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| Palestinian Authority police beat protesters
2013-07-30 17:46:27 -- (Jerusalem) July 30, 2013 – The Palestinian Authority should order an immediate and impartial investigation into alleged police beatings and arbitrary arrests of demonstrators in Ramallah on .... | |
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| Myanmar: UN Special Rapporteur welcomes latest release of prisoners of conscience, but raises alarm over ongoing arrests
2013-07-29 12:56:36 -- GENEVA (29 July 2013) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in Myanmar, Tomás Ojea Quintana, has welcomed the latest presidential amnesty on 23 July res .... | |
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| USA: Expand protections for people with disabilities
2013-07-26 12:33:00 -- --> HREA offers an e-learning course The Rights of Perso .... | |
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| Cambodia: Systematic problems undermine elections
2013-07-26 12:27:38 -- --> HREA offers a specialised course Election Observation (4 Septemb .... | |
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| Expert group on mercenaries debates use of private military and security companies by the UN
2013-07-26 12:09:26 -- NEW YORK (26 July 2013) – The United Nations Working Group on the use of mercenaries will discuss the use of private military and security companies (PMSCs) in UN peace and humanitarian opera .... | |
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| UN expert on human rights and environment visits Costa Rica from 28 July to 1 August 2013
2013-07-25 18:14:56 -- --> HREA and the University for Peace Human Rights Center offer a course Envi .... | |
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| Italy: Legal protection for LGBT people needs strengthening
2013-07-25 13:10:11 -- Extend Hate Crimes Law to Cover Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, Human Rights Watch urges
(Milan) July 25, 2013 – The Italian chamber of deputies should adopt the .... | |
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| India: Court decision requires Dow Chemical to respond to Bhopal gas tragedy
2013-07-24 11:05:42 -- --> HREA and the University for Peace Human Rights Center offer a course Envi .... | |
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| OSCE media freedom representative warns UK, Internet filtering ineffective, open to abuse
2013-07-23 19:15:02 -- VIENNA, 23 July 2013 –Proposals by UK Prime Minister David Cameron to impose default Internet filtering for adult and sensitive subjects is ineffective and could be open to abuse, said OSCE R .... | |
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| India: Excessive use of force against protests in Kashmir
2013-07-23 12:12:43 -- Amnesty International Press release22 July 2013
The Indian authorities must ensure an urgent, full and independent investigation into the killing of four demonstrators and the alleged .... | |
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| Overwhelming opposition to female genital mutilation/cutting, yet millions of girls still at risk
2013-07-22 18:21:52 -- WASHINGTON, D.C., 22 July 2013 – A majority of people in most countries where female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) is concentrated oppose the harmful practice, according to a new UNICEF .... | |
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| Bangladesh amends Labour Act
2013-07-22 12:17:30 -- ILO statement on reform of Bangladesh labour law Geneva, 22 July 2013 -- The Bangladesh Labour Act 2006 was adopted on 15 July 2013. Its conformity with international l .... | |
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| South Sudan: Army making ethnic conflict worse
2013-07-19 11:32:01 -- Abusive Tactics, Lack of Protection, Sends Civilians Fleeing
(Nairobi), July 19, 2013 – South Sudan has committed serious abuses against civilians in its anti-in .... | |
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| India: Court report suggests frightening administrative failure in Manipur
2013-07-19 11:25:40 -- FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE AHRC-STM-134-2013 July 18, 2013 A Statement by the Asian Human Rights Commission
The Commission of Inquiry, constituted by the Supreme Court of Indi .... | |
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| Astrid Thors appointed as OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities
2013-07-18 11:04:41 -- KYIV, 17 July 2013 - The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Leonid Kozhara, welcomed the appointment of Finnish politician Astrid Thors as OSCE High Commissioner on National Min .... | |
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| Indonesia: New law restricts rights to association, expression, and religion
2013-07-18 10:59:55 -- (New York) July 17, 2013 – A new law in Indonesia places unnecessary and onerous restrictions on the activities of nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), Human Rights Watch said today. Indones .... | |
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| The European anti-torture committee publishes its first report on forced return flights from the UK
2013-07-18 10:38:35 -- Strasbourg, 18.07.2013 - The Council of Europe’s Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) publishes today its first report on an operatio .... | |
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| Egypt: President Morsi ousted by military
2013-07-04 07:53:07 -- Amnesty International Press release3 July 2013
With the ousting of President Morsi in Egypt, Amnesty International urges the security forces, including the army, to do all within thei .... | |
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| Millennium Development Goals are within reach, but stronger efforts needed
2013-07-01 19:46:05 -- 1 July 2013 – Thirteen years after the world set the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), countries have made big strid .... | |
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| Russia: New laws an affront to basic human rights
2013-07-01 18:45:02 -- Amnesty International Press release1 July 2013
President Vladimir Putin’s new laws criminalising blasphemy and outlawing public activism by lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender a .... | |
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