Human Rights

Islamic Congress responds to British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal’s

International News (I.N. Daily) (Free subscription) | yesterday

THE CANADIAN ISLAMIC CONGRESS MEDIA COMMUNIQUE October 10, 2008 Islamic Congress responds to British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal’s decision on Human Rights Complaints filed against /Maclean’s/ * (October 10, 2008) Toronto - Legal Counsel to the Canadian Islamic Congress (CIC), Faisal Joseph, responded today to the British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal’s...

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It's Been a Decade of Promoting Rights, Says UHRC's Sekaggya

All Africa (Free subscription) | 11/10/2008

The Uganda Human Rights Commission on October 3 commemorated "a Decade of Human Rights Work; Making Human Rights a Reality for All" at the Sheraton Kampala Hotel's Rwenzori Ballroom. Saturday Monitor's Solomon Muyita caught up with the rights body's Chairperson, Ms Margaret Sekaggya, and below, she talks about how she has managed the institution:-

Mark Steyn acquitted of ‘flagrant Islamaphobia’ by Nazi-like Canadian ‘Human Rights’ Tribunal

Free Frank Warner (Free subscription) | 11/10/2008

The Canadian “Human Rights” Tribunals and Commissions still can’t figure out that their very existence is proof Canada has no human rights. In fact, in applying their own prejudices, in pretending to read minds and in draining the finances of...

Report Challenges U.S. Role in Human Rights Abuses, Political Intervention in El Salvador

Indybay newswire (Free subscription) | 11/10/2008

A recently returned delegation to El Salvador has published a report on human rights abuses, the potential for fraud and intervention in the 2009 Salvadoran elections, and the role that the US government has played in the cited injustices. The delegation was organized by the Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador (CISPES) and was made up of 17 US citizens and residents....

Turkish Kurd Leyla Zana's Statement to the Congressional Human Rights Caucus

Organized Rage (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008

Human Rights Appointment Resolution

PortlandOnline (Free subscription) | 11/10/2008

Council resolution appointing the Human Rights Commission and Honorary Board of Advisors

B.C. Human Rights Commission rejects Muslim complaint over Maclean’s article

Religion News Blog (Free subscription) | 11/10/2008

The B.C., Canada, Human Rights Commission has rejected a human rights complaint against Maclean's magazine that claimed an article about Islam violated anti-hate laws. In a ruling released Friday, the commission found the article by Mark Steyn did not violate anti-hate laws or raise hatred against Muslims.

(Audio) Mark Steyn on Maclean's BC Human Rights Tribunal dismissal

The Shotgun (Free subscription) | 11/10/2008

Mark Steyn was on Rob Breakenridge's radio show today talking about the BC Human Rights Tribunal's dismissal of the complaint against Maclean's magazine. Here's the audio [mp3]. Not only does Steyn seem to agree with Andrew Coyne's assesment: "This ruling...

UN Expert has Outlined Steps to Help Improve Human Rights in Burma

Net News Publisher (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008

The U.N. human rights envoy for Burma is calling on that country’s government to substantially improve human rights before the 2010 elections. In a report Wednesday, envoy Tomas Ojea Quintana said that if the elections take place in an atmosphere in which human rights are fully respected, the vote will be seen as credible. He outlined a [...]

Mining Becoming Synonymous to 'Abuse of Human Rights'

All Africa (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008

DESPITE THE strenuous efforts of civil society groups coupled with the extensive media coverage on environmental and human rights concerns, diverse forms of human rights abuses are still persistent in mining communities in Ghana.

China opposes Peace Prize for rights activist

Arizona Republic (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago

BEIJING (AP) -- China said Thursday that a prominent Chinese human rights activist should not be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, saying such an honor would go against the spirit of the award....

LRA Elements Commit Grave Human Rights Violations

All Africa (Free subscription) | yesterday

Congo-Kinshasa: LRA Elements Commit Grave Human Rights Violations The Publisher's Site (Kinshasa)PRESS RELEASE10 October 2008Posted to the web 12 October 2008Codjo HouegnigloThe UN Mission in the DRC (MONUC) says that during the period from mid-September to the beginning of October, elements from the Ugandan rebel Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) have conducted attacks on 16 localities in...

Animated Historic Documents - The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (VIDEO)

TREND HUNTER Magazine (Free subscription) | 11/10/2008

(TrendHunter.com) It’s hard to believe that 60 years have passed since Eleanor Roosevelt wrote the moving words within the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and then learn that less than 5% of the world is even aware…

Europe rights court holds Russia responsible for Chechen deaths

JURIST (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008

[JURIST] The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) issued two decisions Thursday finding Russia in violation of the European Convention on Human Rights in cases concerning the deaths or abductions of Russian nationals in Chechnya in 2000. The court ruled in Albekov v. Russia that Russia violated Article 2 of the Convention by failing to carry out effective criminal investigations...

Cuba: Human Rights Activist Re-Arrested

Global Voices Online (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008

Cuban diaspora blogger Uncommon Sense reports that a Cuban human rights activist who was paroled from prison earlier this year because of poor health, now faces up to five years in prison “on a charge of ‘attacking' — which has been used before to silence critics of the dictatorship.”