Full Coverage: Civil rights

26.05.2006 As the European Union is finalizing a formal ban on the LTTE, Sri Lanka has called on the oil-rich Arab countries to follow suit.The plea was made by Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera in Doha.

22.05.2006 President General Pervez Musharraf said that the country’s economy had stabilised and he was poised to focus on the major issues of reducing poverty, creating jobs and controlling inflation.

18.05.2006 Aimed at ending child hunger by 2015, TNT India in partnership with the UN World Food Programme (WFP) is organising a fund-raising event, "Walk the World", in the Delhi.

17.05.2006 The World Bank said the NGOs in Bangladesh should not be involved in political activities like elections to uphold their achievements made so far, reports UNB. “Direct involvement in politics is not under the purview of their activities… the focus of their activities should be on social development,” World Bank’s senior economist in Dhaka Hassan Zaman said.

16.05.2006 An unusual ‘padyatra' or march by members of some 165 civil society groups from across India has just concluded in this dry, treeless district of northwestern Rajasthan state.

12.05.2006 Mohammad Sajjad had dreamt of becoming a cricketer. His idol: Irfan Pathan. Destiny, however, landed him at a railway overbridge construction site at Ara. His job involved carrying sandbags and stone chips, weighing about 40 kg, over his head, 6 to 6. He is only 13.

05.05.2006 The Albanian Human Rights Group presented, Wednesday, May 3, the draft-law on discrimination in Albania to members of the civil society and NGO's in Albania. This is the first ever attempt for civil society to push for a new anti-discrimination law in the country, which has been an obligation for Albania by the recommendations of the Committee Against Discrimination in Geneva.

04.05.2006 Arrêtez les Déportations! Statut pour tous et toutes!
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03.05.2006 ADB will help strengthen the role of civil society in the fight against corruption through a technical assistance (TA) grant of US$150,000.The TA will provide small grants to civil society organizations (CSOs) to demonstrate their role in improving transparency and accountability, and fighting corruption.

01.05.2006 Defying a government ban on May Day rallies owing to security concerns, the Public Sector Salary Review Trade Unions Committee (PSSRTUC) have said they will go ahead with their planned march in Colombo today, using the occasion to protest against the new salary circular.