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  • Behold 2008; the world enters a major new crisis 10 Oct 2008 21:29 GMT
    ... eastern half of the Democratic Republic of Congo and the Tamil strongholds of Sri Lanka, ... Eastern governments have taken the abuse of human rights to new levels. Hundreds of political prisoners ...

  • U.N. urges Congo-Rwanda talks to avert war 10 Oct 2008 19:32 GMT
    ... KINSHASA (Reuters) - The United Nations urged Congo and Rwanda on Friday to hold talks ... CNDP, including recruitment in Rwandan refugee camps," Human Rights Watch Congo researcher Anneke Van Woudenberg said. ...

  • UN urges Congo-Rwanda talks to avert war 10 Oct 2008 19:28 GMT
    ... KINSHASA - The United Nations urged Congo and Rwanda on Friday to hold talks ... CNDP, including recruitment in Rwandan refugee camps," Human Rights Watch Congo researcher Anneke Van Woudenberg said. ...

  • U.S. takes hard-line on military forces, armed groups recruiting child soldiers 10 Oct 2008 19:27 GMT
    ... avenue to hold these perpetrators accountable. A Human Rights Watch statement quoted its children's right advocate ... Angola, Burma, Burundi, Chad, Cote d’Ivoire, D.R. Congo, Lebanon, Liberia, Rwanda, Somalia, and Sudan. Our ...

  • Country Should Ratify ICC Rome Statute 10 Oct 2008 14:34 GMT
    ... Burkina Faso, Burundi, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo (Brazzaville) Comoros, Democratic Republic of Congo, Djibouti, Gabon, ... citizens that it is committed to protect human rights and strengthen the rule of law. I am, therefore, ...

  • Cameroon: Country Should Ratify ICC Rome Statute [opinion] 10 Oct 2008 14:32 GMT
    ... Burkina Faso, Burundi, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo (Brazzaville) Comoros, Democratic Republic of Congo, Djibouti, Gabon, ... citizens that it is committed to protect human rights and strengthen the rule of law. I am, therefore, ...

  • An improved Africa 10 Oct 2008 11:32 GMT
    ... performance in five broad categories: participation and human rights; rule of law; transparency and corruption; human ... the ranking by the Democratic Republic of Congo with 29.8, Chad (33.9), Sudan (34.2) and ...

  • Africa: Unchecked Arms Trade Fuelling Conflict, Poverty 10 Oct 2008 09:30 GMT
    ... then turned against helpless civilian populations, say human rights organisations pushing for an international treaty to ... former commander in the Democratic Republic of Congo, General Patrick Cammaert, saw firsthand the futility ...

  • Unchecked Arms Trade Fuelling Conflict, Poverty 10 Oct 2008 09:30 GMT
    ... then turned against helpless civilian populations, say human rights organisations pushing for an international treaty to ... former commander in the Democratic Republic of Congo, General Patrick Cammaert, saw firsthand the futility ...

  • Human rights crusaders eye Nobel Prize 9 Oct 2008 22:48 GMT
    ... activist in an attempt to highlight the human rights situation in those countries, where the award ... one tearing apart the Democratic Republic of Congo. One potential candidate in that case would ...

  • Human rights crusaders in China, Russia tipped for Nobel Prize 9 Oct 2008 21:57 GMT
    ... Human rights crusaders in China, Russia tipped for Nobel ... one tearing apart the Democratic Republic of Congo. One potential candidate in that case would ...

  • Army base seized by rebels in DRC 9 Oct 2008 21:39 GMT
    ... army base in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, UN peacekeepers have reported. According to reports, ... from region’s main city, Goma. Humanitarian and human rights organisations have also reported a sharp increase ...

  • Crusaders in Russia, China tipped for Peace prize 9 Oct 2008 19:44 GMT
    ... activist in an attempt to highlight the human rights situation in those countries, where the award ... one tearing apart the Democratic Republic of Congo. One potential candidate in that case would ...

  • Parents of immigrant background given suspended prison sentences for sending daughter against her will from Finland to Congo 9 Oct 2008 19:38 GMT
    ... The Helsinki District Court has convicted a couple of ... move to the Democratic Republic of the Congo for several months. The parents were given ...

  • Peace prize likely to Chinese, Russian 9 Oct 2008 17:56 GMT
    ... dissident in an attempt to highlight the human rights situation in those countries, where the award ... one tearing apart the Democratic Republic of Congo. One potential candidate in that case would ...

  • Carry On up the Congo 9 Oct 2008 16:54 GMT
    ... 156 logging contracts in Democratic Republic of Congo will put its ancient forests in peril, ... these company's concession areas - violations of human rights are the rule rather than the exception. ...

  • Amnesty International Highlights Eastern Congo Human Rights Abuses 9 Oct 2008 16:25 GMT
    ... end to the conflict in the greater Congo in 2003, Philip says great strides have ... can be established in the region, then human rights must be at the core of any ...

  • Global Crises Compound Refugees' Woes: UN 9 Oct 2008 16:16 GMT
    ... year's $87 million. The Democratic Republic of Congo has one of the highest numbers of ... A group of 83 aid agencies and human rights groups recently called for immediate action to ...

  • IRC Responds to Deepening Crisis in Congo's North Kivu 9 Oct 2008 13:08 GMT
    ... Kivu Goma, North Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo has led to a drastic deterioration in ... the IRC and 82 aid agencies and human rights groups active in Congo, said in a ...

  • SA scores abysmally in survey on safety 9 Oct 2008 01:53 GMT
    ... South Africa were Liberia, Democratic Republic of Congo, Chad, Central African Republic, Somalia and Sudan, ... report in the category of participation and human rights, based on political freedom and the holding ...

  • Rwanda: Anaesthetist Prosecuted for 1994 Genocide 8 Oct 2008 21:37 GMT
    ... the war, according to the League for Human Rights in the Great Lakes Region (LDGL). She ... Rwanda, Burundi and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). At the last hearing, on 24 ...

  • Rwanda: Government Denounces Neighboring DRC 8 Oct 2008 20:31 GMT
    ... the alliance between the Democratic Republic of Congo's (DRC) army Forces Armées de la République ... highlights the links between environmental exploitation and human rights abuses, revealed that the DRC national army ...

  • Anaesthetist Prosecuted for 1994 Genocide 8 Oct 2008 20:31 GMT
    ... the war, according to the League for Human Rights in the Great Lakes Region (LDGL). She ... Rwanda, Burundi and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). At the last hearing, on 24 ...

  • Uganda: International Criminal Court Calls for New Efforts to Arrest Ugandan Rebels 8 Oct 2008 11:12 GMT
    ... attacks in neighbouring Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in which dozens of civilians have ... International Court of Corruption. Everyone, including the Human Rights Watch, agree you have taken sides in ...

  • Displaced At Risk as Camps Close 7 Oct 2008 21:26 GMT
    ... but also facing the risk of being forced to return to countries with serious human rights problems, like Somalia, Democratic Republic of Congo and Zimbabwe. They have no safe place to go.” The organization is urging the ...


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