Full Coverage: Human Rights

31.07.2006 SAN FRANCISCO, Jul 31 (OneWorld) - Lebanon marked a national day of mourning Monday, a day after Israeli warplanes bombed the village of Qana killing at least 57 people, most of them children.

28.07.2006 Under the auspices of its Awareness: Transgender Rights and Issues, Zenska Soba association published a notebook/exercise book on creation of terms of sex and gender on social and individual levels, titled Creation: of Sex? of Gender?

26.07.2006 The Regional Programme on Human Rights is organised by the Raoul Wallenberg
Institute in Lund and fully financed by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida).

24.07.2006 Villagers Sanjay Colony (Bhagirath Nagar) - in the Indian capital city of Delhi - condemned the Indian and the Delhi government on Sunday for trying to evict them from their homes. They were testifying before a panel of activists and NGOs on how the government planned to uproot a residential area where the government itself had built schools, hospitals and roads for the people.

24.07.2006 As talks towards defining the final status Kosovo continue today in Vienna, Amnesty International calls on the participants to ensure that the protection of human rights of all persons in Kosovo remain at the heart of the process, and are addressed at every stage and in all aspects of the talks.

24.07.2006 The Pakistani government is seriously thinking of amending the Hudood ordinances - laws that govern and define behaviour for women and impose harsh penalties if violated - after a television channel had a debate on the controversial laws.

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 Nearly 4,500 families in village Sanjay Colony in the Indian capital, who face the imminent threat of demolition and forced eviction, plan to hold a public hearing on 23 July, Sunday, to protest against the Delhi government's decision to evict them from their village. The hearing will be attended by eminent development practitioners and human rights activists - Miloon Kothari, Prashant Bhushan, Ravi Agarwal, Medha Patkar, Prabhash Joshi and Bela Bhatia - at Bhatti Mines in south Delhi.

21.07.2006 Following the success of the launch of its internet freedom campaign in the UK, Amnesty International is today going global with irrepressible.info.
The campaign aims to claim back the web as a force for change in the face of an increasing willingness on the part of technology companies to aid censorship and repression.

20.07.2006 The European Commission Delegation in Serbia opens a public competition for projects in the area of democracy strengthening, human rights and rule of law in the Republic of Serbia and the Republic of Montenegro, through the EUÂ’s European Initiative for Democracy and Human Rights EIDHR micro-project programme.

19.07.2006 Save the Children in SEE reminded the International community and the policymakers from the two negotiation teams and urged them not to forget and neglect the children in the current Kosovo Status talks.

18.07.2006 Justice cannot be done to the United States' complicated relationship with our island neighbor, Cuba, in a short article. It can, however, point out some of the difficulties in the relationship that highlight a policy that doesn't work and is inhumane to both Cubans and Americans.

18.07.2006 The widely-read book by US-based health organisation Hesperian Where There Is No Doctor is now online. The Hesperian Foundation's classic manual has helped people take lead in their own health care and organize to improve health conditions in their communities. Simply written and heavily illustrated, the book is available in many languages.

18.07.2006 Members of Parliament (MPs) in Kathmandu today slammed the government for apathy towards giving citizenship to Madhesi people or to children whose mothers are foreignersÂ’ wives even after the declaration of the House.

17.07.2006 After debating for several weeks about the touchy subject of immigration reform, the United States Senate approved the Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2006 (S. 2611) on May 25.

16.07.2006 SAN FRANCISCO, Jul 15 (OneWorld) - At least seven media workers have been injured in less than 48 hours of fighting in Lebanon--all of them hurt by the Israeli military, a leading media watchdog group said Thursday.

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.

13.07.2006 The Ombudsperson Institution in Kosovo today released its Sixth Annual Report (2005-2006), the first to be submitted directly to the Assembly of Kosovo rather than to the Special Representative of the Secretary-General of the United Nations.

12.07.2006 Indian campaigners have voiced their disappointment over the stand taken by the Indian government to block an agreement that would have stopped small arms sales that break international humanitarian law. The proposal was discussed at the UN World Conference on Small Arms, which ended on July 7 in New York. The agreement, which was backed by over 100 countries was opposed by India, Iran, Israel, Pakistan and Cuba.

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.