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- Ailing Western Saharan Human Rights Activist Aminatou Haidar Demands Moroccan Authorities Allow Her Return to Occupied Homeland 1 Dec 2009 16:31 GMT
... Ailing Western Saharan Human Rights Activist Aminatou Haidar Demands Moroccan Authorities Allow ... the Western Sahara, a disputed territory in North Africa bordering Morocco, Mauritania, and Algeria. Formerly controlled ...
- Egypt kills man on Israel border 1 Dec 2009 15:54 GMT
... An African migrant has been shot and killed by Egyptian police as he tried to illegally cross ... killed at the Egypt-Israel border in 2009. Human rights activists have previously criticized Egypt for the ...
- Country Elected As Member of the African Commission of Human and Peoples' Rights 1 Dec 2009 14:56 GMT
... Tunis — Tunisia has been elected in the person of ... Mohamed Béchir Khalfallah as member of the African commission of peoples' and human rights. The oath-taking ceremony was held during the ...
- Tunisia observes World Aids Day 1 Dec 2009 15:56 GMT
... Under the theme “human rights and access to treatment”, Tunisia is observing on December 1, 2009, World ... the virus has decreased by 15% in Africa, 25% in East Asia and 10% in ...
- Government Declaration on draft 2010 economic and State budgets 1 Dec 2009 10:50 GMT
... way as to consolidate the attributes of Tunisia's invulnerability and glory. He pointed out that ... process, public and individual freedoms, and deep-rooting human rights as part of the State of law ... its mechanisms, and develop co-operation with the African countries at the bilateral plane and as ...
- Refugees deserve proper treatment 1 Dec 2009 11:52 GMT
... Israel is contending with a wave of migrants from Africa, particularly Sudan and Eritrea, entering its territory ... Sudan and Eritrea, entering its territory through Egypt. There are currently around 17,500 African refugees ...
- D.C. to Host 2012 World AIDS Meeting 1 Dec 2009 00:47 GMT
... a significant victory for public health and human rights," Katabira said in a statement. AIDS activists ... such states as Iraq, China, Saudi Arabia, Libya, and Sudan. Because of the travel ban, ... geographic area, the society said, adding that African-Americans make up 53% of the population of ...
- Migrant killed for ignoring orders 1 Dec 2009 14:08 GMT
... Cairo - Egyptian police shot dead a sub-Saharan migrant as ... not identified. Police in Egypt regularly shoot African migrants on the country's porous border with ... the 250-kilometre frontier, drawing condemnation from international human rights groups. A week later, police shot dead ...
- Wan Condemns Journalists Attacks 1 Dec 2009 13:02 GMT
... report stated. The report said that across Africa, Heads of State and their friends continue ... journalists. Governments throughout the Middle East and North Africa continue to demonstrate their intolerance for truth, ... policies, use information deemed classified or unveil human rights abuses. Police raids, abductions and imprisonments remain ...
- Islam and the Future of Europe 1 Dec 2009 14:57 GMT
... slavery began as a European movement. The human rights projects that became so pivotal in the ... hundreds of years in places like sub-Saharan Africa and China, where Islam is older than it is in Egypt, and that those minorities contributed to Islam ...
- Is all this really necessary? 1 Dec 2009 10:19 GMT
... of Brunei? Interesting that Sudan, Yemen and Algeria are also lining up to join. Makes ... is for some of the world's biggest human rights abusers. In short, the Commonwealth is everything ... along regional and racial lines, with the African bloc sticking together against the old Anglo nations. Typically, ...
- Tunisia elected as member of the African commission of human and peoples' rights 30 Nov 2009 17:41 GMT
... Tunisia elected as member of the African commission of human and peoples' rights Tunisia ... of the African commission of peoples' and human rights. The oath-taking ceremony was held during the ...
- Nigeria: Group protests arrest of Saharawi rights activists 30 Nov 2009 15:27 GMT
... The umbrella West African Bar Association (WABA) has urged the Special Rapporteur on ... the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders to intervene in the arrest and ... for visiting the Saharawi refugee camps in Algeria, an act which Morocco considers treasonable and ...
- Buttonholing Money From the Arab States is Most Unhelpful [column] 30 Nov 2009 13:52 GMT
... when he advocates dismissing investments made by Libyans (to him Arabs) in Uganda. While every ... poor record in issues pertaining promotion of human rights. Before I show a number of misconceived ... Asia, Latin America and especially in West Africa and Djibouti. With the employment opportunities that ...
- Attacks on Press Freedom Multiply World-wide 30 Nov 2009 10:51 GMT
... region. Governments throughout the Middle East and North Africa continue to demonstrate their intolerance for truth, ... policies, use information deemed classified or unveil human rights abuses. Police raids, abductions and imprisonments remain ...
- 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 ... proclaimed the International Year for People of African Descent for 2011 -- they brought the ... human rights were universal. The representative of Egypt, speaking on behalf of the Non-Aligned Movement, ...
- Libya offers rare opening to human rights group 25 Nov 2009 20:43 GMT
... ALGIERS, Nov 25 (Reuters) - Campaign group Human Rights Watch said on Wednesday it had for ... given permission to launch a report on Libya's rights record from inside the country, a ... only limited access to Libya, a North African oil producer where firms including BP ( ...
- Egypt: Psychosocial Team Leader - AMERA 27 Nov 2009 17:30 GMT
... Africa and Middle East Refugee Assistance (AMERA), a UK-registered ... organization assisting refugees who seek asylum in Egypt, is seeking a dynamic team-builder with a ... aid approached to improving refugees’ access to human rights. AMERA-Egypt is pleased to advertise the following ...
- Egyptian activist to meet new US president in December 27 Nov 2009 18:57 GMT
... Cairo - Egyptian Human Rights activist and long-term democracy advocate Saad Eddin ... wins the election." Representatives from Europe, China, Africa, Latin America and the Arab world will ...
- South African judge observes Bennett trial 26 Nov 2009 17:34 GMT
... 4:45pm By: Kumbirai Mafunda . A South African top Judge Azhar Cachalia is visiting Zimbabwe ... of international law and principles that advance human rights said Justice Cachalia observation of the trial ... of the ongoing state of emergency in Egypt on democratic opposition in that country. Sign ...
- Continent Looks Beyond 'War On Terror' 27 Nov 2009 12:53 GMT
... as well as a record of respecting human rights. Although the government has few financial resources, ... improve conditions for its poorest citizens. Across Africa, other countries face similar challenges as they ... and deadliest attacks have taken place in North Africa, especially in Algeria, which suffered a debilitating ...
- Unknown truth behind hundreds detained 26 Nov 2009 21:17 GMT
... emigrate to Europe illegally, according to a human rights organisation. Many of the prisoners, some of ... arrived on Spanish and Italian shores from North Africa in 2008 alone. The problem has been ...
- Fatwa 28 Nov 2009 14:15 GMT
... Pakistan, Nepal, Saudi Arabia, Benin, Morocco, Turkey, Egypt and Oman. Of the ten, nine are ... the millions in India, Pakistan, Europe, South Africa, and North America, and digressing into irrelevant ... USA. Aflatoon, you believe in that? Asian Human Rights Commission condemns in strongest terms the leading ...
- Ethiopian Foreign Affairs and National Security Policy: The Case for A Paradigm Shift 25 Nov 2009 22:01 GMT
... it one of the largest militaries in Africa. During the 1998-2000 border war with Eritrea, ... largest military forces in Africa along with Egypt and Morocco, 29th largest in the world ... the threat to national security posed by human rights abuses. In the words of the FANSPS: ...
- French national abducted in Mali 27 Nov 2009 14:26 GMT
... | Economy - Development | Society | Human rights Gunmen have abducted a French national, Pierre ... vigilant. Tuareg rebels and Al-Qaida in Islamic North Africa have been active in the area. In ...
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