Report: Raul Castro's Cuba keeps up 'repressive machinery'
Washington - Cuba maintains its repressive machinery under new leader Raul Castro, the non-governmental organization Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in a report released Wednesday. Raul Castro inherited a system of abusive laws and institutions, as ...
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UN rights expert to make first ever trip to Zimbabwe
Geneva - A United Nations special expert on human rights will visit Zimbabwe later this month at the invitation of Harare, it was announced Friday, in the first such trip of its kind. It is the first time ever that the Zimbabwean authorities have ex...
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UN to reopen debate on Gaza war crimes report - Summary
Geneva - The United Nations Human Rights Council said Tuesday it will hold a special session to debate the war crimes report of Justice Richard Goldstone later this week. The special session would be held at the request of the Palestinian diplomatic ...
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UN to reopen debate on Gaza war crimes report
Geneva - The United Nations Human Rights Council said Tuesday it will hold a special session to debate the war crimes report of Justice Richard Goldstone later this week. The special session would be held at the request of the Palestinian diplomatic ...
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Supreme Court strikes blow against Uruguayan amnesty law
Montevideo - Uruguay's Supreme Court has struck a critical blow to an amnesty law that gave the military and police immunity for violations of human rights during the 1973-85 dictatorship. The court published its unanimous ruling Monday in the case o...
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European court confirms ban on Basque separatist party
Madrid - The European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg has definitively confirmed a 2003 ban on the Basque separatist party Batasuna, depriving it of all means to seek its legalization, Spanish media Wednesday quoted a court ruling as saying. Bata...
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UN panel condemns Iran's crackdown on protesters
New York - The UN General Assembly's human rights committee on Friday condemned Iran's violent crackdown on the crowd that protested alleged fraud during the June presidential elections. The committee voted 74-48 to condemn human rights violations, h...
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UN rights chief concerned over Iran execution of child offender
Geneva - The execution of a man in Iran for a murder committed when he was still a minor drew criticism Tuesday from the United Nations human rights chief who also said the authorities should review death penalties handed down to participants in the ...
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Council of Europe condemns terrorism in Chechnya
Strasbourg - Authorities in Chechnya need to do more to protect citizens from terrorism and actions of illegal armed groups, the human rights commissioner of the Council of Europe said Tuesday. Commissioner Thomas Hammarberg urged the authorities to ...
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UN Human Rights Council adopts Gaza war crimes report - 2nd Update
Geneva - The United Nations Human Rights Council adopted Friday the war crimes report of Justice Richard Goldstone regarding the conflict in and around the Gaza Strip last December and January, setting the stage for possible further international act...
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UN General Assembly considers debate on Gaza war crimes report
New York - The UN General Assembly plans to hold a debate on the controversial report on war crimes in the Gaza Strip following last week's adoption of the document by the Human Rights Council in Geneva, a UN spokesman said Monday. The assembly presi...
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Rights groups urge Obama to press China
Beijing - International rights groups on Wednesday urged US President Barack Obama to press Chinese leaders to improve the country's human rights record during his visit to China next week. The Chinese Human Rights Defenders sent an open letter to Ob...
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Russian human-rights activists win EU's Sakharov prize
Strasbourg, France - Three Russian human-rights activists who campaign to shed light on the crimes of the Soviet Union have won the European Parliament's Sakharov Prize for freedom of thought, parliament president Jerzy Buzek announced Thursday. The ...
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