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- Dan Steinbock 2 Dec 2009 01:10 GMT
... have a direct security presence in the Asia-Pacific region. During the Bush era, differing views ... suspended because of disagreements on Tibet and human rights issues. In Europe, a new opinion climate ... research director of International Business at the India, China and America Institute, an independent think ...
- Caught between optimism and caution 2 Dec 2009 01:10 GMT
... have a direct security presence in the Asia-Pacific region. During the Bush era, differing views ... suspended because of disagreements on Tibet and human rights issues. In Europe, a new opinion climate ... research director of International Business at the India, China and America Institute, an independent think ...
- Sri Lanka announces limited freedom for detained Tamil refugees 1 Dec 2009 11:13 GMT
... at a government camp in Vavuniya, northern Sri Lanka Photograph: UN/AFP/Getty Images are free to leave ... conditions, by the end of January. However, human rights activists remain critical of the Sri Lankan ... of movement?" asked Suhas Chakma of Delhi's Asia Centre for Human Rights. "Sri Lanka does not ...
- Improving trade relations will be high on the agenda for Stephen Harper as he makes his first visit to China, but activists say they want the Prime Minister to continue to address human rights issues. 1 Dec 2009 17:52 GMT
... Harper urged to talk human rights with China PM set to discuss trade ... with Chinese President Hu Jintao at the Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation Summit in Singapore on Nov. ... accusations that Canada turned over prisoners to Afghan authorities for what was almost certain torture. ...
- Harper urged to talk human rights with China 1 Dec 2009 17:52 GMT
... Harper urged to talk human rights with China PM set to discuss trade ... with Chinese President Hu Jintao at the Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation Summit in Singapore on Nov. ... accusations that Canada turned over prisoners to Afghan authorities for what was almost certain torture. ...
- Afghanistan and the 'Age of Obama' 1 Dec 2009 10:54 GMT
... India [ ] should do to stabilise Afghanistan and rein in rogue elements in Pakistan. ... in the world community. The prominent South Asia expert, Christina Fair brilliantly analysed the paradigm ... highly unwise. Western-style democracy or legitimacy and human rights are not the main issues today. Afghanistan ...
- The Politics of Re-Election and the Continuing Tragedy of Afghanistan 1 Dec 2009 16:39 GMT
... of Re-Election and the Continuing Tragedy of Afghanistan To my knowledge there were no peace ... criticizing other members—those that are guilty of human rights violations and war crimes. Her goal is ... theory” that had all the countries of Asia falling to communism if North Vietnam was ...
- Pakistani military response to militants fails to bring peace 1 Dec 2009 13:33 GMT
... no alternative.' —I.A. Rehman, director of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan KARACHI (IPS/GIN) - As ... is the fourth major offensive on the Afghan border—the main stronghold of both the Taliban ... networks,” said Samina Ahmed, Crisis Group's South Asia project director, in a press statement issued ...
- Sacked by text, the Indian ... 1 Dec 2009 07:36 GMT
... millions of poor, impoverished labourers from South Asia in the Gulf region. Indeed, the long-enjoyed boom ... bonded labour. Drawn from India, Pakistan and Bangladesh and often paying hundreds of dollars to ... who work in the grimmest of circumstances. Human Rights Watch estimated in 2006 that at least ...
- Sacked by text, the Indian workers who built Dubai 1 Dec 2009 08:54 GMT
... millions of poor, impoverished labourers from South Asia in the Gulf region. Indeed, the long-enjoyed boom ... bonded labour. Drawn from India, Pakistan and Bangladesh and often paying hundreds of dollars to ... who work in the grimmest of circumstances. Human Rights Watch estimated in 2006 that at least ...
- Wan Condemns Journalists Attacks 1 Dec 2009 13:02 GMT
... 62nd Newspaper Congress being held in Hyderabad, India, from November 30 to December 4th. The ... continues to impede independent news reporting in Asia. Journalists reporting on corruption find themselves in the ... policies, use information deemed classified or unveil human rights abuses. Police raids, abductions and imprisonments remain ...
- Is all this really necessary? 1 Dec 2009 10:19 GMT
... is for some of the world's biggest human rights abusers. In short, the Commonwealth is everything ... And beating a path to countries like India, rather than waiting four years, as Harper ... trip last month. We have interests in Asia, and good reason to participate in the Asia-Pacific Economic ...
- Ahmed Rashid: Paralysed state 1 Dec 2009 07:26 GMT
... helicopter to the American-run Bagram airbase in Afghanistan. In other words the Pakistani Taliban are ... being lost in Pakistan, Afghanistan and Central Asia. Here is a selection of your comments: ... civil society which respects democracy, secularism, and human rights, while respecting its own and its neighbour's ...
- Resigned to their fate 1 Dec 2009 07:53 GMT
... of personal discovery and unselfish giving in India and Nepal. Her chronicles of this journey ... airport and roads, and "gheraos," a South Asian form of protest where protesters encircle an official ... cost the lives of around 11,000 people. Human rights violations were reported on both sides of ...
- A Natural Alliance 1 Dec 2009 04:31 GMT
... Though India Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s visit to the ... condemning terrorist safe havens in Pakistan and Afghanistan – some of which were linked with ... least, China now welcomes the US to Asia as "contributing to peace, stability and prosperity ...
- Limited freedom for Tamil refugees 1 Dec 2009 10:35 GMT
... at a government camp in Vavuniya, northern Sri Lanka Photograph: UN/AFP/Getty Images are free to leave ... conditions, by the end of January. However, human rights activists remain critical of the Sri Lankan ... of movement?" asked Suhas Chakma of Delhi's Asia Centre for Human Rights. "Sri Lanka does not ...
- The Commonwealth: Wider still and weaker? 1 Dec 2009 01:42 GMT
... bite, as a promoter of democracy and human rights, or else it might as well shut ... Sen sees it, many of the Commonwealth’s Asian members are poised somewhere between authoritarianism and ideal ... internal woes, Pakistan has fine independent newspapers. Bangladesh has emerged in a promising way from ...
- Obama's Presidency: A One Term Show? 1 Dec 2009 05:16 GMT
... policy in the Middle East and Central Asia. So far, the results are elusive. The ... and the so-called “war on terror” in Afghanistan. In Afghanistan the situation is catastrophic, and ... The Jewish state has been systematically violating human rights and international law with the approval of ...
- "UM Schmum," Or: The UN? Who Needs It? (Part Three) 1 Dec 2009 18:15 GMT
... about the 170 million Dalits in South Asia who suffer repression every day, the homosexuals ... UN and has begun to engage the Human Rights Council. It seems like the US needs ... Brave UN officials provide election support in Afghanistan, Congo, Sudan, Haiti and Iraq. The world ...
- Rajasthan Governor S. K. Singh passes away after prolonged illness 1 Dec 2009 13:35 GMT
... 1989, besides being Ambassador to Austria and Afghanistan. He was the Additional Secretary (Administration) between ... the UN General Assembly, ECOSOC and the Human Rights Commission. Governor Singh was President of the ... with Persian, Sanskrit, Urdu and Hindi. Copyright Asian News Share it: ...
- Analysis: China trip shows power shifting 1 Dec 2009 13:33 GMT
... issues. They dealt coolly with differences over human rights and trade, leaving them out of public ... economic recession and wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have given U.S. prestige is felt nowhere ... is rubbing up against America's influence in Asia. And Beijing feels the global recession, sparked ...
- Future looks bleak for ethnic Rohingya 1 Dec 2009 16:31 GMT
... uncertain future are fleeing Arakan to South-East Asian countries by boat at life risk are being ... Arabia. However since last few years the Bangladesh and Saudi authorities took stringent measures to ... formed to protect humanity and safe guard Human Rights. What else would you like to do ...
- Tunisia observes World Aids Day 1 Dec 2009 15:56 GMT
... Under the theme “human rights and access to treatment”, Tunisia is observing ... by 15% in Africa, 25% in East Asia and 10% in West and South Asia. In spite of this progress, professionals expect ...
- Kazakhstan's chairmanship to OSCE is chance for country to contribute to strengthening regional and global security: future OSCE chairman-in-office Kanat Saudabayev (INTERVIEW) 1 Dec 2009 05:35 GMT
... important security problems in the Euro-Atlantic and Eurasian regions, the OSCE can and should play ... bigger role in resolving the problems of Afghanistan, which remain the main source of instability ... is the basis of human security, development, human rights and democracy. Conflicts on religious and racial ...
- Harper to talk trade in China 1 Dec 2009 14:04 GMT
... PM to address human rights in 1st visit to economic superpower Last ... with Chinese President Hu Jintao at the Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation Summit in Singapore on Nov. ... accusations that Canada turned over prisoners to Afghan authorities for what was almost certain torture. ...
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