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  • Pakistani politicians can learn from Australian leaders 1 Dec 2009 06:14 GMT
    ... institutions like schools. Most of these gross human rights abuses across Australia, which are said to ... the Aboriginal Stolen Generations in February 2008, Pakistan’s current government and the Nawaz Sharif led ... erecting and maintaining small militant organizations and torture cells with the ultimate intention of carrying ...

  • 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 ... after the execution of Ken Saro Wiwa; Pakistan was suspended after General Musharraf's coup d'etat ... of terrorism to justify abuses such as torture and illegal detention. deliberately avoids accountability for ...

  • Guantanamo inmate jailed 30 Nov 2009 11:13 GMT
    ... since February 2002 following his arrest in Pakistan, has been deemed by US authorities as ... Algeria. But Belbacha says that he fears torture at home and refuses to be repatriated. ... in absentia. The New York-based rights group Human Rights Watch has said that some of the ...

  • Our rules don't work in Afghanistan 30 Nov 2009 10:11 GMT
    ... for even the most minimal threshold of human rights, as the West understands them, there would ... that had seized power with backing from Pakistan. Our conflict protocols – as fine-sounding as ... full knowledge they may be subjected to torture. It's a realpolitik deal with the devil, ...

  • Malalai Joya: her struggle is our struggle 30 Nov 2009 07:14 GMT
    ... in 1982. In a refugee camp in Pakistan, Joya was educated at a school run ... other forbidden objects”. Joya risked kidnap, rape, torture and murder on a daily basis. She ... criminals in the puppet government of Karzai”. Human Rights Watch said about 60% of the members ...

  • Human Rights Watch: Britain complicit in torture of detainees 25 Nov 2009 19:50 GMT
    ... The New York based organization Human Rights Watch released a damning report Tuesday accusing ... accusing Britain of being complicit in the torture of British citizens in Pakistan. Just when all eyes were focused on ...

  • Human Rights Watch accuses Britain of complicity in torture of 5 UK citizens in Pakistan 25 Nov 2009 20:10 GMT
    ... Human Rights Watch accuses Britain of complicity in torture of 5 UK citizens in Pakistan LONDON - An international human rights group is urging Britain to investigate its role ...

  • Human Rights Group: U.K. Aware of Torture in Pakistan 25 Nov 2009 15:10 GMT
    ... LONDON - An international human rights group is urging Britain to investigate its role in the torture of terrorism suspects in Pakistan. Human Rights Watch says the government was aware that Pakistani officials tortured five U.K. ...

  • Girl Child, Eliminating Racism, Protecting Human Rights while Countering Terrorism Among Issues, as Third Committee Approves Five More Texts, Concludes Session 27 Nov 2009 15:55 GMT
    ... Girl Child, Eliminating Racism, Protecting Human Rights while Countering Terrorism Among Issues, as Third ... Argentina, New Zealand, Syria, Saint Lucia, Venzuela, Pakistan, Cuba and Benin. The delegations of Bosnia ... with regard to the absolute prohibition of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment ...

  • Kyrgyzstan: The security officers tried to accuse the human rights activist Bakhrom Khamroev in espionage and extremism 25 Nov 2009 13:56 GMT
    ... incident. On the night of November 18 Human Rights Watch demanded the immediate release of detained ... We’ve been told that you travel to Pakistan, that you are preparing people there…” Such ... entrance door. Russian citizenship rescued him from torture and faked charges. What happens to ordinary ...

  • Commonwealth threatens tougher action against human rights abusers 26 Nov 2009 07:31 GMT
    ... Commonwealth threatens tougher action against human rights abusers The Secretary General of the Commonwealth ... only with serious constitutional violations, such as Pakistan's emergency imposition of emergency rule in 2007, ... Human rights abuses, like the jailing or torture or political opponents, do not normally form ...

  • Guardian Daily podcast: Human Rights Watch condemns Britain; plus no climate conspiracy, says UEA emails scientist 25 Nov 2009 08:33 GMT
    ... A report by Human Rights Watch accuses Britain of complicity in torture of its own citizens in Pakistan. , our legal affairs correspondent, says the investigation backs up the Guardian's reports on ...

  • Putting human rights on the agenda 28 Nov 2009 00:33 GMT
    ... persistence has exposed the UK's role in torture ( , 25 November). The medical student referred to in ... who suffered torture at the hands of Pakistani intelligence agents while UK officials "breathed down ...

  • Human Rights Watch accuses Britain of complicity in torture of five U.K. citizens in Pakistan 25 Nov 2009 23:20 GMT
    ... ...

  • UK complicity in torture in Pakistan 26 Nov 2009 15:22 GMT
    ... have taught us that the use of torture and ill-treatment is deeply counterproductive. It serves ... intelligence and security agencies in torture in Pakistan, with ministers repeatedly rejecting calls for an ... these individuals lies with the Pakistani authorities. Human Rights Watch has no evidence of UK officials ...


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