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Dr Binayak Sen / Photo credit: BBC
12.05.2008 Twenty-two Nobel Prize winners have written a letter to Indian prime minister and president for the release of Dr Binayak Sen, a public health and civil rights activist. There will be protests in several cities of India and the world to mark the first anniversary of his detention on May 14.
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Related topics/regions: [South Asia] [Democracy] [Freedom of expression] [Civil rights] [Human rights] [Health]
Image: Dr Binayak Sen / Photo credit: BBC
Experiencing a Guantanamo cell, in Miami.
10.05.2008 NEW YORK, May 9 (OneWorld) - A human rights watchdog has launched a unique nationwide campaign to pressure the Bush administration to close the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay.
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Related topics/regions: [United States] [Terrorism] [Security] [Conflict] [Arms & military] [Law] [Justice and crime] [Ethics & value systems] [Codes of conduct] [Activism] [Civil rights] [Human rights]
Image: Experiencing a Guantanamo cell, in Miami. © Ginny Dixon, Amnesty International USA
08.05.2008 EU-maiden yhteistyö Yhdysvaltain salaisen kidnappaus- ja kidutus -ohjelman kanssa on vahingoittanut unionin pyrkimyksiä edistää ihmisoikeuksia maailmassa.
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Human Rights Council session
07.05.2008 Sri Lanka’s worsening human rights record and failed promises for improvement undermine its claim for a place on the UN Human Rights Council, a coalition of national and international NGOs said in a letter released today.
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05.05.2008 Yhdysvaltalaista Chevron-energiayhtiötä syytetään osallisuudesta ihmisoikeusloukkauksiin sotilasjuntan hallitsemassa Burmassa.
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05.05.2008 Dalam pemilu mendatang sebaiknya masyarakat tidak memilih capres dan cawapres, serta parpol yang tidak punya agenda penegakkan HAM. Sementara bagi pelaku kejahatan kemanusian, harus diisolasi dari kancah politik maupun sosial pada pemilu 2009 mendatang, sehingga mereka akan sulit berlindung di ranah konstitusi.
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Related topics/regions: [Indonesia] [Law] [Justice and crime] [Democracy] [Civil society] [Civil rights] [Human rights]
Corn: food or fuel?
03.05.2008 UNITED NATIONS, May 2 (OneWorld) - The global food crisis is likely to persist if speculative investment by the corporate world is not reined in soon, warned a top expert responsible for reporting to the United Nations on human rights violations.
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Image: Corn: food or fuel? © Network for New Energy Choices
02.05.2008 Japanin on kauan kritisoitu olevan maailman lapsipornobisneksen moottori. Kansalliset lait sallivat toistaiseksi lapsipornon hallussapidon ja hankkimisen, kunhan tarkoituksena ei ole levittää materiaalia eteenpäin.
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Related topics/regions: [Japan] [Law] [Human rights] [Children]

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