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24.05.2006
As top sportswear brands prepare to showcase their wares at the soccer World Cup in Germany, many sportswear workers in Asia are facing intimidation or dismissal for attempting to unionise, according to a report released today.
more...From: Oxfam Great Britain Related topics/regions: [Asia and the Pacific] [Labour] [Corporations] Image: © Oxfam International
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04.05.2006
A new Sudanese law restricting NGOs, as well as the effects of the pervasive presence of security and intelligence services, especially in Darfur, have been questioned by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights.
more...* Darfur 'near anarchy' From: United Nations Related topics/regions: [Sudan] Image: UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Louise Arbour © United Nations
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04.05.2006
The number of child labourers worldwide has fallen 11 per cent in four years.
more...From: International Confederation of Free Trade Unions Related topics/regions: [Children] [Labour] |
26.04.2006
Sri Lanka's problems are far worse than "a mere escalation of violence" and only civil society groups, not politicians, can halt "the plunge into an abysmal crisis in all areas of life", says an Asia-wide rights group.
more...From: Asian Human Rights Commission Related topics/regions: [Sri Lanka] [Conflict] Image: Sri Lankan fishermen: it looks peaceful, but, says the Asian Human Rights Commission, "a background of intense violence has prevailed in the country for almost three decades." © Peter Armstrong
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19.04.2006
As Brazil celebrates 'Indian Day' (19 April), Guarani Indians have warned that blood will flow if attempts are made to evict them from their land.
more...From: Survival International Related topics/regions: [Brazil] [Indigenous rights] |
12.04.2006
The African Union has been urged to send a mediator to Banjul to assess whether the July AU summit there should be postponed because of the Gambian government's illegal detention of two newspaper executives.
more...* CPJ calls on Pakistani and US authorities to reveal all information about missing journalist Related topics/regions: [Africa] [Gambia] [Media] |
11.04.2006
UK Home Affairs Minister Charles Clarke suffered a setback in the High Court yesterday to his restrictions on non-EU nationals marrying, which he was told "infringed their right to family life".
more...Related topics/regions: [United Kingdom] [Migration] [Law] Image: Brides Without Borders banner (NCADC)
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07.03.2006
The criminal process that led to an eight-year sentence for Uzbek human rights defender Mukhtabar Tojibaeva violated international fair trial standards, an international rights group said today.
more...Related topics/regions: [Uzbekistan] [Human rights] [Law] Image: © Human Rights Watch
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22.02.2006
Search and rescue operations in The Philippines in the wake of the mudslide give way to helping those displaced by the heavy rains in southern Leyte.
more...From: Oxfam Great Britain Related topics/regions: [Philippines] [Emergency relief] |
31.01.2006
Hundreds of severely mentally ill offenders in the US are mired within a healthcare system that is too slow to help and a justice system that is too quick to pass death sentences, a leading rights group said today.
more...From: Amnesty International - International Secretariat Related topics/regions: [United States] [Health] [Justice and crime] |


