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U.N. panel condemns Iran for post-election crackdown

Reuters - Yesterday, 07:45 pm

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. General Assembly's human rights committee condemned Iran on Friday for a violent crackdown on protesters after presidential elections this year that the Iranian opposition says were rigged. More »

  • Sri Lanka's Chief of Defence Staff, General Sarath Fonseka, speaks to the media at a war heroes memorial after his farewell ceremony at Army Headquarters in Colombo November 16, 2009. REUTERS/Stringer

    Sri Lanka top general signals bid for presidency 

    Reuters - Yesterday, 09:48 am

    COLOMBO (Reuters) - Sri Lanka's top general, who quit amid speculation he could run for president, pledged on Friday to fight for democracy and human rights after the end of a 25-year separatist war, suggesting he would soon announce his candidacy. More »

  • U.N. committee condemns N.Korea, Myanmar over rights 

    Reuters - Yesterday, 02:06 am

    UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - A special committee of the U.N. General Assembly condemned North Korea and Myanmar on Thursday for what it said were widespread human rights violations in the two Asian countries. More »

  • UN committee condemns N.Korea, Myanmar over rights

    Reuters - Yesterday, 12:11 am

    UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - A special committee of the U.N. General Assembly condemned North Korea and Myanmar on Thursday for what it said were widespread human rights violations in the two Asian countries. More »

  • Russian court forbids use of death penalty

    AFP - Thursday, November 19 08:37 am

    SAINT PETERSBURG (AFP) - The Russian Constitutional Court on Thursday ordered that the death penalty cannot be applied in Russia even after January 1 when a moratorium expires. More »

  • Cuba's Raul Castro kept up Fidel's repression-report 

    Reuters - Wednesday, November 18 06:23 pm

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Cuba's Raul Castro has kept the system his brother Fidel used to repress critics, refusing to free scores of people imprisoned years ago and jailing others for "dangerousness," Human Rights Watch said in a report issued on Wednesday. More »

  • Raul Castro kept up Fidel's repression - report

    Reuters - Wednesday, November 18 04:59 pm

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Cuba's Raul Castro has kept the system his brother Fidel used to repress critics, refusing to free scores of people imprisoned years ago and jailing others for "dangerousness," Human Rights Watch said in a report issued on Wednesday. More »

  • EU, Russia hope for new start despite differences

    Reuters - Tuesday, November 17 09:25 am

    STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - The European Union and Russia hope to lay the foundations of a new economic and political partnership at a summit on Wednesday despite differences over energy, trade, human rights and climate change. More »

  • Equalities chief brushes off talk of resignation

    Epolitix - Tuesday, November 10 02:58 pm

    The chairman of the Equality and Human Rights Commission faced tough questioning from a committee of MPs and peers today. More »

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