Copyright © 2007 Yahoo! All rights reserved. http://uk.news.yahoo.com/fc/human-rights.html en-en Mon, 06 Oct 2008 10:13:00 +0000 5 http://uk.news.yahoo.com/fc/human-rights.html http://l.yimg.com/eur.yimg.com/i/uk/any/u/news.gif 30 140 http://uk.news.yahoo.com/rtrs/20081006/tpl-uk-palestinians-israel-settlers-43a8d4f.html /rtrs/20081006/r_t_rtrs_pl_diplomcy/tpl-uk-palestinians-israel-settlers-43a8d4f_1 Mon, 06 Oct 2008 10:13:00 +0000 Palestinians are demanding $427,000 (242,996 pounds) in compensation from Israel over its failure to remove Jewish settlers from a West Bank outpost built without Israeli government authorisation, a human rights group said on Monday. Reuters http://uk.news.yahoo.com/rtrs/20081006/tpl-uk-nobel-peace-43a8d4f.html /rtrs/20081006/r_t_rtrs_pl_diplomcy/tpl-uk-nobel-peace-43a8d4f_1 Mon, 06 Oct 2008 08:09:00 +0000 Dissidents fighting for rights in China, Russia and other countries are among those tipped by experts and bookmakers to win the 2008 Nobel Peace Prize in the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Reuters http://uk.news.yahoo.com/politics/20081004/tpl-the-reshuffle-loser-des-browne-81c5b50.html /politics/20081004/r_t_politics_pl/tpl-the-reshuffle-loser-des-browne-81c5b50_1 Sat, 04 Oct 2008 06:30:00 +0000 The great survivor was the first casualty of yesterday's Cabinet reshuffle. Politics.co.uk http://uk.news.yahoo.com/rtrs/20081002/tpl-uk-russia-politkovskaya-4b8df73.html /rtrs/20081002/r_t_rtrs_pl_media/tpl-uk-russia-politkovskaya-4b8df73_1 Thu, 02 Oct 2008 16:44:00 +0000 The Russian Prosecutor-General's office said on Thursday that it had sent three men to trial for involvement in the murder of investigative reporter Anna Politkovskaya after confirming charges against them. Reuters http://uk.news.yahoo.com/rtrs/20081001/tpl-uk-africa-rights-c3c492c.html /rtrs/20081001/r_t_rtrs_pl_govaid/tpl-uk-africa-rights-c3c492c_1 Wed, 01 Oct 2008 12:06:00 +0000 At least 10 victims of a secret "rendition" programme in the Horn of Africa remain in Ethiopian jails and the whereabouts of others is unknown, an international human rights group said on Wednesday. Reuters http://uk.news.yahoo.com/politics/20081001/tpl-eu-committee-criticises-pre-charge-d-81c5b50.html /politics/20081001/r_t_politics_pl/tpl-eu-committee-criticises-pre-charge-d-81c5b50_1 Wed, 01 Oct 2008 09:56:37 +0000 A European human rights watchdog has criticised the way the government treats those detained without charge. Politics.co.uk http://uk.news.yahoo.com/epolitix/20081001/tpl-fresh-criticism-of-42-days-0a1c1a1.html /epolitix/20081001/r_t_epolitix_pl_poli/tpl-fresh-criticism-of-42-days-0a1c1a1_1 Wed, 01 Oct 2008 09:09:25 +0000 Europe's human rights body has expressed "considerable concern" over plans to increase to 42 days the limit of pre-charge detention for terror suspects. Epolitix http://uk.news.yahoo.com/rtrs/20080928/tpl-uk-belarus-election-start-43a8d4f.html /rtrs/20080928/r_t_rtrs_pl_diplomcy/tpl-uk-belarus-election-start-43a8d4f_1 Sun, 28 Sep 2008 06:35:00 +0000 Belarussians voted in a parliamentary election on Sunday that President Alexander Lukashenko believes could improve relations between his former Soviet republic and the West. Reuters http://uk.news.yahoo.com/rtrs/20080925/tpl-uk-myanmar-blast-aa3debf.html /rtrs/20080925/r_t_rtrs_pl_bombings/tpl-uk-myanmar-blast-aa3debf_3 Thu, 25 Sep 2008 07:35:00 +0000 A bomb exploded outside City Hall in Myanmar's main city on Thursday, wounding four people the day before the anniversary of a bloody military crackdown on anti-government protests. Reuters http://uk.news.yahoo.com/rtrs/20080924/tpl-uk-un-assembly-iran-jews-43a8d4f.html /rtrs/20080924/r_t_rtrs_pl_diplomcy/tpl-uk-un-assembly-iran-jews-43a8d4f_1 Wed, 24 Sep 2008 21:46:00 +0000 By Claudia Parsons NEW YORK (Reuters) - A day after being accused of making anti-Semitic comments at the United Nations, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad met a fringe group of ultra-religious Jews who seek the dismantling of the state of Israel. Reuters