Sack Alston, Africa urges UN
News (Free subscription) | 09/06/2009
African countries have petitioned the United Nations to fire Prof Philip Alston from his position as a special rapporteur.
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Top human rights official to carry on Alston’s work
News (Free subscription) | 07/06/2009
Another high-ranking human rights official is in the country to continue the work started by the UN Special Rapportuer, Prof Philip Alston.
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Death squads: Kenya plots to oust Alston
News (Free subscription) | 07/06/2009
A report on Kenyan police killings presented at a UN Conference in Geneva has sparked a controversy which might result in the censure of Rapportuer Philip Alston.
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Death Squads: Alston's final report
News (Free subscription) | 28/05/2009
Prof Philip Alston, a UN human rights official, on Thursday released his final report in which he accuses top police officials of running death squads and describes Kenyan courts as “slow and corrupt”.
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Alston pushes for protection of witnesses
News (Free subscription) | 28/05/2009
Crime suspects may be let off the hook due to lack of evidence if Kenya does not establish a proper witness protection programme, a report by United Nations Special Rapporteur Philip Alston warns.
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Alston wants team formed to probe human rights abuses
News (Free subscription) | 28/05/2009
The Kenya government should set up an independent commission to investigate human rights abuses between 2005 and 2008, a report by United Nations Special Rapporteur Philip Alston proposes.
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ODM rejects stand on Alston report
News (Free subscription) | 30/05/2009
Cracks have emerged in the Kenyan Government over a report by the United Nations Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial killings. The Orange Democratic Movement has disowned a response prepared by the government to counter findings of the damning report by Prof Philip Alston. The Orange party said it does not support such a “dismissive stance”. It said in a statement on Saturday that it...
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Global Rights Body Accuses Security Forces of Abuses
All Africa (Free subscription) | 29/06/2009
Kenya: Global Rights Body Accuses Security Forces of AbusesKenneth OgosiaNairobi — An international human rights organisation has stepped up demands for the resignation and dismissal of top security officials who sanctioned military operations in Kenya's North Eastern Province last year.The demands for the implementation of UN Special Rapporteur Philip Alston's report and a further dismissal...
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Colombia army blamed in deaths
L. A. Times Dodgers Blog (Free subscription) | 19/06/2009
United Nations human rights investigator Philip Alston identifies a 'more or less' systematic military practice of killing innocent civilians and then identifying them as rebels. Hundreds of innocent civilians have been slain by soldiers and falsely identified as guerrillas killed in combat as part of a "more or less" systematic practice by significant elements of Colombia's...
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Disappointing outlook on Human Rights in Colombia: UN Rapporteur
Colombia Reports (Free subscription) | 18/06/2009
UN Rapporteur on extrajudicial executions, Philip Alston, examined the situation of human rights in Colombia in the last two weeks and found that the perspectives for improvements are gloomy.
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"Cold-Clooded, Premeditated Murder of Innocent Civilians for Profit"
BoRev.Net (Free subscription) | 19/06/2009
Special Rapporteur Philip Alston just wrapped up a 10-day United Nations investigation into the hundreds (thousands') of innocent Colombians murdered by the military to meet government kill quotas. The report is out, and it's devastating. The Uribe administration naturally still...
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UN envoy: Colombia army kills many innocents
Boston Globe (Free subscription) | 19/06/2009
UN envoy: Colombia army kills many innocents Philip Alston, UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, gestures during a news conference in Bogota, Thursday, June 18, 2009. (AP Photo/William Fernando Martinez) By Frank Bajak Associated Press Writer / June 18, 2009 | | | Text size – + BOGOTA—Hundreds of innocent civilians have been slain by Colombian soldiers...
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UN envoy: Colombia army kills many innocents
San Diego Union (Free subscription) | 18/06/2009
Related Terms: , UN envoy: Colombia army kills many innocentsBy FRANK BAJAK, The Associated Press 2:54 p.m. June 18, 2009 Philip Alston, UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, gestures during a news conference in Bogota, Thursday, June 18, 2009.(AP Photo/William Fernando Martinez) - APBOGOTA — Hundreds of innocent civilians have been slain by Colombian...
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No peace, no silence in Colombia
PWW Daily Online (Free subscription) | 25/06/2009
... 76 unionists killed worldwide last year, 49 of them Colombian ? a 25 percent hike in one year. Philip Alston, special UN rapporteur on extrajudicial executions, conducted a 10-day investigation in Colombia in June. He focused on killings of thousands of civilians by the military over six years, carried out to provide bodies that, dressed in guerrilla uniforms, could be presented as...
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America's Human Rights Record New UN Report Denounces Washington
What Really happened (Free subscription) | 15/06/2009
On May 26, the UN Human Rights Council issued a report titled "Promotion and Protection of All Human Rights, Civil, Political, Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, Including the Right to Development - Report of the Special Rapporteur (Philip Alston) on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions." Alston was damning in his criticism regarding "three areas in...