Full Coverage: Civil rights

26.12.2006

26.12.2006

25.12.2006 The Serbian Consumer Association (APOS) announced the election demands of Serbian consumers, prior to the Parliamentary Elections, scheduled for January 21, 2007. APOS aims to promote and improve consumer rights during election campaign.

18.12.2006 Entre as muitas denúncias, figuram, inclusive, casos de tortura e de abuso sexual cometidos contra mulheres e mulheres militantes e simpatizantes da APPO.

12.12.2006 On the occasion of December 10, the International Human Rights Day, the Defenders of Human Rights Group issued a public appeal to the authorities of the Republic of Macedonia, demanding from the Parliament to adopt the Declaration on Defenders of Human Rights.

07.12.2006 There are many battles being fought in the name of social justice...some more pitched than others. In general, however, these struggles do not result in victory thanks to a petition, a candlelight vigil, or a ballot pull.

07.12.2006 The end of hostilities in Nepal and the new political climate could help the Himalayan country to eradicate leprosy in two years, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).

07.12.2006 The State under neo-liberalism; a transformation in its texture through a change in the nature of bureaucracy, State personnel and ''organic intellectuals''. However the social legitimacy of the State, under question as a fall out of the neo liberal economic policies, and consequently the stability of the Capitalist order will depend upon its identity of being a supra-social entity.

06.12.2006 ARBIL, Dec 6 (IPS) - The call from his mother changed Dr. Harb Zakko's life. "Someone has been calling me to open the door, saying he has something for you," his mother said.

06.12.2006 This week, in some of the cities throughout Albania, MJAFT Movement's Civic Clubs were more active than ever before.

06.12.2006 In response to the growing incidents of atrocities on dalits, the Stop-Atrocity IT Unit, Pune has come forward with an idea of establishing a helpline to prevent atrocities and safeguarding the basic rights of dalits in India.

06.12.2006 Today a knowledge society is developing in which information and communication technology (ICT) is both a catalyst and a necessity. Knowledge is an invaluable asset in this ICT-integrated society where production, services, consumption and trade are rapidly changing. To keep up with developments (knowledge) workers need to adapt continuously and acquire new competences: working and learning melt together.

05.12.2006 SUVA, Dec 5 (IPS) - Fiji's leading daily newspaper and sole television station have suspended operations after attempts to censor their news by the military, which seized control of the country on Tuesday, ousting the elected government of Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase.

04.12.2006 TEHRAN, Dec 4 (IPS) - Currently, in Iran, there are nine women sentenced to death by stoning on charges of adultery, compared to two men for the same offence -- highlighting the fact that this barbaric mode of execution is primarily a women's issue.