Full Coverage: Civil rights

28.07.2006 The Mjaft London Club strongly protests an article published by The Sunday Times, "The Land that Time Forgot", for the national, ethnic and racial prejudices it promotes against Albania, Albanians and the large diaspora all over the world.

26.07.2006 The U.N.'s World Food Programme has only raised 17 percent of the 5.4 million U.S. dollars it says it needs to buy and deliver rice and fortified wheat to 225,000 villagers in 10 districts.

21.07.2006 La Secretaría Operativa de la CLOC CONO SUR informa a todas las organizaciones de la CLOC - VIA CAMPESINA, a la opinión publica nacional e internacional y al mismo tiempo condena y repudia otra sangrienta represión ocurrida esta mañana (19 de julio) a partir de las 10:30

21.07.2006 The European Commission published the mandates for negotiations on visa regime alleviation and readmission agreements with Serbia, Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina. The mandates provide for much simpler and quicker procedure, as well as issuance of multiple entry visas covering longer periods of time for students, researchers, artists and business-people, for travel into the EU.

14.07.2006 Tonka Rakusic, 60-year old citizen of Zagreb, was arrested yesterday while standing peacefully in the St. Mark’s Square in Zagreb, holding a banner that declared “I am a victim of judicial and police crime”. The Law on Public Gathering prohibits all forms of public gathering within 100-meter circle around the buildings of the Croatian Sabor, the President of the Republic, the Government and Constitutional Court. GONG association strongly protested the arrest.

14.07.2006 Among the several important failures of the Indian development process so far, the complete neglect of working conditions and social security for most of our citizens is one that is especially marked.

13.07.2006 The “Doves” centre for children with limited capacities has officially become a part of Tirana Municipal public services system. At full capacity, the Centre can accept 35 children residents (the children spend the weekdays at the Centre and go home for the weekends) and at this time, it also functions as day-care centre for additional 35 children.

11.07.2006 UNITED NATIONS, Jul 11 (OneWorld) - Rights advocacy groups in the United States are calling for the United Nations to take note of the gross human rights violations being committed in their country.

04.07.2006 Dans une entrevue accordée à Alternatives, le porte-parole de l’Armée zapatiste de libération nationale (EZLN), le sous-commandant Marcos, analyse l’opération de terreur contre les habitants d’Atenco et dresse les perspectives de l’Autre campagne à la veille des élections mexicaines.