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Australia Swears In First Female Governor General - International Herald Tribune
sydney, australia : a former women's rights activist was sworn in friday as australia's first female governor general and immediately signaled she would continue to champion human rights from the country's highest office. quentin bryce, 65, was ...
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Ghana: Mining Companies Accused Of human Rights Abuse
mining companies have been accused of human rights abuse in communities of their operation, according to a report released by the commission on human rights and administrative justice (chraj), ghana.
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Diageo Recognized By human Rights Campaign As One Of 'best Places To Work'
norwalk, conn. -- diageo is pleased to announce that it is the first spirits, wine and beer company to achieve a perfect score in the annual human rights campaign's corporate equality index (cei) survey.
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Iran Sentences 4 Women Activists To Prison - Forbes
iran has reportedly sentenced four female activists to six months in prison for writings demanding equality for women, a move denounced friday by sweden, which awarded a human rights prize to one of the activists earlier this year. the reported ...
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Married At 9, Slain By Parents At 17 - News.com.au
despair among human rights workers in pakistan over a rash of so-called "honour killings" intensified yesterday when it was disclosed that a girl forced into marriage with a 45-year-old man at the age of nine had been killed by her parents because ...
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Usa: Un Counter-terrorism Review Should Make human Rights A Priority
as the united nations general assembly (unga) conducts the first major review of its global counter-terrorism strategy, an amnesty international report shows how governments have so far failed to uphold the strategy's human rights standards
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Gambia: Legal Practitioners And Administrators Sensitized On human Rights Procedures
a three-day sensitization workshop for legal practitioners and administrators on human rights procedures for women opened on wednesday, 11 june, 2008, at jerma beach hotel and resort in kololi.
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To: Amnesty International & human Rights Watch - Local
i'm pretty sure you're in the wrong place. this isn't the amnesty international website. this is the local: sweden's news in english. i think this is the website you want: now that's just plain weird if that's true. it's like pleading guilty to a ...
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Eu Ministers Call For Georgia-russia Probe - Forbes
european union nations called for an international probe friday to find out which country should shoulder responsibility for starting the conflict between georgia and russia. british foreign secretary david miliband and other eu foreign ministers ...
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human Rights Watch: Indian Forces, Maoist Rebels Use Child Fighters
new delhi - indian security forces and maoist rebels should end the use of child fighters in their long conflict in the central state of chhattisgarh, human rights watch (hrw) said friday. the new york based rights group said both sides have long use...
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Svoboda: Cr Slackens human Rights Promotion Worldwide
prague, sept 4 (ctk) - the czech republic has recently slackened its uncompromising position on human rights observance in the world, former czech foreign minister cyril svoboda has told ctk, citing prague's approach to the eu sanctions on cuba and its plan to open czech embassy in iran as examples.
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Polish Prosecutors Probe Possible Cia Jail - International Herald Tribune
warsaw : the polish prosecutor's office is investigating claims there was a cia prison in poland for al qaeda suspects where guards might have used methods close to torture, the prime minister's top adviser said on friday. polish media reported ...
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Rice Arrives In Libya For Talks With Qaddafi On Ties (update2) - Bloomberg
sept. 5 (bloomberg) -- secretary of state condoleezza rice arrived today in libya, making the highest-level visit by an american official since 1957 and sealing the resumption of ties with a country the u.s. once branded as a terrorist outcast ...
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Exiled Tibetan Monks Attend A human Rights Conference In Dharamshala
dharamshala, sept 5 : exiled tibetan monks, living in india and neighbouring countries, have gathered here to take part in a human rights conference.
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Sweden Blasts Iran For Sending Women Rights Activist To Jail
swedish foreign minister carl bildt on friday criticised iran for sentencing women's rights activist parvin ardalan to prison, saying it revealed tehran's "deteriorated respect for human rights."
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Rice Makes Historic Visit To Libya - Washington Post
tripoli, libya, sept. 5 -- secretary of state condoleezza rice arrived in libya friday, launching the first visit by washington's top diplomat to the once-pariah state in more than a half-century and signaling a new chapter in u.s. -tripoli relations ...
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Sweden Slams Iran For Jailing Women's Rights Activist - Local
sweden’s foreign minister carl bildt took aim at iran on friday, condemning the country for sentencing women’s rights activist parvin ardalan to prison. 'more pro-democracy aid to russia': bildt (2 sep 08) 'russia planned georgian invasion ...
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Rights Group Urges Somalia To Help Free Ship Hostages
a human rights group on friday appealed to somali authorities to help free scores of hostages seized by pirates off the dangerous coast of the horn of africa nation.
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Asean human Rights Body
the long and winding road to the forming of the proposed association of southeast asian nations (asean) human rights body seems to be nearing its end, as the third meeting of the high-level panel on the drafting of the terms of reference of the rights body will find its way to manila on september 10.
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Iran Jails Four Women's Rights Activists - Abc News
iran has sentenced four women's rights activists to six months in jail, including one who was awarded a $75,000 human rights prize in sweden this year, campaigners said on wednesday. iranian feminist and journalist parvin ardalan chanting slogans ...
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