Full Coverage: Human rights

30.05.2006 BurmaÂ’s democracy leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, was arrested in May 2003 after the regimeÂ’s militia attacked her convoy and killed up to 100 of her supporters. She is still in detention. She isn't allowed to see family or friends. Her phone line is cut and her post is intercepted. Join the global campaign to free Aung San Suu Kyi and all political prisoners in Burma.

25.05.2006 SAN FRANCISCO, May 24 (OneWorld) - Though President George W. Bush's plan to send 6,000 members of the National Guard to patrol the U.S.-Mexico border is meeting with little resistance in Washington, residents of the Texas border town of Redford are not so easily convinced.

25.05.2006 LUSAKA, ZAMBIA, May 23 (OneWorld) - Africa Freedom Day, which falls on May 25th, is a day in which as Africans we observe the creation of the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) and pay tribute to the Heads of State, who through a common vision of unity, decided to seek a joint African solution to the dichotomy facing Africa in the 1960s.

24.05.2006 Interview with Nicaraguan lawyer Vilma Núñez de Escorcia.
Below are extracts from an interview by Noticias Aliadas collaborator Suzanne Timmons, with Nicaraguan lawyer Vilma Núñez de Escorcia, who presided over the hearings in the Permanent Tribunal of the People.

24.05.2006 Après six années de crise politique, dont les deux dernières furent marquées par l’occupation militaire étrangère et la mise sous tutelle du pays, Haïti renoue avec un optimisme relatif, à la suite de l’annonce des résultats du second tour législatif.

24.05.2006 Human trafficking remains a serious problem in South Asia, with 100,000 people sold every year, experts said at a U.N.-sponsored meeting in Kathmandu Monday.

23.05.2006 Africa Freedom day which falls on 25th May, is a day in which as Africans we observe the creation of the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) and pay tribute to the Heads of State, who through a common vision of unity, decided to seek a joint African solution to the dichotomy facing Africa in the 1960s.

23.05.2006 Africa saw a reduction in conflicts last year but gross human rights violations including killings and rape continued in volatile areas, Amnesty International said its annual report.

19.05.2006 The Habitat International Coalition (HIC) and the Housing and Land Rights Network (HLRN) have appealed to Indian NGOs to intervene in the slum demolitions in India's financial capital Mumbai where nearly 5,000 houses have been demolished and a slum was set on fire.

19.05.2006 Sri Lankan children in areas most affected by recent clashes are paying a high price for the escalating tension in the island. Thousands of children are still displaced from their homes following the recent violence in Trincomalee District, in which six children were killed and others injured or severely traumatized.

19.05.2006 Peter Gantz's article suggesting a NATO force to arrest the Darfur genocide is one of the few concrete suggestions for actually defeating genocide. Sadly, the UN seems incapable of...

18.05.2006 The Indian government has proposed to set up a safety net for unorganised workers and form social security schemes covering medical care, employment injury benefits, group insurance, housing and old-age pension.

18.05.2006 Experts representing workers, employers and governments, have adopted a new Code of Practice on Safety and Health in Underground Coalmines at a meeting convened by the International Labour Organization (ILO) which will improve the safety and health of miners involved in one of the highest risk activities.

17.05.2006 The Youth Initiative for Human Rights filed a lawsuit against the Kurir daily newspaper, on charges of hate-speech used in the article "Pristina Football Fans Carry a Banner 'Serbia Like Nokia, Ever Smaller and Smaller'".

16.05.2006 Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (AFHRD) yesterday urged President Mahinda Rajapaksa and the Cabinet to address Human Rights Violations related to the peace process.

16.05.2006 The Concerned for Working Children has evolved a code of conduct for the Indian media in consultation with kids. The principles aim at outlining childrenÂ’s rights-based standards so that they, as citizens, are creators of media in society.

16.05.2006 In his message on the International Day of Families, Secretary-General Kofi Annan noted recent profound transformations in families, many of whom call into question the structure of society as we know it; they require us to work together to adapt and to shape public policy in a way that addresses the needs of families, to ensure that basic services are provided to all citizens irrespective of their family situation.

15.05.2006 Even though Ecuador has signed various international agreements for the protection of human rights, the country lacks a system to protect minors as well as an accurate count of how many Colombian children have sought refuge within its borders.

15.05.2006 In China, Microsoft, Google, Yahoo and others are aiding repression, censorship, and violation of fundamental freedoms. Amnesty International urge you to take action.

15.05.2006 A heatwave has killed at least 50 people in Pakistan since the start of May, prompting authorities to warn people to stay out of the midday sun as temperatures crossed 50 Celsius.