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Jamaica Gleaner
March 21, 2010
Jamaica was further embarrassed by a report from the
United Nations special rapporteur on human rights, which painted a dismal picture of the treatment ...
Helena Independent Record
March 21, 2010
Some are uncertain about why the
American Civil Liberties Union has requested intervention from the
UN special rapporteur on behalf of our client, ...
The Palestine Telegraph
March 21, 2010
We live an ongoing, illegal, crippling Israeli siege that has shattered all spheres of life, prompting the UN special rapporteur for Human Rights, ...
Indian Country Today
March 19, 2010
Lyons cited a new study by Tonya Gonnella Frichner, Special Rapporteur for
North America to the UN Permanent Forum on
Indigenous Issues, which examines the ...
ikhwanWeb.com
March 19, 2010
The report of Martin Scheinin, the
UN special rapporteur on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms while Countering
terrorism ...
Arirang News
March 19, 2010
The Epoch Times
March 18, 2010
On
Monday, Tomas Ojea Quintana,
UN special rapporteur on human rights in Burma (renamed
Myanmar by the junta) said that the rules will stifle democracy. ...
The Bostwana Gazette
March 18, 2010
But it cannot ignore the
United Nations' top official on
Indigenous rights. Batswana should be ashamed of the government's bullying of the Bushmen and the ...
Radio Australia
March 18, 2010
It comes after a discussion in the
United Nations Human Rights Commission in Geneva of a report by Special Rapporteur, Tomas Quintana. ...
World War 4 Report
March 18, 2010
UN special rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions Philip Alston [official website] said
Tuesday that the use of unmanned warplanes by ...
NTDTV
March 18, 2010
Thousands of accounts of
torture and killing of its adherents have been submitted to the
United Nations' Special Rapporteurs.
The Epoch Times
March 17, 2010
Chen cited reports by the
UN special rapporteurs which have documented thousands of cases of severe
torture and killing of
Falun Gong practitioners ...
Granma International
March 17, 2010
Joy Online
March 17, 2010
In 2000, the
United Nations, through its Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Opinion and Expression endorsed a set of principles on Right to Information. ...
Montreal Gazette
March 17, 2010
ReliefWeb (press release)
March 17, 2010
On March 15, the
UN special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in
Myanmar, Tomas Ojea Quintana, presented his progress report on human rights in ...
Tibetan Culture & News Online
March 17, 2010
Despite the Special Rapporteur on
torture's recommendations to
China following the fact-finding mission in 2005, China is still practising consistent ...
The Chosun Ilbo
March 17, 2010
Zee News
March 16, 2010
Geneva: Gross and systematic human rights violations by
Myanmar may constitute crimes against humanity, the
UN special rapporteur on the human rights ...
Human Rights Education Associates (press release)
March 16, 2010
As recalled by the
UN special rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights while countering
terrorism, "such practices would result in a ...
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
March 16, 2010
He will urge countries to support the resolution on the situation of human rights in the
DPRK, as well as meet with the
UN special rapporteur. ...
Kyodo News
March 16, 2010
Gross and systematic human rights violations by
Myanmar may constitute crimes against humanity, the
UN special rapporteur on the human rights situation in ...
Washington Post
March 16, 2010
Vitit Muntarbhorn,
UN special rapporteur on human rights in the Democratic People's
Republic of Korea (
DPRK), said his main achievement in six years was ...
Arirang News
March 16, 2010
A
United Nations official has urged
North Korea to renounce policies that would only worsen its dire food shortage problem. The UN's Special Rapporteur on ...
Earthtimes (press release)
March 15, 2010
Addressing the UN's Human Rights Council, Vitit Muntarbhorn, an independent special rapporteur, said
Pyongyang was running a "distorted" food policy which ...
International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran (blog)
March 14, 2010
Although a resolution is highly unlikely,
Iran has been criticized by HRC members and by UN officials during the session so far. The Special Rapporteur on ...
Abeceder
March 14, 2010
... said an independent
United Nations human rights expert. Following her just-concluded visit to the country, Gulnara Shahinian, the
UN special rapporteur ...
CNN
March 14, 2010
They rejected the idea of inviting
UN special rapporteurs -- none of whom as has been allowed to visit
Iran since 2005 -- to examine the allegations. ...
radiojamaica.com
March 14, 2010
... not appear as appalling as indicated by
Manfred Nowak, the
United Nations special rapporteur on
torture, and human rights group
Jamaicans for Justice. ...
Reuters India
March 12, 2010
Vitit Muntarbhorn,
UN special rapporteur on human rights in the Democratic People's
Republic of Korea (
DPRK), also said that there may be a case for ...
Free Speech Radio News
March 12, 2010
The
UN special rapporteur on Housing visited cities across
the US last Fall. It was the first such mission to the US. At the time, we spoke with UN Special ...
Inner City Press
March 12, 2010
And why is its scope, even in advance, more limited than in
Guinea, or what the
UN special rapporteur is calling for on
Myanmar? Watch this site. ...
ReliefWeb (press release)
March 12, 2010
The Special Rapporteur should continue to alert the Council and other relevant parts of the
United Nations to early warning signs where they were present. ...
Open Democracy
March 12, 2010
The
UN special rapporteur on human rights in
Burma calls for a commission to investigate possible crimes against humanity committed by the junta. ...
Bangkok Post
March 12, 2010
Vitit Muntarbhorn,
UN special rapporteur on
North Korean human rights, pictured in January 2010, has accused North
Korea's regime of turning the country ...
Africasia
March 11, 2010
The UN independent expert on freedom of
religion urged governments around the world on
Thursday to be on the look-out for "early warning signs" of ...
Inter Press Service
March 11, 2010
The report of Martin Scheinin, the
UN special rapporteur on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms while Countering
terrorism ...
Montreal Gazette
March 10, 2010
Martin Scheinin, the
UN special rapporteur on the protection of human rights, said that in the fight against
terrorism, scanners were both an ineffective ...
Voice of America
March 10, 2010
The
UN special rapporteur on
torture says torture is increasing around the world due to the
global fight against
terrorism, organized crime and rising crime ...
Trend News Agency
March 10, 2010
There is considerable progress in the prevention and combating
torture in
Kazakhstan,
UN special rapporteur on Torture
Manfred Nowak said, the press service ...
