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| International Holocaust Remembrance Day - 27 January
2013-01-27 12:29:53 -- Statement by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay, to mark the International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the .... | |
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| India: Pillay praises groundbreaking report on violence against women
2013-01-26 07:47:00 -- United Nations Press release
GENEVA (25 January 2013) - The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Friday welcomed the report of the Verma Committee as a groundbreaking basis .... | |
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| Egypt: Two years after the revolution, the protection of basic citizens’ rights remains non-existent
2013-01-24 10:39:20 -- International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) Press release23 January 2013
On the occasion of the second anniversary of the January 25 Revolution, our organisations express their s .... | |
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| UN Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association concludes visit to United Kingdom
2013-01-24 10:32:45 -- “No matter how old a democracy, there is always space for improvements”, says United Nations Special Rapporteur Maina Kiai
LONDON (23 January 2012) – Uni .... | |
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| Russian Federation: Report makes critical assessment of treatment of detained persons in Northern Caucasus
2013-01-24 10:23:51 -- Council of Europe Secretary General welcomes publication of anti-torture Committee report on the Russian Federation
Strasbourg, 24.01.2013 – “I welcome the deci .... | |
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| Syria: Two journalists shot dead in space of 24 hours
2013-01-23 09:06:52 -- Press release Reporters Without Borders 21 January 2013
Reporters Without Borders is shocked to learn that two journalists were killed in the space of 24 hours while covering fierce c .... | |
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| Desperation drives more Rohingya onto smugglers' boats
2013-01-23 08:49:08 -- COX'S BAZAR, Bangladesh, January 22 (UNHCR) – They sail in search of safety, education, a better life, a future. But many die along the way. Those who survive face the prospect of detention, .... | |
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| More than 7,500 flee new Mali offensive; refugees report food shortages
2013-01-23 08:48:17 -- BAMAKO, Mali, January 22 (UNHCR) – Almost 7,500 refugees have fled into neighbouring countries since French and Malian forces launched a counter-offensive against Islamic militants almost two .... | |
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| Dominican Republic: Police officers charged in key killings case
2013-01-23 08:27:21 -- Amnesty International Press release22 January 2013
A prosecutor in the Dominican Republic has filed charges against five policemen and a naval officer for the murder of two men in 200 .... | |
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| Italy: Summary returns to Greece violate refugee rights
2013-01-22 09:10:20 -- Unaccompanied Children, Asylum Seekers Should Not Be Turned AwayHuman Rights Watch Press releaseJanuary 22, 2012
(Rome) – Italy is summarily returni .... | |
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| Egypt: Prosecuting writers and journalists by 24 cases and reports on charges of insulting the president
2013-01-21 15:30:15 -- Cairo January 20, 2013 The Arabic Network for Human Rights Information (ANHRI) said the the number of the cases against the journalists, media-professionals and writers due to allegatio .... | |
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| Moldova: OSCE urges leaders to intensify efforts ahead of Transdniestrian settlement talks
2013-01-21 14:52:34 -- *** OSCE Chairperson, in Moldova, urges leaders to intensify efforts ahead of Transdniestrian settlement talks *** CHISINAU, 21 January 2013 - The OSCE Chairperson, Ukrainian Foreign Mi .... | |
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| Kenya: Plans to force 55,000 refugees into camps
2013-01-21 14:13:48 -- Unlawful Transfer Plan to Begin January 21, Could Provoke Conflict
Human Rights Watch Press releaseJanuary 21, 2013
The Kenyan authorities should halt their p .... | |
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| Pakistan: Investigate deaths in lawless Tribal Areas, urges Amnesty
2013-01-18 14:49:53 -- Amnesty International Press release17 January 2013
Protests against alleged killings by Pakistan’s armed forces have taken place across the Tribal Areas, as Amnesty Internationa .... | |
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| Myanmar: Indiscriminate attacks in Kachin State
2013-01-18 14:48:13 -- Human Rights Watch: Allow Humanitarian Aid to Reach Population at Risk
(Bangkok) January 17, 2013 – The Burmese army appears to have indiscriminately shelled the .... | |
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| First fact-finding visit to Greece by UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention
2013-01-18 14:38:44 -- GENEVA / ATHENS (17 January 2013) – The United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention will undertake its first official fact-finding mission to Greece to assess the situation of depriva .... | |
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| UN Special Rapporteur on racism visits Spain from 21 to 28 January 2013
2013-01-17 12:23:16 -- GENEVA / MADRID (17 January 2013) -- The United Nations Special Rapporteur on racism, Mutuma Ruteere, will carry out an official visit to Spain from 21 to 28 January 2013, to gather first-hand info .... | |
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| Sri Lanka: Appointment of new Chief Justice undermines rule of law
2013-01-16 09:45:26 -- FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE AHRC-FST-010-2013 January 16, 2013 A Statement from the ICJ forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) The appointment of former Attor .... | |
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| Indonesia: Religious freedom under attack as Shi'a villagers face eviction
2013-01-16 06:05:37 -- Amnesty International Press release15 January 2013
The threatened forced relocation of a Shi'a community living in temporary shelter in East Java is yet more evidence of the continuin .... | |
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| Pillay calls for international inquiry into human rights abuses in DPR Korea
2013-01-14 15:06:29 -- 14 January 2013 – A top United Nations official today condemned the “deplorable” human rights situation in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) and urged the int .... | |
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