Tag: human rights

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June 06, 2007 04:10 PM EDT -- Both the United Nations and some of the world's leading human rights organizations are welcoming the start of the trial of former Liberian president Charles Taylor. UN peacekeepers arresting . . . more
June 15, 2007 11:20 AM EDT -- A globally minded think tank is calling on governments and disaster relief organizations to work for peace when disaster strikes in conflict zones. "If traditional diplomacy is unable to end a conflict . . . more
May 12, 2008 09:44 PM EDT -- NEW YORK, May 9 (OneWorld) - A human rights watchdog has launched a unique nationwide campaign to pressure the Bush administration to close the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay. Amnesty . . . more
July 16, 2007 01:06 PM EDT -- Despite the return of democratic rule a little over one year ago, there has been no let up in cases of police abuse in Nepal, according to human rights defenders involved in a countrywide campaign against . . . more
April 25, 2007 03:10 PM EDT -- Human rights defenders across the world are making fresh calls this week for governments to get serious about ensuring basic education for all. Education is a basic human right, not a privilege, say . . . more
February 08, 2007 11:59 AM EST -- "William Wilberforce and William Pitt were both very young men, under thirty, when they took on the British establishment to bring about the abolition of the slave trade." Says Director Michael . . . more
February 08, 2007 12:01 PM EST -- Although slavery was common in the West in the Ancient World, and indeed Aristotle argued that it was part of the natural order of men, with the advent of Christianity came the gradual end of slavery, . . . more
February 08, 2007 12:02 PM EST -- NHD Philly! is the regional National History Day program for Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is a collaboration of more than thirty history and community-based organizations in the Greater Philadelphia . . . more
April 15, 2007 01:24 PM EDT -- On February 18, 2005 an Iraqi man was driving his vehicle from his house to work at his farm. On the way, U.S. forces shot him when they passed, damaging the vehicle and killing the man. His case is among . . . more
February 08, 2007 11:56 AM EST -- "You may choose to look the other way but you can never again say you did not know." -          William Wilberforce, 1789 From acclaimed director . . . more
February 15, 2007 02:28 PM EST -- Human rights groups spoke out this week, condemning the United States Special Envoy to Sudan, Andrew Natsios, for claiming the crisis in Darfur no longer constitutes genocide. "The term genocide . . . more
 
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