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UN denies complicity in Congo human rights abuses after leaked report 1 Dec 2009 07:25 GMT
... UN denies complicity in Congo human rights abuses after leaked report The United Nations ... units of widespread abuses including killings, rape, torture, forced labour, looting and extortion. “Ex-CNDP units ...
Torture inquiry only solution 1 Dec 2009 09:35 GMT
... detained were not handed over to be tortured. That is critical for our troops, aid ... undermines the basic values of decency and human rights that have defined our country. The government ...
Torture continues at US prisons in Afghanistan 1 Dec 2009 07:25 GMT
... Torture continues at US prisons in Afghanistan Recent ... descriptions also matched those obtained by two human rights workers who had interviewed other former detainees ...
Opposition fires back over Afghan torture 1 Dec 2009 00:47 GMT
... we believe in democracy, we believe in human rights, we believe in diversity, we believe in ... believe in corruption. We don't believe in torture. We don't believe in these things as ...
A hero stands up to cowboys 1 Dec 2009 10:19 GMT
... situations in which they would likely be tortured. Far from refuting Colvin's allegations that his ... at the time UN high commissioner for human rights, wrote a March 2006 report on Afghanistan, ...
Falun Gong Wages War of Words with China 1 Dec 2009 02:50 GMT
... And during the past 10 years, they have arrested thousands of Falun Gong adherents. Human rights organizations say many followers have been tortured and some have died while in custody. Falun Gong practitioners in the United States ...
The Commonwealth is a Jamboree of Repression 1 Dec 2009 00:44 GMT
... values of political freedom and respect for human rights. In the past it has punished errant ... of terrorism to justify abuses such as torture and illegal detention. deliberately avoids accountability for ...
I disagree with Hon. Joseph Nii Laryea Afotey-Agbo on Military Brutality in Bawku 1 Dec 2009 12:34 GMT
... the right to life and physical safety. Human rights are the articulation of the need for ... acts typically deemed "crimes against humanity," including, torture, slavery, rape, enforced sterilization or medical experimentation, ...
Harper to talk trade in China 1 Dec 2009 14:04 GMT
... PM to address human rights in 1st visit to economic superpower Last ... Afghan authorities for what was almost certain torture. The story of diplomat Richard Colvin's testimony ...
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 ... Afghan authorities for what was almost certain torture. The story of diplomat Richard Colvin's testimony ...
Indonesia arrests Papuans on 'independence day' 1 Dec 2009 09:55 GMT
... poorer and many of us have suffered torture and violence. The Indonesian government only exploits ... was kidnapped and murdered in 2001. US-based Human Rights Watch said in June that torture and ...
Swiss stay on fence 1 Dec 2009 04:31 GMT
... Two Swiss human rights organisations (HROs) have been monitoring computer war ... wanton destruction of homes and religious sites, torture, the killing of civilians and execution as ...
The Khmer Rouge Tribunal: Cambodia's Healing Process 1 Dec 2009 04:30 GMT
... as a mid-level bureaucrat who didn't personally torture anyone and was only following orders, and ... January, the University of California at Berkeley's Human Rights Center released a report saying that 85% ...
End jailing of boys at St Patrick's, say campaigners 1 Dec 2009 01:54 GMT
... inappropriate and not in compliance with international human rights standards. “International rights monitoring bodies have consistently ... the Europe Committee for the Prevention of Torture. Prison officials, however, say many workshops have ...
Spain wants Pinochet's widow to post bond 1 Dec 2009 04:30 GMT
... him on trial in Spain on terrorism, torture and other charges. The money probe stems ... was instigated at the request of a human rights foundation that works to pay compensation to ...

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EAT rejects religious discrimination claim of Christian counsellor [01 Dec 2009 - 14:10]
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