Tag: human rights
member name: OneWorld United States
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December 10, 2008 03:41 PM EST --
NEW YORK, Dec 3 (OneWorld.net) - Human rights groups in many parts of the world are taking to the streets this week to demand strict legal actions against those who commit violence against women and girls. . . .
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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 . . .
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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 . . .
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September 23, 2008 11:38 PM EDT --
September 17, 2008
Alison Raphael , OneWorld US
WASHINGTON, Sep 17 (OneWorld) - After a nearly 20-year wait, victims of deposed Chadian dictator Hissene Habre may finally see their nemesis . . .
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October 22, 2008 02:34 PM EDT --
October 20, 2008
Brittany Schell , OneWorld US
WASHINGTON, Oct 17 (OneWorld) - In the midst of applause, tears, and multiple standing ovations, a group of Indian workers trafficked into . . .
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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 . . .
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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 . . .
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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 . . .
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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 . . .
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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 . . .
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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 . . .
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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 . . .
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September 23, 2008 11:31 PM EDT --
September 16, 2008
Haider Rizvi , OneWorld US
UNITED NATIONS, Sep 16 (OneWorld) - Driven by concerns over the continued loss of civilian lives in armed conflicts, a coalition of rights . . .
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September 29, 2008 08:02 AM EDT --
September 25, 2008 Alison Raphael , OneWorld US
WASHINGTON, Sep 25 (OneWorld) - It's time to shed light on the way U.S. companies in charge of oil, gas, and mining operations in developing . . .
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October 06, 2008 10:17 PM EDT --
September 30, 2008
Fahima Haque and Jeffrey Allen , OneWorld US
WASHINGTON, Sep 30 (OneWorld) - Several advocacy and humanitarian organizations are asking Americans to participate in . . .
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October 28, 2008 12:04 PM EDT --
October 21, 2008
Haider Rizvi , OneWorld US
NEW YORK, Oct 21 (OneWorld) - Human rights activists are planning to launch another major international campaign against De Beers, after receiving . . .
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November 21, 2008 02:27 PM EST --
November 21, 2008
Brittany Schell , OneWorld US
WASHINGTON, Nov 20 (OneWorld) - Women are being disproportionately affected by the U.S. mortgage crisis and economic plunge, . . .
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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 . . .
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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 . . .
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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 . . .
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