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December 2007
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31.12.2007
Thousands of Ranchis held a mass rally at Port Blair to demand their tribal identity and rights. Currently 13% of the Andaman and Nicobar population, these tribes were first brought to the islands as labourers to clear jungles for settlements.
more...Related topics/regions: [South Asia] [Poverty] [Social exclusion] [Indigenous rights] [Activism] Image: Rallying their voices/ Photo credit: ActionAid
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19.12.2007
As UN member states voted overwhelmingly for a moratorium on the death penalty, an influential rights watchdog has challenged Nigeria's claim that no one has been executed in its prisons for several years.
more...From: OneWorld US Related topics/regions: [Nigeria] [Human rights] [Ethics & value systems] [Justice and crime] [United Nations] Image: Death penalty © Fundación Chandra
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12.12.2007
A number of developments across South Asia serve to highlight the disturbing trend of increasingly militarised control and policing of human activity, and the stamping out of human rights in the guise of counter-terrorism measures, says a report, titled: Stamping Out Rights: The Impact of Anti-Terrorism Laws on Policing.
more...From: OneWorld South Asia Related topics/regions: [South Asia] [Human rights] [Civil rights] [Freedom of expression] [Justice and crime] [Security] [Terrorism] Image: Image of the report / Photo credit: CHRI
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