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31.10.2005 The International Criminal Court, which the Bush administration refuses to join, reached a key milestone recently as Mexico--one of the U.S.'s closest allies and trading partners--became the 100th country to consent to its jurisdiction.
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From: Citizens for Global Solutions
Related topics/regions: [United States] [Mexico]
Image: International Criminal Court Logo
30.10.2005 SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 28 (OneWorld) - Echoing recent comments by White House officials, a U.S. government report submitted to the United Nations last Friday bears a message that the brutal treatment of people held in U.S. military custody abroad is and should be legal.
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From: OneWorld US
Related topics/regions: [United States]
29.10.2005 A season of public art, film, music, theatre, poetry and debate is being held in London, 21 October-10 November to mark the 10th anniversary of the executions of Nigerian activist Ken Saro-Wiwa and eight colleagues.
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Related topics/regions: [Nigeria] [United Kingdom]
28.10.2005 The Philippines government is being urged to stop the murders of church people, human rights advocates, journalists, trade unionists and political activists - said to total 100 this year alone.
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Related topics/regions: [Philippines]
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27.10.2005 Three activists have won the prestigious Human Rights Defender Award: Omid Memarian, a journalist and web-blogger from Iran, Salih Mahmoud Osman, lawyer and human rights activist from Darfur, and Beatrice Were, an advocate for the rights of women and children affected by HIV/AIDS in Uganda.
* The "ladies in white", wives and mothers of imprisoned dissidents in Cuba, this week received the Sakharov Prize for freedom of thought, along with Nigerian lawyer Hauwa Ibrahim and Reporters Without Borders.
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Related topics/regions: [Uganda] [Sudan] [Iran]
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Parlamenti i Fėmijėve tė Maqedonisė
26.10.2005 Kongresi i Parė i Ballkanit pėr themelimin e Parlamentit tė Fėmijėve tė Ballkanit do tė mbahet nė Shkup dhe Ohėr, mė 28 dhe 30 tetor. Parlamenti do tė pėrfshijė pėrfaqėsuesit e parlamenteve tė fėmijėve nga shtet vendet e rajonit, me qėllim tė promovimit dhe tė lehtėsimit tė kėmbimit tė ideve pėr pėrmirėsimin e tė drejtave tė fėmijėve nė vendet e Ballkanit.
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Related topics/regions: [Macedonia (FYROM)]
Image: Parlamenti i Fėmijėve tė Maqedonisė
Marek Antoni Nowicki, Ombudsperson i Kosovės
26.10.2005 Pėrmes njė letre tė dėrguar nė adresė tė kryeadministratorit tė Kosovės, Soren Jesen Petersen dhe si dhe prokurorit publik komunal tė Prishtinės, Tahir Rrecajt, Ombudspersoni i Kosovės, Marek Antoni Nowicki ka kėrkuar hetim tė pavarur rreth rastit tė rrahjes dhe keqtrajtimit tė aktivistėve tė Lėvizjes "Vetėvendosje" si dhe sė paku njė gazetari para disa ditėsh.
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Related topics/regions: [Kosovo]
Image: Marek Antoni Nowicki, Ombudsperson i Kosovės
26.10.2005 The People’s Caravan for Justice, Dignity and Sovereignty, which was launched on October 24 in New Delhi has issued a press release with their demands, an action plan and a list of the organisations campaigning against the trinity of the World Bank (WB), the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Trade Organisation (WTO).
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Related topics/regions: [India]
26.10.2005 Amnesty International today published a briefing expressing serious concern at the continued high levels of killings by police officers, widespread use of torture and ill-treatment as well as attacks against human rights defenders in Brazil.
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From: Amnesty International - International Secretariat
Related topics/regions: [Brazil]
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26.10.2005 Torture, killings by police, and ill-treatment remain widespread and unpunished in Brazil nearly 10 years after the creation of a National Human Rights Plan, according to a new Amnesty International report, citing a lack of political will and financial investement as contributing factors.
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From: Amnesty International USA
Related topics/regions: [Brazil]
26.10.2005 O caso do desaparecimento da nora do poeta argentino Juan Gelman, Marķa Claudia Garcķa de Gelman, durante a ditadura uruguaia, continua sem soluēćo. Além dos restos mortais ainda nćo terem sido encontrados, como prometeu o presidente uruguaio Tabaré Vįzquez, agora o governo argentino decidiu pedir a extradiēćo dos militares acusados pelo seqüestro.
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From: ADITAL, Agencia de Información Fray Tito para América Latina
Related topics/regions: [Uruguay]
21.10.2005 Nėn mbikėqyrjen e Kryeministrit tė Kosovės Bajram Kosumi dhe pėrkrahur nga Zyra amerikane nė Prishtinė si dhe Ambasadės norvegjeze u mbajt manifestimi qendror i fushatės "Dita e personave me aftėsi tė kufizuara".
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Related topics/regions: [Kosovo]
21.10.2005 Aktivist Zelene akcije kažnjen je prekršajnom prijavom "jer se u svojstvu pješaka kretao i zadržavao na kolniku ometajući time nesmetano odvijanje prometa" i to kao koordinator akcije "Žutom trakom samo u tramvaju" održanom 03.05.2005. godine. Više o akciji pogledajte ovdje i sami zaključite iz opisa akcije i foto galerije koliko je to istina.
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Related topics/regions: [Croatia]
21.10.2005 In the Uzbek government’s most recent effort to silence human rights defenders, a court in Tashkent ordered a prominent human rights activist to undergo forcible psychiatric treatment.
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Related topics/regions: [Uzbekistan]
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20.10.2005 Nėpėrmes njė deklarate pėr publik, Kėshilli pėr Mbrojtjen e Drejtave dhe tė Lirive tė Njeriut ka reaguar ndaj keqtrajtimit tė aktivistėve tė Lėvizjes VETĖVENDOSJA gjatė protestės sė djeshme tė organizuar nga aktivistėt e kėsaj Lėvizje. “KMDLNJ vlerėson se sikur edhe nė rastet e mėparshme, edhe kėsaj radhe pjesėtarėt e SHPK-sė kanė pėrdorur masa tė ashpra gjatė arrestimit, me ēka kanė bėrė shkelje tė standardeve demokratike”, thuhet nė deklaratėn e KMDLNJ-sė.
Deklarata e KMDLNJ-sė pėr Opinion
From: Council for the Defence of Human Rights and Freedoms
Related topics/regions: [Kosovo]
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Bosfam Carpets Can Soon Be Bought Online
19.10.2005 Bosfam has helped provide psychological support for displaced women in Bosnia for over 10 years, and now the members of its weaving co-operative have scored a major coup, securing a contract with Worldstock.com to sell their hand-made carpets online this holiday season.
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From: Advocacy Project
Related topics/regions: [Bosnia]
Image: Bosfam Carpets Can Soon Be Bought Online © Advocacy Project
19.10.2005 SAN FRANCISCO, October 18 (OneWorld) - In an unprecedented move, a UN committee has asked human and civil rights groups to submit reports and testify on U.S. breaches of international law, filling a gap left by the U.S. government's failure to submit its own report.
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From: OneWorld US
Related topics/regions: [United States]
Saddam Hussein
18.10.2005 Una delegazione di Amnesty International, composta da tre osservatori, si trova a Baghdad per assistere all'apertura del processo nei confronti dell'ex presidente iracheno Saddam Hussein e di sette ex alti esponenti del suo deposto governo. Amnesty International assisterą al processo con l'obiettivo di valutarne la correttezza e di rendere noto il proprio impegno a far sģ che alle vittime delle violazioni dei diritti umani venga garantita giustizia, anche per interrompere il ciclo dell'impunitą che spesso favorisce il compimento di gravi violazioni dei diritti umani. E l'Associazione per i Popoli Minacciati (APM) ricorda le molte vittime del partito Baath del dittatore e denuncia i Paesi occidentali, gli Stati Uniti d'America e l'allora Unione Sovietica e i suoi paesi alleati per contribuito attivamente a questi crimini tramite la fornitura di armi.
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From: Amnesty International (sezione italiana)
Related topics/regions: [Iraq]
Image: Saddam Hussein © Radio Netherlands Wereldomroep
Refugees
18.10.2005 Miljoonat kolumbialaiset, jotka ovat paenneet maan sisäisiä konflikteja, joutuvat elämään ilman pääsyä terveydenhuoltoon tai kouluun. Viimeisen kolmen vuoden aikana Kolumbiassa on joutunut jättämään kotinsa yli kolme miljoonaa ihmistä, mikä tekee Kolumbian tilanteesta pahimman Sudanin jälkeen.
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From: OneWorld UK
Related topics/regions: [Colombia]
Image: Refugees © U.S. Committee for Refugees
18.10.2005 Regionalna konferencija o jednakosti polova počela je jučer u Sarajevu i traje do sutra, 19.10.2005. godine. Konferenciju organizira Agencija za ravnopravnost spolova Bosne i Hercegovine s ciljem da podijeli i učini vidljivim iskustva gender mainstreaming procesa u Bosni i Hercegovini u posljednjih pet godina, kao i iskustva drugih zemalja u regiji, te da procijeni status za gender mainstreaming u regiji i razvije petogodišnji regionalni plan.
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Related topics/regions: [South East Europe]
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