Full Coverage: Human Rights

08/31/2007 The Supreme Court of India dismissed review petitions by a number of state governments as having no merit. In doing this, the Court has upheld its directives handed down in the judgment delivered in a case last year (2006) where the Court ordered governments to comply with a set of 7 directives laying down practical mechanisms to kick-start reform.

08/31/2007 Mayoritas Orang dengan HIV/AIDS (ODHA) di Pati-Jepara-Blora pernah mengalami perlakuan pahit dari ‘rezim’ medis. Ditolak dokter atau rumah sakit serta diperlakukan tidak adil oleh petugas kesehatan merupakan perlakuan yang umum mereka terima.

08/30/2007 The government of Sri Lanka said that their troops are determined to crush the threat posed by the rebel Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE).

08/30/2007 The killing of two Indonesian domestic workers by their employers in Saudi Arabia highlights the Saudi government’s ongoing failure to hold employers accountable for serious abuses. The brutal beatings by these employers also left two other Indonesian domestic workers critically injured.

08/30/2007 Tujuh anggota keluarga di Arab Saudi yang mempekerjakan empat orang PRT asal Indonesia memukuli pekerjanya secara brutal awal Agustus ini. Akibatnya, Tarwiyah Slamet (32) dan Susmiyati Abdul Fulan (28) meninggal karena luka-luka yang dideritanya

08/29/2007 NEW YORK, Aug 29 (OneWorld) - The White House is coming under increasing pressure from a number of Congressional leaders and rights watchdog groups to replace Attorney General Alberto Gonzales with someone who can restore faith in the U.S. justice system.

08/29/2007 Pakistan's Supreme Court has demanded the government to explain its decision to send troops into the controversial Red Mosque in Islamabad last month where more than 100 people were killed when security forces stormed the mosque to flush out Islamic militants.

08/29/2007 Nepalin valmistellessa luonnosta uudeksi perustuslaiksi ryhmä dalittitoimittajia on perustanut verkkolehden valottamaan dalittiyhteisöön kohdistavaa syrjintää. Verkkolehti opastaa myös dalitteja oikeuksiensa puolustamisessa.

08/29/2007 Sambialaiset poliisit pidättivät zimbabwelaisen eteläisen Afrikan kehityskomitean (SADC) kansalaisjärjestöfoorumiin osallistuneen Tapera Kapuyan 16. elokuuta. Kapuya pidätettiin, kun hän kantoi Zimbabwen presidenttiä arvostelevaa julistetta.

08/29/2007 Pengakuan Direktur Utama Garuda Indonesia Indra Setiawan tentang keterlibatan Badan Intelijen Negara (BIN) dalam konspirasi pembunuhan Munir patut dipuji. Untuk itu Kepada BIN Syamsir Siregar didesak agar secara aktif mengungkap sekaligus menindak anggota BIN yang terlibat dalam pembunuhan Munir.

08/28/2007 Ikatan Keluarga Orang Hilang (IKOHI) menggelar rangkaian kegiatan untuk mengenang keluarga mereka yang telah menjadi korban penghilangan paksa. Hal itu dilakukan sebagai upaya korban melawan ‘lupa’ seperti yang diinginkan para pelanggar HAM.

08/27/2007 Thousands of workers and their families have been suffering for the last four years due the closure of numerous tea estates in North Bengal, India.

08/27/2007 Global Alliance for Youth and development (GAID) is organizing a Global Forum on Youth and ICT for Development: Youth and ICT as Agents of Change, at Geneva International Conference Center in Geneva, Switzerland from 24 to 26 September, 2007. The forum aims to help the youth in exploring and exploiting ICT for the advancement of the UN Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).

08/27/2007 The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) is dismayed by the assault, detention, and harassment of local journalists by the security forces and members of the interim government in Bangladesh, that have resulted in widespread self-censorship, particularly among broadcast outlets.

08/27/2007 Q!FF merupakan salah satu festival film internasional yang mengupas isu orientasi seksual dan HIV/AIDS. Untuk kali keenam, Q! Film Festival (Q!FF) akan dilaksanakan di Jakarta dan Bali pada tanggal 24 Agustus sampai 2 September 2007.

08/24/2007 Researchers from the University of Cape Town in South Africa has pointed out that, Tuberculosis is still a leading cause of death in many countries and diagnostic methods are similar to those used 100 years ago. Though research in technological advances has provided new diagnosis and treatment, but the need is to make them available to populations most at risk.

08/24/2007 The International Labour Office (ILO) is to issue its new biennial Key Indicators of the Labour Market which provides a comprehensive analysis of the global labour market using world and regional estimates and country-level data.

08/24/2007 Local water activists’ group Forum for Water and Sanitation (NFWS), Nepal, said the lack of laws enabling equal rights to water has long been a key problem and blamed the poor water management, political neglect and the current legal framework for water scarcity.

08/24/2007 The head of the World Health Organisation (WHO) has introduced a report on ‘World Health Report 2007 entitled A Safer Future’ and asked for corporation from the national governments to provide global health security. She stressed on collective responsibility and international cooperation with open sharing of knowledge, technologies to guarantee global public-health security in the future.

08/24/2007 Suomeen syyskuussa saapuvan kätilö Ugaso Jaman mukaan 98 prosenttia naisista on ympärileikattu Somalimaassa, jossa silpomista ei kielletä lailla. Jama on onnistunut kyseenalaistamaan vahingollisen kulttuuriperinteen, koska osaa ammattimaisesti perustella mielipiteensä ja tuntee yhteisön ajattelutavat.