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  • Who is Defending Albino Killers? 23 Nov 2009 14:35 GMT
    ... — THE good relationship between albinos and human rights activists has been strained in recent days. ... for human suffering are defended. Dozens of witchcraft-related murders of albinos in Tanzania have left ... as much as 75 thousand dollars to witch doctors, who use them to concoct portions believed ...

  • International Action 23 Nov 2009 14:36 GMT
    ... one of the most significant attacks on human rights in years, and it will undermine public health ... publicly when there's going to be a witch hunt afterwards?'' : Local man ushers foreign-policy effort ...

  • Medvedev pledges help to rights activists 23 Nov 2009 14:36 GMT
    ... he received some of the country's top human rights activists at the Kremlin. "Today I am submitting ... (FSB), successor to the KGB, to stop "witch hunts." ...

  • The Answer to Isolation is Expanded Democratisation, Term Limit and Respect for Human Rights [editorial] 21 Nov 2009 00:47 GMT
    ... It is becoming increasingly clear that The Witch Hunt in the Gambia, the disappearance of Chief ... official Press Releases are being issued by Human Rights defenders which make allegation against the Government. They ...

  • Country's Witch Hunt Activity Brought to African Commission 18 Nov 2009 12:18 GMT
    ... African countries because of the fear of witchcraft across the continent. In their statement read ... many African countries, to call somebody a witch automatically makes the person unqualified for human ... Leo asserted that those alleged to be witches and wizards are victims of jungle justice, ...

  • Witchcraft Fears Lead to Rights Violations 18 Nov 2009 12:38 GMT
    ... African countries because of the fear of witchcraft across the continent. In their statement read ... many African countries, to call somebody a witch automatically makes the person unqualified for human ... Leo asserted that those alleged to be witches and wizards are victims of jungle justice, ...

  • Theatre group woos kids with classic witchcraft 19 Nov 2009 14:10 GMT
    ... Prosecutors on Thursday requested remand hearings for two ... Fredrik Reinfeldt expressed concern on Wednesday over human rights deficiencies in Russia. Reinfeldt, whose country holds the ...

  • Battling Malaria in Uganda 18 Nov 2009 13:33 GMT
    ... ancient techniques and even associate it with witchcraft practiced against them by their neighbours. They ... to Africa, by simply repudiating your own witch doctor beliefs and policies, replacing them with science ... to kill mosquitoes. Your policies violate our human rights and kill children who could become our ...

  • Gambian president withdraws from Commonwealth meeting 19 Nov 2009 13:26 GMT
    ... Foreign Affairs Minister Ousman Jammeh. Reports said human rights groups had called on CHOGM to ban President ... democratically elected government, became a worldwide recognised witch hunter, terrorising innocent people, many of whom were ...

  • Christian ministry asked president to overturn anti-gay legislation 20 Nov 2009 08:30 GMT
    ... expected, the bill is receiving condemnation from human rights groups, including those within the AIDS prevention and ... women and their loved ones, and justify witch hunts," Green said. The proposed legislation directly contradicts ...

  • Exodus opposes Uganda's proposed anti-gay law 18 Nov 2009 21:59 GMT
    ... expected, the bill is receiving condemnation from human rights groups, including those within the AIDS prevention and ... women and their loved ones, and justify witch hunts," Green said. The proposed legislation directly contradicts ...

  • LSN NewsBytes - Life Issues, Religion, Swine Flu, US Politics, Sarah Palin, Miscellaneous 21 Nov 2009 16:17 GMT
    ... we continued to believe in democracy and human rights. We considered ourselves to be persons of ... were laid off. He then issued a witch hunt threat: "We'll also be looking into the ...

  • Ensuring child rights still a challenge, 20 years after landmark treaty ' UN officials 20 Nov 2009 21:12 GMT
    ... Ensuring child rights still a challenge, 20 years ... Child has become the most widely accepted human rights treaty in history, but 20 years after ... who were abandoned by their families as witches in central Africa, and children abducted from their ...

  • Ensuring child rights still a challenge, 20 years after landmark treaty - UN officials 20 Nov 2009 21:31 GMT
    ... Secretary-General Ban (third right) with youth delegates at ... Child has become the most widely accepted human rights treaty in history, but 20 years after ... who were abandoned by their families as witches in central Africa, and children abducted from their ...

  • Ensuring child rights still a challenge, 20 years after treaty ' UN officials 20 Nov 2009 22:51 GMT
    ... Ensuring child rights still a challenge, 20 years ... Child has become the most widely accepted human rights treaty in history, but 20 years after ... who were abandoned by their families as witches in central Africa, and children abducted from their ...


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