Full Coverage: Human Rights

07/30/2004 A grim reminder of the deplorable status of women in the country, the shocking incident involves a lower caste teenage girl from the northern Indian state of Uttaranchal.

07/29/2004 José Roberto Espinal se niega a creer que su nieto Marlon haya desaparecido hace tres años cuando auxiliado por un coyote emprendió el viaje hacia Los Angeles para encontrarse con su madres y en busca del "sueño americano".

07/29/2004 La vigencia real de la Corte Penal Internacional en América Latina y el Caribe está amenazada por las presiones de Estados Unidos, que tienden a vincularse con las negociaciones de tratados comerciales, advirtieron este miércoles en la capital ecuatoriana activistas humanitarios y un parlamentario indígena.

07/29/2004 Families of Iraqi civilians allegedly killed by British troops have begun a legal battle with implications for future military operations in foreign countries. Lawyers for the families argued that the soldiers' actions in Iraq are covered by the Human Rights Act and that an independent inquiry must be set up to decide whether the killings were unlawful.

07/29/2004 Even as AIDS afflicts an increasing number of women the world over, few countries have made policies to ensure that the infected women do not die abandoned and unattended.

07/28/2004 Enlèvements et prises d'otages sont des violations flagrantes du droit international humanitaire, a déclaré Amnesty International, alors que l'évêque de Yopal était enlevé en fin de semaine à Morcote, à la frontière entre les départements de Boyacá et du Casanare.

07/28/2004 La Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos emitió su sentencia en un caso contra Colombia, que involucra la desaparición forzada de 19 comerciantes en la región de Magdalena Medio durante octubre de 1987. Este alto tribunal determinó por unanimidad que el Estado colombiano violó los derechos a la libertad personal, a la integridad personal y a la vida de todas las personas que hasta ahora se encuentran desaparecidas.

07/28/2004 A panel debate to launch the latest report from Minority Rights Group International, Gender, Minorities and Indigenous Peoples takes place on Thursday 5 August, from 5.30-7.30 pm, at the Hancock Room, Institute of Commonwealth Studies, Russell Square. The report considers whether rights and gender law, and practitioners, are doing enough to protect the rights of minority and indigenous women experiencing multiple discrimination.

07/28/2004 Eleven leading refugee, human rights and legal organisations have set out the fundamental principles for a new asylum system, publishing a new report Refugees: Renewing the Vision. The proposals centre on ensuring that protection is granted to those whose safety would be at risk if they were returned to their country of origin.

07/28/2004 The government of Zimbabwe plans to ban international human rights groups from the country and cut foreign funding to local organizations that promote human rights, according to a draft bill. Zimbabwe has long accused aid organizations of interfering in its internal affairs and has made repeated threats to restrict their activities.

07/28/2004 A Ukrainian aged 31 was found hanged in Harmondsworth detention centre on 19 July. His death sparked a night of disturbances at the centre and has led to all of the detainees being transferred to prisons and other detention centres. At least 10 asylum seekers and foreign nationals have died by their own hand in detention or prison since 2000.

07/28/2004 The government of Zimbabwe plans to ban international human rights groups from the country and cut foreign funding to local organizations that promote human rights, according to a draft bill. Zimbabwe has long accused aid organizations of interfering in its internal affairs and has made repeated threats to restrict their activities.

07/27/2004 La Sezione Italiana di Amnesty International ha lanciato oggi un appello al leader libico Gheddafi chiedendo che non venga eseguita la condanna a morte nei confronti di sei operatori sanitari stranieri, cinque bulgari e un palestinese, accusati di aver contagiato 426 bambini con il virus dell’HIV mentre lavoravano all’Ospedale Pediatrico al-Fateh di Benghazi. I sei - Kristiana Malinova Valcheva, Nasya Stojcheva Nenova, Valentina Manolova Siropulo, Valya Georgieva Chervenyashka, Snezhanka Ivanova Dimitrova e Ashraf Ahmad Jum'a - si dichiarano innocenti e hanno riferito di essere stati torturati allo scopo di estorcere loro delle confessioni.

07/27/2004 The Communication Rights in the Information Society has called for support to its campaign for democratising media, disseminating knowledge, ensuring civil rights in the information society and making ICTs affordable. One can sign its charter by simply filing up a form.

07/27/2004 KFOR-i dhe UNMIK-ut kanë dështuar që të mbrojnë minoritetet gjatë trazirave të marsit në Kosovë, thuhet në një raport të detajizuar të organizatës për mbrojtjen e të drejtave të njeriut, Human Rights Watch me seli në Bruksel. Në raportin “Kosova: Dështimi i NATO-s dhe Kombeve të Bashkuara në mbrojtjen e pakicave thuhet se KFOR-i dhe policia e UNMIK-ut “nuk ia kanë dalur në mënyrë katastrofike t’i mbrojnë pakicat” gjatë dhunës dyditëshe në Kosovë.

07/27/2004 Join the demonstration in support workers' rights in Haiti at the Levi's flagship store in Regent Street, central London, at 12.30 pm (lunchtime) on Thursday 29 July. Hundreds of workers assembling Levi's jeans in Haiti have been sacked for forming a trade union.

07/27/2004 Maakaasu on noussut symboliseen asemaan Bolivian köyhän intiaaniväestön kamppailussa ulkomaisten yhtiöiden ylivaltaa vastaan. Bolivialaiset ilmoittivat hiljattain kansanäänestyksessä haluavansa tiukentaa valtion otetta maakaasuvaroista. Kohutun äänestyksen varjossa guaraní-intiaanit jatkavat kuitenkin kamppailuaan mailleen havittelevaa öljy-yhtiötä vastaan.

07/27/2004 Naisten asema on parantunut arabimaissa viimeisen 10 vuoden aikana, vaikka maiden väliset erot ovatkin suuret. Yhä useampi arabinainen synnyttää turvallisesti ja osaa lukea. Taloudellinen ja poliittinen valta on arabimaissa kuitenkin miesten käsissä, ilmenee YK:n Länsi-Aasian sosiaalisen ja taloudellisen komission ESCWA:n tuoreesta raportista.

07/27/2004 ''Nous aimerions dénoncer la répression des carabiniers du gouvernement de Ricardo Lagos contre les membres des familles des prisonnierEs politiques et les compagnons/compagnes de la Radio "Primero de Mayo".''

07/27/2004 Trade unionists and campaigners will be mounting a protest at Levi's central London flagship store at 174 Regent Street this Thursday 29 July at 12.30 (lunchtime) over the sacking of 350 workers assembling Levi's jeans at a factory in Haiti.