Full Coverage: Human rights

30.11.2005 Robin Lovitt will not be the 1,000th inmate put to death after all, as Virginia Governor Mark Warner decided Tuesday to commute his sentence to life-without-parole. But as the milestone lingers, Christian Science Monitor takes a hard look at rehabilitation and its role in the U.S. penal system.

30.11.2005 The government and senior police officers will be taken to court by a UK human rights group unless they provide evidence they have investigated reports that CIA 'torture flights' have landed in Britain or used British airspace.

30.11.2005 An alliance between NepalÂ’s mainstream political parties and Maoist rebels brings hope of resolution to a crisis, brought on by King GyanendraÂ’s Feb. 1 assumption of direct rule, citing the failure of democratically-elected governments to deal with a bloody, decade-old communist uprising.

29.11.2005 Campaigners welcomed Total Oil's "humiliating climbdown" on Tuesday ­in a case in which the company was being sued in French courts over its involvement in forced labour in Burma. In an out of court settlement, the company agreed to set up a £3.5 million humanitarian fund.

27.11.2005 Who is the greatest human rights personality of modern times? Have your say in the inaugural Centre for the Study of Human Rights "balloon debate". Six personalities will be in the balloon but there is only air to support one. Each will have his or her case argued with the audience making the final decision. London, 8 December

25.11.2005 Religious extremism is threatening democratic institutions and freedoms in Bangladesh, and fomenting hatred and violence towards minority ethnic and faith communities, a group of mainly British MPs claimed this week as they established an international civil society network to monitor the country's progress towards compliance with international human rights standards.

25.11.2005 Reporters Without Borders today urged Commonwealth heads of government to see that people killing journalists because of their work were duly punished, so the Commonwealth could become “a true home of democracy and freedom.” Many journalists have been killed in the south Asian region simply for doing their duty.

25.11.2005 Human rights organisation, Amnesty International says that despite the explicit aims of an inclusive and rights-based information society, many of the signatories to the WSIS Declaration of Principles continue to crack down on freedom of expression, censor the Internet and flaunt the basic standards of international law and human rights.

25.11.2005 Today, International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, sees the start of "16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence", an international campaign that runs until 10 December, International Human Rights Day.

22.11.2005 A coalition of NGOs has created a platform aimed at replacing the old model of what it means for a corporation to be socially responsible with a new business culture based on universal ethical values.

22.11.2005 Savage beatings from the secret services and 20-year prison sentences handed down by the government have forced Zimbabwean journalists into exile across the world. Elisabeth Witchel of the Committee to Protect Journalists tracks down the journalists reporting from South Africa and London.

22.11.2005 A coalition of childrenÂ’s charities has published a report charging the Government with failing in the past year to uphold the UN treaty on childrenÂ’s rights.

17.11.2005 Wednesday afternoon, November 17, the Tunisian Human Rights League (LTDH) invited the press and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) for what was to become a marathon of explicit talks challenging the Tunisian government on its human rights record. While heads of statesÂ’ speeches present at the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) were pouring in on all TV channels, revolution was just around the corner in another district of Tunis. Report by APC News.

17.11.2005 A political storm continues to rage over the Iraqi defence ministerÂ’s recent threat to kill people helping insurgents and destroy their properties.

16.11.2005 Weak government controls are failing to stop diamonds from fuelling conflict, according to a new report.

16.11.2005 Three people were killed and 24 injured during protests in the district of Hakkari Turkey, according to reports. Concerns have been raised over the escalating violence in the area.

16.11.2005 Palestinian officials are satisfied that, if implemented in good faith, Tuesday's agreement with Israel will "open up Gaza to the wider world" and could jumpstart Palestinian economic recovery, reports the Arabic Media Information Network.

14.11.2005 Campaigners have attacked a U.S. proposal that would permit the permanent removal of almost all legal rights from 'war on terror' detainees at Guantánamo Bay and every other similar U.S. facility on foreign or American soil.

11.11.2005 Thousands congregated in central Harare Tuesday to protest the widespread hunger and poverty affecting the majority of Zimbabwe's population, but police quickly moved in and quashed the demonstration.

11.11.2005 SAN FRANCISCO, Nov 10 (OneWorld) - The United States ratified an international protocol Monday aimed at preventing what may be the world's fastest growing illegal enterprise, the trafficking of human beings used for commercial sex and labor.