Africa, Human Rights, and the Global System: The Political Economy of Human Rights in a Changing World (Studies in Human Rights)
New York Times (Free subscription) | yesterday
The man suspected of murdering a prominent human rights lawyer and a journalist last January said he committed the crime out of “personal enmity.”
Alterdestiny (Free subscription) | yesterday
A few items of note this week: -In Guyana, police are facing (rightfully) severe criticism and outrage over a brutal case of torture. While interrogating a 14-year-old boy about a murder, they apparently set his genitals on fire in an effort to torture answers out of him. Outrage among Guyanans of all sectors was immediate, in part exacerbated by pictures of the boy ( caution: the previous link is...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | yesterday
New Delhi - The European Union and India should work together at the United Nations to protect human rights in places of crisis, particularly in the South Asian region, Amnesty International said Friday. The call came in a letter sent to Swedish Prim...
Washington Post (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
MOSCOW -- Russian authorities said Thursday that they had solved one of their country's most notorious crimes, charging two alleged neo-Nazi gang members in the brazen killings of a human rights lawyer and a journalist in central Moscow in January.
IOL (Free subscription) | yesterday
Human Rights Watch criticised Uganda's HIV and Aids bill, some of whose clauses call for mandatory testing of pregnant women, sex offenders and victims, and disclosure of HIV status.
Boston Globe (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
Chechen authorities on Thursday abducted human rights advocate in Moscow who has been critical of Chechnya's Kremlin-backed leader, a Russian rights group said.
Hindu (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
Little space for educating values in system: Vasanthi Devi
All Africa (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
The Eastern African Commissioners on human rights met in Kigali to discuss measures that would enhance human rights in the region. The also gave their views on a bill of rights that would enable member states to operate on uniform way of addressing human rights.
kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
A Russian rights group says Chechen authorities have abducted a human rights advocate in Moscow.
In These Times (Free subscription) | 8 hours ago
Trade and globalization--when not referencing blockbuster sports transactions or raucous street protests, debates over these abstract terms can give Ambien and Jack Daniels a run for their money as a cure for insomnia. Of course, that's the problem--the rules governing what we buy and sell are now playing such a decisive role in almost every major policy that we're falling asleep at our peril. Most...
New York Times (Free subscription) | yesterday
Human Rights Watch says one of the cases appeared in an official report, but was dropped by the government.
Sify (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
A top human rights envoy from France Saturday asked Sri Lanka to end a state of emergency that was originally declared earlier this year to deal with defeated Tamil separatists.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 8 hours ago
MANILA, Philippines -- President Barack Obama will meet leaders of Southeast Asian nations, including Myanmar, in a high-level affirmation of Washington's new policy of engaging the military-ruled country despite its dismal human rights record.
Palestinian Pundit (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
By Jeff Halper "It was as if some official, perhaps one of President Obama's "czars," like the Czar for Demolishing American Credibility , had orchestrated a systematic campaign to isolate the US from the rest of the world, make it a political laughingstock and, finally, render it a second-rate power capable of throwing around tremendous military weight but absolutely incapable of leading...
Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 9 hours ago
President Barack Obama will meet leaders of Southeast Asian nations, including Myanmar, next month in a high-level affirmation of Washington's new policy of engaging the military-ruled country despite its dismal human rights record.
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patrickguillard | 10/22/2009
The European Parliament's Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought has been awarded this year to MEMORIAL (Oleg Orlov, Sergei Kovalev and Lyudmila Alexeyeva on behalf of the human rights organisation MEMORIAL and all other human rights defenders in Russia), EP President Jerzy Buzek announced on today. The award ceremony will take place on 16 December in Strasbourg.
bharatbook123 | 10/13/2009
Since the fall of the Miloševic regime in 2000 Serbia has focused on rebuilding its economy and its relations with Europe. Real GDP levels increased almost six fold during 2000-2008, elevating the country to middle income status as defined by the World Bank. Despite the fact that its financial system was not exposed to the financial instruments that are at the heart of the recent global financial turmoil,
bharatbook123 | 10/13/2009
Bosnia-Herzegovina has made marked economic development since emerging from war, elevating the country to middle-income status as defined by the World Bank. It is also working towards joining the EU, signing a Stabilization and Association Agreement (SAA) which oversees closer integration with the EU and covers commitments to political, economic, trade, or human rights reform in a country in exchange
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