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18.11.2009 Aminatou Haidar, winner of two US human rights awards, is on hunger strike in support of her demand that the Spanish and Moroccan authorities allow her back to Western Sahara.
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Related topics/regions: [Western Sahara] [Spain] [Morocco] [Human rights]
Gerardo Fernando Mendoza
11.11.2009 In a striking example of successful community-based advocacy, a survivor of Peru's "dirty war" against terrorism has won election as the first mayor of Putis, a village that suffered one of the country's worst-ever massacres.
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Related topics/regions: [Peru] [Activism] [Human rights]
Image: Gerardo Fernando Mendoza
09.11.2009 iceandfire has joined forces with the Wellcome Trust to explore the links between human rights and the hotly contested MMR debate, posing the question, ‘What duties does an individual have to their community?’
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Related topics/regions: [United Kingdom] [Information & media] [Human rights] [Health] [Refugees]
Bind
19.10.2009 “Something bad happened when Lilli was a baby. Something she should have been protected from. But she’s not a baby anymore and it’s time to understand that actions have consequences.” - iceandfire takes its latest play for young people to schools around London.
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Related topics/regions: [United Kingdom] [Culture] [Human rights] [Youth]
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27.09.2009 William Easterly asserts that poverty is not a human right because governments cannot be accountable for its violation. Amnesty has replied to this nonsense. Aid Watch
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Related topics/regions: [Human rights] [Poverty]
UN HQ: symbol of hope
21.09.2009 The Universal Declaration of Human Rights remains an inspiring set of principles for a better world. The problem is that the custodians of the idealism have been unable to keep pace with political realities.
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Related topics/regions: [United Kingdom] [Human rights]
Image: UN HQ: symbol of hope © Citizens for Global Solutions
16.09.2009 A wide ranging assessment of global food security by the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food. No date is given but August 2009 appears to be date of publication. (pdf file) Afronline
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Related topics/regions: [Africa] [Human rights] [Food]
16.09.2009 Interview with Catarina de Albuquerque, the UN Independent Expert on human rights, water and sanitation, including her views on the legal status of the right to safe sanitation. IPS News
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Related topics/regions: [United Nations] [Human rights] [Water/sanitation]
23.08.2009 World leaders have gone soft on human rights. Hillary Clinton is put on the spot by a questioner. Aid Watch
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Related topics/regions: [Africa] [China] [Human rights]
17.08.2009 In rich countries we barely notice the changing seasons in our diet. In Zambia, the time of year makes the difference between sufficiency and hunger. Zambian Economist
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Related topics/regions: [Zambia] [Human rights] [Food]
02.08.2009 Suppression of human rights groups, which became fashionable in Putin's Russia, is catching on elsewhere as countries introduce laws which make life difficult for civil society. Guardian
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Related topics/regions: [Zambia] [Russian Federation] [Civil society] [Human rights]
27.07.2009 Over the last year the Sri Lankan government has upset UN agencies, outraged human rights groups and insulted European ministers. Why has the IMF agreed to a $2.6 billion loan facility?
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Related topics/regions: [Sri Lanka] [United Nations] [Human rights] [Aid]
30.05.2009 This year's campaign linked to the Burmese democracy leader's birthday. It's original and innovative but I wish there was more focus on the role of the Chinese in propping up the regime.
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Related topics/regions: [Myanmar] [Democracy] [Human rights]
19.05.2009 Personal reflections on global events of the past week by Bill Gunyon, Editor of OneWorld Guides.
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Related topics/regions: [Human rights] [Poverty] [Development]
10.03.2009 Large majorities in most countries say they would like their government and the UN to take an active role in preventing discrimination against women, according to an international poll.
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Related topics/regions: [Gender] [Human rights]
01.02.2009 A clearly argued case for the right to food, based on human rights obligations, (pdf file) from Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy
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Related topics/regions: [Human rights] [Food]
Winchester Christmas market
21.12.2008 The values of Christmas hold fast amongst our floundering ideals for democracy and human rights.
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Related topics/regions: [Human rights] [Credit and investment] [Development]
Image: Winchester Christmas market
Gas flared from oil drilling, Nigeria
25.11.2008 A San Francisco jury begins deliberations today in a precedent-setting civil case that seeks to hold oil giant Chevron liable in the US for human rights abuses in Nigeria.
+ OneWorld's Nigeria Guide
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Related topics/regions: [Nigeria] [United States] [Law] [Human rights] [Energy]
Image: Gas flared from oil drilling, Nigeria © Project Underground
Scales of justice
24.09.2008 Ten years since its establishment - despite major human rights crises in Darfur, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Zimbabwe - the landmark African court of human rights has yet to hear a single case, says a new report.
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From: Minority Rights Group International
Related topics/regions: [Africa] [Law] [Human rights]
Image: Scales of justice
23.07.2008 A photography exhibition looks at the prevalence of slavery and injustice in the 21st century through the lenses of eight internationally acclaimed documentary photographers.
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Related topics/regions: [United Kingdom] [Information & media] [Human rights] [Social exclusion]
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