harper leaves Tuesday for a long-awaited trip to China, his first visit to the economic superpower since becoming Canada's prime minister nearly four years ago. 1 Dec 2009 14:13 GMT
... PM to address human rights in 1st visit to economic superpower Last ... with Chinese President Hu Jintao at the Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation Summit in Singapore on Nov. ...
- World AIDS Day: Punitive Drug Laws, Policing Practices Impede HIV/AIDS Response 1 Dec 2009 07:30 GMT
... address HIV among people who use drugs, Human Rights Watch and the International Harm Reduction Association ... particular in Central and Eastern Europe and East Asia, injecting drug use is the primary driver ...
- "UM Schmum," Or: The UN? Who Needs It? (Part Three) 1 Dec 2009 18:15 GMT
... on about the 170 million Dalits in South Asia who suffer repression every day, the homosexuals being ... UN and has begun to engage the Human Rights Council. It seems like the US needs ...
- Indonesia Market factors to watch - Dec 1 1 Dec 2009 02:34 GMT
... Central Bank Deputy Director Muliaman D. - Human rights groups to hold a news conference to ... Conference and Price Outlook 2010, The - Asia-Pacific Coal Outlook Conference 2009, Conrad Hotel - ...
- He Wenping 1 Dec 2009 05:14 GMT
... insisted that African countries should learn from Asia, China in particular, in developing local economies ... push for so-called "good governance" and improve human rights conditions in the process of offering economic ... a researcher with the Institute of West Asian and African Studies under the Chinese Academy ...
- Ahmed Rashid: Paralysed state 1 Dec 2009 07:26 GMT
... is being lost in Pakistan, Afghanistan and Central Asia. Here is a selection of your comments: Ahmed ... civil society which respects democracy, secularism, and human rights, while respecting its own and its neighbour's ...
- Is all this really necessary? 1 Dec 2009 10:19 GMT
... is for some of the world's biggest human rights abusers. In short, the Commonwealth is everything ... trip last month. We have interests in Asia, and good reason to participate in the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit. The same goes for ...
- Kazakhstan's chairmanship to OSCE is chance for country to contribute to strengthening regional and global security: future OSCE chairman-in-office Kanat Saudabayev (INTERVIEW) 1 Dec 2009 05:35 GMT
... important security problems in the Euro-Atlantic and Eurasian regions, the OSCE can and should play ... is the basis of human security, development, human rights and democracy. Conflicts on religious and racial ... leading positions amongst the countries of Central Asia and CIS. Astana is one of the ...
- Wan Condemns Journalists Attacks 1 Dec 2009 13:02 GMT
... continues to impede independent news reporting in Asia. Journalists reporting on corruption find themselves in the ... journalists in various parts of Europe and Central Asia, as they question government policies, use information ... policies, use information deemed classified or unveil human rights abuses. Police raids, abductions and imprisonments remain ...
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