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Spain rights judge Garzon convicted for wiretaps
February 09, 2012 | Agence France-Presse

Gay Friendly Tel Aviv Gains Admirers, Critics
January 26, 2012 | Associated Press

Gay Friendly Tel Aviv Gains Admirers, Critics
January 24, 2012 | Associated Press

Human Rights Abuses Wikipedia Information

Human rights refers to "the basic rights and freedoms to which all humans are entitled, often held to include the right to life and liberty, freedom of thought and expression, and equality before the law."The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition The United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights states, "All human beings are born free and...

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Supreme Court Urged to Review Ruling that Shields Corporations from Human Rights Suits
July 14, 2011
WASHINGTON, July 14, 2011 - A group of international human rights organizations filed an amicus brief in the United States Supreme Court in the case of Kiobel v...

Court Overrules Anti-Prostitution Gag Rule for US Groups
July 08, 2011
NEW YORK, July 8, 2011 - The US Court of Appeals' ruling on July 6, 2011, that the government may not force US organizations that get funding for international...

Arms trade fuels violations in Sudan conflict
July 08, 2011
July 8, 2011 - UN member states must act to control arms shipments to volatile regions like Sudan's Southern Kordofan, Amnesty International said today ahead of...

Egypt: Military pledges to stop forced ‘virginity tests’
June 27, 2011
June 27, 2011 - The head of Egypt's military intelligence has promised Amnesty International that the army will no longer carry out forced ‘virginity tests'...

Civil society expresses vote of no confidence in conflict diamond scheme
June 24, 2011
June 23, 2011 - Activist organizations today expressed a vote of no confidence in the Kimberley Process, and walked out of the scheme's meeting in Kinshasa, in...

ICC issues arrest warrant for al-Gaddafi
June 27, 2011
June 27, 2011 - Colonel M'uammar al-Gaddafi and other senior Libyan government figures must be arrested and handed over to the International Criminal Court (ICC)...

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Nokia Publishes Policy on Conflict Minerals
February 03, 2012 | Read/WriteWeb
'' Conflict minerals,'' those mined to support groups conducting armed conflict or engaging in human rights abuses ... We prohibit human rights abuses ... '' We prohibit human rights abuses ...

Taliban Statement Lauds UN Report On Human Rights Abuses In Afghan Prisons
December 24, 1999 | Memri Latest Blogs Urdupashtu
Today the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (the Taliban' s shadow government in the country) issued a statement, lauding the recent UN report highlight human rights...

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December 24, 1999 | Memri Latest Blogs Urdupashtu
Taliban Statement Lauds UN Report On Human Rights Abuses In Afghan Prisons Taliban Release Four Employees Of French... October 12, 2011, 7: 07 pm ...

Are Apple's Dealings Overseas Damaging Its North American Reputation?
January 31, 2012 | PSFK Trend: PSFK
Almost 150,000 people sign online petition which calls for tech giant to clean up its act on alleged human rights abuses in China. ...

Obama admin continues to reward'' Arab Spring'' Islamic parties for saying the right...
January 08, 2012 | Jihad Watch
The Assistant Secretary of State Feltman's remarks about the importance of actions sound good, but at what point would the U.S. actually pull the plug, if it has stood by this long in the face of human rights abuses ...

Basu: An important lesson is that we need China, and China needs us
December 18, 2011 | DesMoinesRegister.com
We are right to call out China's human rights abuses, but our demonization of China has taken less seemly forms. The Chinese recall accusations of a'' China lobby'' operating...

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