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  • Amnesty International Human Rights Defender Award 2 Dec 2009 02:31 GMT
    ... those who work in the field of human rights, the struggle never ends.  The job of ... Penal Reform, Christchurch   Deborah Manning, former refugee advocate and counsel for Ahmed Zaoui, now Geneva-based ...

  • African refugees find common ground with enemies through dialogue 2 Dec 2009 02:39 GMT
    ... Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, talks with another African refugee in a meeting of the African Diaspora ... Run by the , the project allows refugees to help each other heal. While focus ... War." As a teacher, Chirimwami tried to protect his students from harm. He was branded ...

  • Thousands of NY Sex Offenders Booted From Facebook, MySpace 2 Dec 2009 01:36 GMT
    ... is a new sheriff in the cyberworld protecting our most vulnerable.” Um, what are the ... than an insect, reacting on instinct, and human rights do not apply to you. Posted by: ... every year of his life in a refugee camp before being brought to the United States ...

  • Chinese sweet on Canada even as political ties sour 2 Dec 2009 03:37 GMT
    ... in past years that the differences in human rights and religious freedoms have cost too much ... in Vancouver for a decade. Though denied political-refugee status, Mr. Lai has avoided deportation on fears ... are mad. They don't understand why Canada protects that guy. That is quite negative [for ...

  • Tamil refugees to be released from camps 1 Dec 2009 19:34 GMT
    ... Tamil civilians will be free to leave refugee camps after Sri Lankan officials decided to open ... on the Tiger Tamil leadership in May. Human rights activists have criticised the Sri Lankan government ...

  • Refugees deserve proper treatment 1 Dec 2009 11:52 GMT
    ... Israel is contending with a wave of migrants from ... Egypt. There are currently around 17,500 African refugees and asylum seekers in Israel who want recognition ... Refugees to the effect that "hot return" violates international law when practiced without guarantees ensuring ...

  • Neutrality be Damned- Switzerland's Ban on Minarets Seen as a Violation of Freedom of Religion 1 Dec 2009 11:55 GMT
    ... Neutrality be Damned- Switzerland's Ban on Minarets Seen ... The majority of Muslims in Switzerland are refugees from the Yugoslav wars of the 1990’s ... bias and bigotry by some local officials, human rights organizations and Muslim groups across Europe and ...

  • Limited freedom for Tamil refugees 1 Dec 2009 10:35 GMT
    ... , Tuesday 1 December 2009 10.00 GMT A displaced ... conditions, by the end of January. However, human rights activists remain critical of the Sri Lankan ... how can it be held accountable?" The refugees were mostly from the Tamil minority – ...

  • Sri Lanka announces limited freedom for detained Tamil refugees 1 Dec 2009 11:13 GMT
    ... , Tuesday 1 December 2009 10.00 GMT A displaced ... conditions, by the end of January. However, human rights activists remain critical of the Sri Lankan ... how can it be held accountable?" The refugees were mostly from the Tamil minority – ...

  • Sri Lanka opens up war refugee camps 1 Dec 2009 10:50 GMT
    ... Sri Lanka opens up war refugee camps Posted By: TOE, NEW YORK 2009-12-01 09:45:41 ... free the Tamil detainees from the camps. Human rights have condemned the detention as an illegal ...

  • Agony of refugee camp 1 Dec 2009 07:32 GMT
    ... Mr Ban came to press the Sri Lankan government to ... answered. "People here were denied their basic human rights by the LTTE [Tamil Tigers]." Mr Ban ...

  • Thousands of civilians leave refugee camps 1 Dec 2009 22:16 GMT
    ... Internally displaced people (IDPs) walk out of a ... inmates freedom of movement. The New York-based Human Rights Watch also backed the release, but warned ...

  • Al-Moallem Calls for Putting an End to Israeli Violations of International Laws 1 Dec 2009 12:11 GMT
    ... Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem stressed the importance of ... as its capital and ensuring the Palestinian refugees' right to return based on the UN relevant ... put an end to the Israeli flagrant violations of the international laws and continued aggression ...

  • The new relationship 1 Dec 2009 10:51 GMT
    ... keystones. Given that the presence of Tibetan refugees in Nepal has in recent years been ... been the closure of the UN-funded Tibetan Refugee Welfare Office and the Kathmandu office of ... officials. According to analysis included in a Human Rights Watch report released in July 2008 and ...

  • The Kool-Aid Syndrome and Somalia's Fading Hope 1 Dec 2009 07:30 GMT
    ... the recruitment of young boys, mostly from refugee camps surrounding Dadaab, such as the Hagadera ... of Gairisa, and one of the leading human rights organizations, Human Rights Watch. The mayor of ... stop to this recruitment drive targeting Somali refugees.” Sadly, recruitment of the youth is no ...


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