Tag: human rights
member name: OneWorld United States
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May 05, 2008 06:15 PM EDT --
Haider Rizvi
OneWorld US
Fri., May. 2, 2008
UNITED NATIONS, May 1 (OneWorld) - The Canadian government has drawn fierce condemnation from the world's indigenous communities for . . . more
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January 11, 2008 02:54 PM EST --
NEW YORK, Jan 11 (OneWorld) - Human rights activists will lead rallies across the United States today to build pressure on the Bush administration and Congress to end the detention of foreign prisoners . . . more
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August 20, 2008 11:23 AM EDT --
August 18, 2008
Haider Rizvi , OneWorld US
NEW YORK, Aug 15 (OneWorld) - Major players in the food and cosmetics industries are coming under heavy pressure from environmental activists . . . more
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August 20, 2008 11:52 AM EDT --
August 19, 2008
Alison Raphael , OneWorld US
WASHINGTON, Aug 19 (OneWorld) - A leading U.S. human rights group blasted Olympic corporate sponsors such as McDonald's, Panasonic, and . . . more
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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
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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
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October 02, 2007 05:41 PM EDT --
UNITED NATIONS, Sep 28 (OneWorld) - Environmental groups and human rights activists are up in arms about the Bush administration's move to pursue a separate strategy instead of contributing to the . . . more
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April 03, 2008 09:46 PM EDT --
Haider Rizvi
OneWorld US
Fri., Apr. 4, 2008
UNITED NATIONS, Apr 3 (OneWorld) - A leading humanitarian group is calling for the United Nations Security Council to take additional . . . more
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November 15, 2006 04:53 PM EST --
Human rights lawyers were joined by two winners of the Nobel Peace prize in filing charges in Germany Tuesday, accusing outgoing U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld of committing war crimes in Iraq . . . more
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December 22, 2006 12:52 PM EST --
Human rights advocates are cheering the genocide conviction of former Ethiopian leader Mengistu Haile Mariam.
Mengistu and dozens of his military government officials were convicted Tuesday of the killing . . . more
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December 22, 2006 01:36 PM EST --
Human rights groups reacted with skepticism Thursday after military prosecutors charged eight Marines in the November 2005 killings of 24 Iraqi civilians in the western Iraqi town of Haditha.
The squad . . . more
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December 12, 2007 10:48 AM EST --
UNITED NATIONS, Dec. 10 (OneWorld) - The United Nations today launched a worldwide campaign to stop human rights abuses and violations by governments, private businesses and others.
The year-long . . . more
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August 21, 2008 08:06 PM EDT --
August 20, 2008
Haider Rizvi , OneWorld US
NEW YORK, Aug 20 (OneWorld) - Following revelations about the latest death of a detainee in the custody of U.S. immigration officials, lawyers . . . more
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May 22, 2008 03:45 PM EDT --
Alison Raphael
OneWorld US
Tue., May. 20, 2008
WASHINGTON, May 20 (OneWorld) - Re-electing Sri Lanka to serve a second term on the UN Human Rights Council would represent a severe . . . more
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June 10, 2008 04:19 PM EDT --
Haider Rizvi
OneWorld US
Tue., Jun. 10, 2008
UNITED NATIONS, Jun 9 (OneWorld) - A prominent international rights watchdog has reacted sharply to the U.S. government's decision . . . more
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October 07, 2006 04:15 PM EDT --
Global civil society organizations are pressing the 192-nation U.N. General Assembly to recognize indigenous peoples' rights to their land and resources.
''This is an opportunity that must . . . more
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April 02, 2008 03:47 PM EDT --
Haider Rizvi
OneWorld US
Wed., Apr. 2, 2008
NEW YORK, Apr 1 (OneWorld) - The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has drawn fire from one . . . more
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August 20, 2008 11:38 AM EDT --
August 18, 2008
Alison Raphael , OneWorld US
WASHINGTON, Aug 15 (OneWorld) - The fatal ambush of four humanitarian aid workers in Afghanistan Wednesday has provoked a sharp response . . . more
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March 10, 2008 03:26 PM EDT --
Henry Mance and Susie Braun
OneWorld US
Sat., Mar. 8, 2008
BOGOTA, Mar 7 (OneWorld) - Amid the escalating diplomatic crisis with Venezuela, Ecuador, . . . more
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March 12, 2008 02:16 PM EDT --
Haider Rizvi
OneWorld US
Wed., Mar. 12, 2008
NEW YORK, Mar 12 (OneWorld) - The United States government is facing new international scrutiny for . . . more
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