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(author unknown), AlertNet Newsdesk
Source: Reuters By Mohamed Abdellah CAIRO, July 19 (Reuters) - Algeria urged other Arab nations on Saturday to press the United Nations Security Council to prevent the International Criminal Court (ICC) from ...
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Jul 19, 2008
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(author unknown), AlertNet Newsdesk
Source: Reuters (Releads with Arab League statement) By Mohamed Abdellah CAIRO, July 19 (Reuters) - The Arab League criticised the International Criminal Court's prosecutor for seeking the arrest of Sudan's ...
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Jul 19, 2008
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Tonderai Kwidini , IPS Inter Press Service - Human Rights
HARARE, Jul 18 (IPS) - As state violence in Zimbabwe worsens, economists in the capital Harare have warned that cutting international economic ties with the country will hit the average person the hardest....
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Jul 18, 2008
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(author unknown), UN News Centre - Human Rights
Ten independent United Nations human rights experts have expressed their deep concern at a proposed European Union policy that seeks to harmonize standards and procedures for returning "irregularly staying third-country nationals," and which includes what they deem as provisions for "excessive" detention....
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Jul 18, 2008
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(author unknown), Human Rights Watch News Releases
Detainees Held for More Than 90 Days, Allegedly Tortured Egypt should immediately release six men who have been detained for more than 90 days without charge since their arrests following a workers strike and street protests in Mahalla al-Kobra in April, Human Rights Watch said today. Human Rights Watch also called...
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Jul 18, 2008
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(author unknown), UN News Centre - Human Rights
Five years after the peace agreement that ended its civil war, Liberia has made accelerated progress on several human rights issues, but there are still serious concerns about the rule of law, according to a United Nations expert who has just completed a two-week visit to the country....
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Jul 18, 2008
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(author unknown), UN News Centre - Human Rights
Ten independent United Nations human rights experts have expressed their deep concern at a proposed European Union policy that seeks to harmonize standards and procedures for returning "irregularly staying third-country nationals," and which includes what they deem as provisions for "excessive" detention....
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Jul 18, 2008
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Najum Mushtaq , IPS Inter Press Service - Human Rights
NAIROBI, Jul 18 (IPS) - The indictment of Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir on 10 counts of war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide has greatly encouraged some Darfuri human rights activists. Other observers in Sudan fear it will provoke a backlash from the government, further worsening the situation in Darfur....
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Jul 18, 2008
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(author unknown), Human Rights Watch News Releases
Progress Needed on Justice Reform, Missing Serbs, Plight of Roma President George W. Bush should use his meeting with Kosovo’s prime minister to press for improvements to its poor human rights record, Human Rights Watch said today. Bush is scheduled to meet Prime Minister Hashim Thaci and Kosovo President Fatmir Sejdiu...
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Jul 18, 2008
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Stephen de Tarczynski , IPS Inter Press Service - Human Rights
MELBOURNE, Jul 18 (IPS) - While young Catholics from around the world have converged on Sydney to rejoice in their faith during this year’s World Youth Day, others are celebrating the removal of a controversial regulation which would have made protesting during the event a risky venture....
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Jul 18, 2008
