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- Why so many new minarets in India when the Swiss are voting against them? Listen to the global community! 1 Dec 2009 11:54 GMT
... Muslim countries have registerded reservations to the Human Rights Declaration; - Building of churches is formally ... killed and forced into forced marriages (Irak, Iran, Pakistan); - Christians are treated as second-class ... cannot choose your race or gender therefore discrimination on those grounds is totally unjust. Religion, ...
- Opinion: Much Ado About Minarets 1 Dec 2009 00:46 GMT
... Jahangir, who called the ban "a clear discrimination against members of the Muslim community in ... was under a fatwa of death from Iran's Ayatollah Khomeini at the time. Even worse, the UN's Human Rights Council is now pushing a . Where ...
- Swiss seek to ease tension after minaret vote 1 Dec 2009 05:12 GMT
... states, including Saudi Arabia, Morocco, Algeria and Iran. The Swiss foreign ministry said ambassadors in ... the courts. The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights said it would study the ban, having ... that such a constitutional amendment would be discriminatory. In Langenthal, one of two small communities ...
- Full text: Joint Statement of the 12th EU-China Summit 30 Nov 2009 11:00 GMT
... commitment to the promotion and protection of human rights, the rule of law, and the strengthening ... denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula and the Iranian nuclear issue, the situation in Burma/Myanmar and ... demand should be based on transparency and non-discrimination of foreign invested enterprises. They recognized the ...
- Moscow positive about final pre-Lisbon Russia-EU summit 25 Nov 2009 13:13 GMT
... of another meeting of the Six on Iran that took place in Brussels on November ... be ignored by the international community and human rights organizations – also by the Organization of ... of liquidation of any form of race discrimination of 1965. The case talks about alleged ...
- State Department Backpedals on Landmine Treaty 27 Nov 2009 15:51 GMT
... on the issue was still being reviewed. Human rights and disarmament activists had reacted with outrage ... Bush nemeses, such as Cuba, Syria, and Iran; and his escalation of U.S. military involvement ... Treaty, the Convention for the Elimination of Discrimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women, ...
- Caracas Commitment 26 Nov 2009 00:54 GMT
... against the overexploitation of human beings, racist discrimination, cultural oppression, in defence of natural resources, ... labelling them as totalitarian governments, violators of human rights, with links to drug-trafficking operations, and terrorism; ... against Zimbabwe and the constant threat against Iran, among others. DECLARATION OF SOLIDARITY WITH THE ...
- Congress: Selling out on American Values for Politics 27 Nov 2009 14:38 GMT
... country. I was already working for a human rights organization, promoting rule of law, women's rights ... is an extension of Israel's policies of discrimination that set Palestinians apart as a people ... Chile - or even by North Korea, Iran, Pakistan or Afghanistan, despite the seeming inadequacy ...
- UN committee targets Iran's rights violations 22 Nov 2009 04:34 GMT
... U.N. committee approved a resolution Friday urging Iran to halt the persecution of political opponents ... June 12 presidential election, the General Assembly’s human rights committee adopted the resolution by a vote ... torture, flogging and amputations, and its increasing discrimination against religious, ethnic and other minorities. Iran’s ...
- Brussels, 16 November 2009 EIGHTH MEETING OF THEEU-JORDAN ASSOCIATION COUNCIL(Brussels, 16 November 2009)Statement by the European Union 24 Nov 2009 03:55 GMT
... partner to set up a sub-committee on human rights, but especially because of the openness and ... Convention on Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW). At the same time, ... issue of 's nuclear programme and urges Iran to fully co-operate in this effort. The ...
- Something's wrong with this rights case 24 Nov 2009 11:17 GMT
... EST en years ago, Ali Tahmourpour, an Iranian-born Canadian, was accepted into the RCMP's training ... He believes he was a victim of discrimination based on his background and religion (he ... year, in a high-profile decision, the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal declared victory for the would-be Mountie. ...
- Targeting Muslim Charities in America 23 Nov 2009 14:56 GMT
... protected constitutional liberties and violat(ed) their fundamental human rights to freedom of religion, freedom of association, ... religion, freedom of association, and freedom from discrimination." Terrorism Financing Laws Impose Guilt by Association ... Seize 4 Mosques and Skyscraper Tied to Iran," saying, but not proving, they're "owned by ...
- Have Israeli spies infiltrated international airports? 23 Nov 2009 23:55 GMT
... industries. They have also been confirmed by human rights groups in Israel, which report that Israeli ... world, subjecting Arab and Muslim passengers to discriminatory and degrading treatment in violation both of ... “Israel and the Clash of Civilisations: Iraq, Iran and the Plan to Remake the Middle ...
- "UM Schmum," Or: The UN? Who Needs It? (Part Two) 24 Nov 2009 23:25 GMT
... China are all members of the UN Human Rights Council, the lead UN human rights body. ... groups in Egypt, Israel, Cairo, the UAE, Iran and all over Europe. Besides the language ... to return; and the system of racial discrimination against Palestinian citizens of Israel." The two ...
- Rights advocate seeks end to impunity for war crimes 23 Nov 2009 00:32 GMT
... own experiences shape how she deals with human rights issues, writes THE EXPERIENCE of growing up ... such calls.” The human rights situation in Iran, generally and in relation to the crackdown ... attention to the issue of caste- based discrimination which, she notes, affects 250 million people. ...
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