Full Coverage: Human rights

29.04.2006 Pokret DOSTA! organizira mirne proteste svake subote, javno se suprotstavljajući (ne)radu vladinih predstavnika/ca za građanstvo. Ovi protesti su reakcija na opće nezdravo stanje države i loš kvalitet života u BiH, a posebno se ističe da je protest i protiv nedavnog poskupljenja struje u BiH. I danas, 29. aprila protesti počinju na Trgu BiH Sarajevo u 12.00 sati.

28.04.2006 Nearly 2,000 people marched on Friday in the heart of Delhi to protest against government policies causing displacement of people all over India. They later submitted a memorandum to President APJ Abdul Kalam seeking stoppage of construction work on the Narmada dam till people are rehabilitated and making a national law that prevents displacement of people without rehabilitation.

27.04.2006 Amnistía Internacional considera una violación grave de los derechos humanos la aplicación de leyes de "sodomía" para encarcelar a personas del mismo sexo que, en privado y de común acuerdo, mantienen relaciones sexuales. El actual artículo 204 conculca numerosas disposiciones del derecho internacional en materia de derechos humanos.

27.04.2006 More than a dozen civil society organisations gave a call on Thursday to support the ongoing Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA) agitation and ensure that millions of Indians getting uprooted due to development – construction of dams, digging of mines and setting up of industries – are given their rights by the government.

27.04.2006 In a rare interview, sub-Saharan Africa’s last absolute monarch King Mswati of Swaziland said this week his country is not ready for political parties and criticised foreign governments for meddling in its internal affairs

26.04.2006 Organizaciones internacionales de solidaridad con Guatemala manifestaron su profunda preocupación por los asesinatos de defensores y defensoras de derechos humanos en este país, ocurridos recientemente, que se dan en un marco de creciente inseguridad ciudadana.

26.04.2006 A new agency to tackle child abuse and indecent images on the internet has been launched by the Home Office in UK.

26.04.2006 A number of activists, demonstrating in support of judges currently under fire for demanding judicial reform, were arrested and beaten on Monday in Egypt, according to local human rights groups

25.04.2006 The Global Campaign for Education says that if all children have to be provided with an education, the world needs 15 million more teachers. Right now over 100 million children still are not aware of the possibilities that education offers.

25.04.2006 Indian NGO Navdanya has said that the package announced by the Indian government to prevent farmers's suicides - that seeks to increase the flow of credit into rural areas - will only lead to more frustration and suicides among farmers. Navdanya's assumption is based on the fact that capital intensive agriculture is pushing farmers into debt and suicides.

25.04.2006 The Nigerian government must take the lead in ending discrimination against millions of "non-indigenes" -- citizens who cannot show that their family roots are native to the community in which they live -- in part to better secure the country's increasingly fragile unity, according to a report by Human Rights Watch (HRW) released here (Washington)Tuesday.

24.04.2006 La Ley de Amnistía de 1978 es incompatible con la obligación internacional del Estado chileno de investigar las violaciones de derechos humanos cometidas durante el gobierno militar, poner a los presuntos responsables a disposición judicial y castigar a los perpetradores de estos crímenes

24.04.2006 The north east Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh has brought out its first human development report (HDR) which finds that the state has a unique opportunity to map out a people-centred development path that is sustainable and ecologically sound. Lack of community-based development in Arunachal Pradesh has resulted in slow progress on human development indicators.

24.04.2006 The Hong Kong-based human rights organisation Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has called for Nepalese king Gyanendra to step down so that people can bring him to justice. The organisation says that the king's defiance to restore democracy has only made the people more determined to oust him.

24.04.2006 In its latest Press Release, the Narmada Bachao Andolan has said that the Madhya Pradesh government, which had to rehabilitate the displaced people at the Narmada valley is resorting to lies by saying that these people are "outsiders". The NBA has alleged that such a stand by the government amounts to contempt of the Indian Supreme Court.

21.04.2006 A ese loco a quien la muerte se le cruzó justamente en una de sus luchas, en una revuelta ciudadana y ayudando a salvar la vida de un niño...

21.04.2006 Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA) leader Medha Patkar has announced that her struggle would no longer be restricted to the Narmada valley but will be broadened to include the rights of displaced people everywhere in India.

21.04.2006 Uno studio pubblicato oggi dall'Alto Commissariato delle Nazioni Unite per i Rifugiati (UNHCR) sul Regolamento Dublino II dell'Unione Europea - che stabilisce le regole per l'individuazione dello stato membro responsabile dell'esame di una domanda d'asilo - evidenzia la necessità di una sostanziale revisione, al fine di assicurare il rispetto dei diritti di richiedenti asilo e rifugiati. Il rapporto dell'UNHCR è stato reso pubblico proprio mentre la Commissione Europea è impegnata nella preparazione di una propria revisione del Regolamento. "Sia nel Regolamento in sé che nella sua messa in pratica, si rilevano lacune che, oltre a causare sofferenze ai richiedenti asilo, possono anche rendere impossibile l'esame di una domanda d'asilo" - ha dichiarato Pirkko Kourula, direttrice dell'Ufficio per l'Europa dell'UNHCR, a seguito della pubblicazione del rapporto. nonostante il regolamento, un'armonizzazione delle politiche d'asilo e delle pratiche adottate all'interno dell'UE non è ancora stata raggiunta.

21.04.2006 We have options. Using satellites and other early-warning tools.

21.04.2006 Gov'ts have a lot of options at their disposal to stop mass atrocities, so why don't they always use them?