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2010-03-18: Headlines

2010-03-17: Headlines

  • Christian Today -- Australia: Government actions cast doubt on Morocco's commitment to religious freedom 2010-03-17
    ... for and protection and promotion of human rights and fundamental freedoms" and specifically confirmed its "commitment to freedom of religion and belief ...
  • Online Journal: Euro crisis: Latvia and the PIGS 2010-03-17
    ... rejecting the nation state as the source of all evil, cultivating “a pompous pride in Europe as the centre of human rights, giver of moral lessons ...
  • Online Journal: Israel's threatening message to Biden and Obama 2010-03-17
    On March 11, the same day Halevy made his unusual comments about Obama to Israel Radio, the State Department issued its annual report on human rights.
  • AllAfrica.com: North Africa: Sahel Leaders Meet On Al Qaeda Threat 2010-03-17
    Human Rights Watch (HRW) issued a press release on Tuesday calling on AQIM to stop targeting civilians and release its remaining hostages.
  • AllAfrica.com: Uganda: Country Must Urgently Address Child Marriages 2010-03-17
    Child marriage is an extremely pressing global human rights issue. An estimated 60 million children are married worldwide. In Uganda, 53 per cent of ...
  • AllAfrica.com: South Africa: Zuma to Meet All Factions in Harare 2010-03-17
    When he visited Zimbabwe last August, Zuma publicly urged Mugabe to "promote democracy, human rights and good governance". But the ruling Zanu (PF) h ...
  • Middle East North Africa Financial Network: Number of global tourists to reach close to 1b in 2010 2010-03-17
    ... and travel are elements that help individuals discover themselves according to the standards set by the international human rights announcement ...
  • Reuters AlertNet: Anger and Hate versus Peace and Prosperity: the real battle for Pakistan' ... 2010-03-17
    ... fathers and children out of the crushing oppression of poverty nurtures respect for human life, for human dignity and for human rights.
  • CRIENGLISH.com: Diverse Cultures and Faiths Should Be Respected: Arroyo 2010-03-17
    In his video speech, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon said that peace, development and human rights depend on mutual understanding and respect.
  • World Socialist Web Site: Tensions over Togo election 2010-03-17
    His rule was marked by violence, corruption and a complete disregard for human rights. He hung on to power despite an attempted coup in 1985 ...
  • National Post: A necessary memorial 2010-03-17
    ... illegal arrests and trials of dissidents, knowing full well that this real act of revolution would result in a suspension of his human rights.
  • Reuters: China stands firm on yuan as US ups pressure 2010-03-17
    ... deficit remains a point of friction between the two powers, which have also recently been at odds over human rights, Tibet and US arms sales to Taiwan.
  • The Trinidad Guardian: ?New UNC senator slams Govt on prison horrors 2010-03-17
    ... into bottles, plastic bags and on paper to be poured into a plastic bucket... and we talk about human rights and urgency and restorative justice.
  • Ghana News: Allow Our Institutions To Work! 2010-03-17
    A minority leader, a lawyer cum human rights activist and a journalist. Certainly, if they speak it reaches far. I am however, not disputing their right ...
  • Northfield News: Council renews administrator Walinski's contract 2010-03-17
    The council confirmed the appointment of Corrine Smith to the Human Rights Commission and Robyn Peterson and David Hvistendahl to the Park and Recreati ...
  • GMA news.tv: China without Google: 'a lose-lose scenario' 2010-03-17
    China promotes Internet use for business and education but bars access to sites run by human rights and political activists and some news outlets.
  • Express Buzz: may be tried in absentia 2010-03-17
    The military proceeding against former army chief Sarath Fonseka has been condemned by the opposition and human rights groups, who accuse the government ...
  • NEXT: Keyamo testifies against wife in divorce suit 2010-03-17
    Lagos based lawyer and human rights activist, Festus Keyamo, on Tuesday narrated his ordeal with his wife, Irene Keyamo, before a Lago ...
  • Globe and Mail: Canada broke pledges on Afghan jails, letters show 2010-03-17
    Earlier this month, the annual US government survey of human rights concluded “torture was commonplace among the majority of law enforcement instituti ...
  • News & Issues: What's Old is New - Summits, Commissions Explore Women's Rights and Recall ... - About 2010-03-17
    [W]omen's rights are human rights...women's progress is human progress. The women attending both events were no doubt fired up by the prospect of advancing ...
  • Ghana News: Newmont ranks 16th among 100 Best Corporate Citizens 2010-03-17
    The seven categories include: the Environment, Climate Change, Human Rights, Philanthropy, Employee Relations, Financial Perform¬ance and Governance.
  • Sri Lanka Guardian: The Similarities and Differences between the Vietnam War and the Eelam War 2010-03-17
    (2004 Human Rights Watch report) Demographically, Vietnam veterans comprise only a small minority of America's largest, most influential generation (Baskir ...
  • NEXT: Court stops probe of Fashola 2010-03-17
    While delivering judgement in the suit filed by Richard Akinola, a journalist and human rights activist against the Lagos State House of Assembly ...
  • Business Day: Parties say failure to take Malema to task undermines constitution 2010-03-17
    CAPE TOWN — A parliamentary debate on human rights in SA yesterday degenerated into a slanging match as African National Congress (ANC) MPs praised ...
  • The Detroit News: Detroit Urban League to honor rights leaders 2010-03-17
    ... Justin Charles Ravitz, a former judge and human rights activist; Clara White, a former Pontiac Urban League board member; and Barbara Talley ...
  • Montreal Gazette: Harkat case suffers setback 2010-03-17
    The Bagram prison, which holds about 600 enemy combatants, has drawn condemnation from international human rights groups. Some detainees have been held ...
  • Independent Online: Sometimes we get it wrong, says Zille 2010-03-17
    "It is an episode we greatly regret, and from which we have learnt," Zille told a joint sitting of Parliament yesterday to mark Human Rights Day on Sunday.
  • NDTV.com: Rape, sex-for-food: New trauma for Haiti quake victims 2010-03-17
    Residents include a dozen escaped prisoners, among them a man accused of a notorious murder, according to Fritznel Pierre, a human rights advocate who live ...
  • Australia.TO: Rachel Corrie's Memory, Israel's Image 2010-03-17
    We hope the trial will bring attention to the assault on nonviolent human rights activists (Palestinian, Israeli and international) and we hope it ...
  • Herald Sun: Taxi driver fined for turning away guide dog 2010-03-17
    James Young couldn't have picked a worse person to turn away than Mr Innes, who is a lawyer and human rights advocate. He promptly reported the cabbie ...
  • The Hindu: UN Chief to go ahead with proposal for panel on Sri lanka 2010-03-17
    ... alleged human rights violations in the war and repeatedly pointed to the resolution by the Human Rights Commission lauding Sri Lanka on the issue.
  • Southern Pines Pilot: Woman Represents Self in Trial 2010-03-17
    In her closing argument, Craig stopped Scales from reading documents she had downloaded from Human Rights Watch. She said she understood, but when she beg ...
  • Montreal Gazette: No pension boost for Britons abroad 2010-03-17
    The European Court of Human Rights ruled yesterday that British retirees living abroad - including more than 150000 in Canada - will not have their pensi ...
  • BusinessWeek: China in 'Greatest Bubble in History,' Rickards Says 2010-03-17
    ... off-balance- sheet debt through regional governments and the country's human rights record are concerns, said Rickards, who worked for LTCM between 1994 ...
  • Ottawa Citizen: Quebec. Woman must remove niqab for health card 2010-03-17
    ... a Quebec medicare card, and she does not have the right to insist on being served by a woman when doing so, the province's human rights commission says.
  • Liberian Daily Observer: Rome Was Not Built in a Day, nor Was America 2010-03-17
    This week the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor in its State Department has released what it terms “its Country Report on Liberia.
  • Business Day: Pityana to move on from Unisa 2010-03-17
    Previously chairman of the South African Human Rights Commission, Pityana has also served as a member of the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Right ...
  • Viet Nam News: Deputy PM meets with EU lawmakers 2010-03-17
    On the issue of human rights, Khiem said the Vietnamese Government always respected human rights, especially the right to freedom, and considered ...
  • Lanka Business Online: Sri Lanka risk rating seen covering factors outside war 2010-03-17
    Human rights, child labour, poverty, labour flexibility, pollution, climate change, ecological footprint and raw material security are also included in ...
  • AFP: Sri Lanka's ex-army chief returns to court 2010-03-17
    Rajapakse has been accused by political opponents and international human rights groups of suppressing dissent and tightening his grip on the opposition ...
  • Daily Free Press: LETTER: Apartheid in Israel 2010-03-17
    They have, for example, highlighted the poor human rights records of Arab States. They have likewise pointed to the central role Israeli scientists ...
  • Windy City Times: NATIONAL ROUNDUP 2010-03-17
    Taylor won a Human Rights Campaign sticker on his headgear and proposed to his girlfriend the night they saw the film Milk. Taylor has qualified for ...
  • 89.3 KPCC: Arrest Brings New Chill In US-Cuba Relations 2010-03-17
    Elizardo Sanchez is a human-rights activist who says he spent 14 months locked in a grim, windowless cell at the same prison where Gross is now held.

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