Full Coverage: Human Rights

03/31/2006 La Asociación Madres de Plaza de Mayo se reunió con el Ministro de la Corte Suprema de Justicia de la Nación Raúl Eugenio Zaffaroni para reclamarle un "rápido" pronunciamiento del tribunal contra los indultos a los militares torturadores e asesinos dictados por el ex presidente Carlos Menem.

03/31/2006 Botswanan hallitus on myöntänyt että monet kotimailtaan häädetyt Bushman-heimoon kuuluvat ihmiset ovat kuolleet alkoholin aiheuttamiin sairauksiin. Leireille sijoitetut bushmanit eivät enää voi harjoittaa perinteistä metsästystä ja keräilyä vaan ovat riippuvaisia valtion ruoka-avusta. Masennus ja sosiaalinen romahtaminen ovat yleisiä ilmiöitä leirillä asuvien keskuudessa.

03/31/2006 Pas tri vjetëve të punës së suksesshme në rajon, që nga fillimi vitit 2006, OneWorld Evropa Juglindore u regjistrua si fondacion jofitimprurës i emërtuar “oneworld – platforma për evropën juglindore” (owpsee), i bazuar në Sarajevë, Bosnje dhe Hercegovinë. Fillimi i kësaj ngjarjeje, do të mbahet në Sarajevë më 3 dhe 4 prill (e hënë - e martë)

03/31/2006 On March 28, the very first doctor in India was sentenced to two years in prison for violating the Preconception and Prenatal Diagnostic Techniques Act. In the 11 years since the Act was enacted, why have lawbreakers got away?

03/31/2006 HIV infections in southern India have fallen by a third over a four-year period, raising hopes that the tide of the disease could be reversed in one of the country's worst-hit regions. A study published in the Lancet looked at data from the four south Indian states that account for 75 per cent of India's 5.1 million people infected with the virus.

03/30/2006 Centroamérica es una región caracterizada por la violencia, la inequidad social y la ineficacia de los Estados para garantizar la plena vigencia de los derechos humanos de la población, así lo refleja el informe “Centroamérica 2004-2005 desde una perspectiva de derechos humanos”.

03/30/2006 El Centro por la Justicia y el Derecho Internacional (CEJIL) y la Oficina de Tutela Legal del Arzobispado de San Salvador (Tutela Legal) fueron notificados de la admisión del caso de la Masacre de El Mozote contra el Estado de El Salvador.

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03/30/2006 The UN wants a strong people-centred approach to early warning systems and feels that science and technology, which are advancing rapidly, must go hand in hand with human needs.

03/30/2006 WASHINGTON, D.C., Mar 29 (OneWorld) - Former Liberian strongman Charles Taylor is to stand trial nearly three years after a UN-backed court indicted him on 17 charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity for his alleged role in West African massacres.

03/30/2006 Le CAPMA, Collectif pour l'Autonomie du peuple Mapuche (capmamtl@riseup.net), veut informer qu'actuellement 13 prisonnierEs politiques MAPUCHE sont incarcérées en permanence dans différentes prisons du Chili, accuséEs injustement par différentes lois, principalement par la loi anti-terroriste (18.314), une loi au service de l’oppression et de répression de l'État chilien.

03/29/2006 Just hours after his disappearance was announced, Charles Taylor was caught at the northern Nigerian border Wednesday, nearly 1000 miles from his home. He was attempting to leave the country in a jeep with diplomatic plates and a trunk full of U.S. dollars.

03/29/2006 Less than three days after revoking his asylum, the government of Nigeria announced Tuesday that Charles Taylor had disappeared, drawing outrage from rights groups and causing unease in Liberia's capital.

03/29/2006 Dopo il rapporto di Amnesty International anche Save the Children Italia denuncia trattenimenti illegali nei Cpt (Centri di permanenza temporanea) e ripetute violazioni dei diritti dei minori stranieri che sbarcano sulle coste del nostro paese. Come confermato da testimonianze raccolte da operatori di Save the Children Italia risulta che minori stranieri, sia non accompagnati che accompagnati dai genitori, vengano trattenuti nei vari centri di detenzione esistenti in Italia anche per periodi prolungati e in strutture riservate ad adulti. Tale prassi rappresenta una grave violazione dei diritti dei minori ed è in contrasto con la Convenzione ONU sui Diritti dell’Infanzia e dell’Adolescenza e la legge italiana, in base alle quale i minori non accompagnati non possono in alcun caso essere trattenuti presso i centri di identificazione o di permanenza temporanea.

03/28/2006 ... el ex capitán Alvaro Saravia parece haber dado un pasito al declararse como tal ante el asesinato del Arzobispo de San Salvador, Monseñor Oscar Arnulfo Romero, hace 26 años.

03/28/2006 The full US Senate is due to debate a controversial immigration reform bill that would toughen laws dealing with illegal immigrants.

03/28/2006 Si fuera necesaria una imagen que grafique el peso de los latinos en Estados Unidos, bastaría haber visto a las más de 500.000 personas que paralizaron el fin de semana el centro de Los Angeles para pedir amnistía a los cerca de 12 millones de inmigrantes ilegales.

03/28/2006 29 de marzo: Hoy es el momento para empezar a saldar la deuda histórica que se tiene con el pueblo haitiano, apoyándolo y solidarizándonos con sus necesidades y reclamos.

03/28/2006 Helsinski odbor za ljudska prava izdao je četvrti zbornik u okviru projekta Srbija u modernizacijskim procesima XIX i XX veka, koji je posvećen položaju žena i dece u ovom periodu.

03/28/2006 Inicijativa mladih za ljudska prava uputila je zahtev Skupštini Srbije da što hitnije imenuje zaštitnika gradjana, čime će ostvariti osnov za formiranje institucije ombudsmana.

03/28/2006 India's left-leaning, United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government has on the anvil controversial legislation that would see jobs reserved for 'Dalits' (people socially deemed low caste by birth) in private corporations after a pattern that has long existed in the public sector.