Afghan women at increasing risk: rights group
The Afghan government is failing to protect women from endemic violence such as rape and murder and from rampant discrimination, and their plight risks getting worse, Human Rights Watch sai...
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Sun Dec 06 21:41:14 PST 2009
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Afghan women among worst off in world-rights group
Afghan women are among the worst off in the world, violence against them is "endemic" and Afghanistan's government fails to protect them from crimes such as rape and murder, a rights group ...
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Sun Dec 06 15:13:06 PST 2009
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'Anti-smacking' law: know your rights
Parents being investigated for smacking their children were today encouraged by Prime Minister John Key to ring a new help line so they know their rights.
Stuff,
Sun Dec 06 21:03:07 PST 2009
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Norman clinic honored by Human Rights Commission
Health For Friends, a nonprofit health care clinic near Norman Regional Hospital's Porter campus, will be named the recipient of the 2009 City of Norman Human Rights award Tuesday during th...
The Norman Transcript,
Sun Dec 06 22:27:43 PST 2009
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Stetson University student helps Hispanic homeowners understand their rights
A law student helps Hispanic homeowners understand their rights.
St. Petersburg Times,
Sun Dec 06 17:44:46 PST 2009
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Afghan Women Among Worst Off In World - Rights Group
Displaced Afghan women queue to receive winter aid from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) during a distribution for the needy in Kabul December 1, 2009. Afghan women...
Bernama,
Sun Dec 06 20:05:22 PST 2009
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Hermit North Korea faces UN test over human rights
Paranoid and reclusive North Korea will try to defend what groups and governments see as a systemic abuse of human rights in the country when it faces unprecedented questioning at the Unite...
Reuters via Yahoo! News,
Sat Dec 05 19:55:30 PST 2009
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UN Convention on rights helps improve global approaches to children: UNICEF
The United Nation's children agency said Sunday that the U.N. convention on the rights of the child has transformed the way children are viewed and treated throughout the world. "Not only i...
People's Daily,
Sun Dec 06 20:24:39 PST 2009
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Unmarried couples need new legal rights, says reform judge
Two million unmarried couples need new legal rights to protect them from injustice if they separate, the new senior judge in charge of law reform has said.
Times Online,
Sun Dec 06 14:57:39 PST 2009
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Animal rights groups appeal trapping regulations
AUGUSTA, Maine -- Two animal rights groups pushing for stronger protections for Canada lynx populations in Maine are appealing a recent federal court decision upholding the state's trapping...
Bangor Daily News,
Sun Dec 06 18:48:39 PST 2009
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Kaine Gets Petition On Felons' Voting Rights
STAUNTON - A petition with 104 signatures was presented Saturday to Gov. Timothy M. Kaine urging him to issue an order restoring the voting rights of non-violent felons who have completed t...
The Harrisonburg Daily News-Record,
Sun Dec 06 22:23:24 PST 2009
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A new testament of Bhutan human rights violations
Bhutan is presenting its first human rights report to the Universal Periodic Report Review Committee of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva today at 1400 hours local time.
Scoop.co.nz,
Sun Dec 06 17:06:10 PST 2009
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Sabah natives still deprived of their rights
KOTA KINABALU: Some Sabah natives are still being deprived of their constitutional and birth rights as they are unable to obtain the Sijil Anak Negri or Native Certificates.
The Star,
Sun Dec 06 18:42:26 PST 2009
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US Certification of Colombia on Human Rights
For another consecutive year in its controversial certification process, the State Department has found that the Colombian government and its armed forces are meeting statutory criteria rel...
Scoop.co.nz,
Sun Dec 06 13:06:41 PST 2009
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Student voting rights would need state blessing
If the Carroll County Board of Education supports student voting rights, there will still be some steps that need to occur before the student ultimately is granted a vote.
Carroll County Times,
Sun Dec 06 17:27:45 PST 2009
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RBS gives up Four Seasons vote rights
Royal Bank of Scotland , which is set to become the single largest shareholder in Four Seasons Healthcare, has given up rights to influence the heavily-indebted UK care home operator.
Financial Times,
Sun Dec 06 12:06:34 PST 2009
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South Africa Human rights group upholds Jewish complaint
The South Africa Human Rights Commission upheld a hate speech complaint lodged by a Jewish group.
The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles,
Sun Dec 06 14:59:16 PST 2009
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Bahrain's rights record reviewed
BAHRAIN'S human rights strides in the era of His Majesty King Hamad were highlighted yesterday. HRH the Premier stressed Bahrain's successes, paying tribute to His Majesty's recent decision...
Gulf Daily News,
Sun Dec 06 14:31:57 PST 2009
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Animal rights protesters bring carcasses to Madrid
Activists displayed the carcasses of about 100 foxes, rabbits, minks, lambs, chickens and pigs in central Madrid Sunday in a protest against the treatment of animals.
AFP via Yahoo! News,
Sun Dec 06 13:05:14 PST 2009
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