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- Serbian Foreign Minister Demands Guarantees of Rights for Serbs in Kosovo (Sep 15, 2005)
The foreign minister of Serbia and Montenegro, Vuk Draskovic, has called for the United Nations to guarantee the rights of all non-ethnic Albanians in Kosovo.
- Chile's Pinochet Acquitted of 'Operation Condor' Charges (Sep 15, 2005)
Chile's Supreme Court has dropped some human rights charges against former dictator, Augusto Pinochet, one day after lifting his legal immunity.
- Zimbabwe's President Signs Controversial Constitutional Amendments into Law (Sep 12, 2005 Harare)
Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe has signed into law several constitutional amendments restricting freedom of movement and property rights and creating a Senate that critics say will help tighten his grip on power.
- Guantanamo Detainees' Hunger Strike Enters Second Month (Sep 9, 2005)
Scores of prisoners held at the U.S. military's detention facility in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, reportedly are in the second month of a hunger strike called to protest what the detainees say is their mistreatment by jailers.
- West Africa Pipeline Deal Raises Human Rights Concerns (Sep 8, 2005 Washington)
The human rights group Amnesty International is accusing the giant U.S. oil company ExxonMobil of putting profits over human rights with its involvement in a West African oil pipeline.
- British Leader Signs Trade Deals, Discusses Human Rights With China (Sep 6, 2005 Beijing)
British Prime Minister Tony Blair says he is optimistic that China will eventually match its economic development with democracy and more respect for human rights.
- Egyptian Rights Groups Call For Vote Against President (Sep 5, 2005 Cairo)
Egyptians should boycott the coming presidential elections or vote for one of the opposition candidates, a group of local human rights organisations said on Saturday.
- Focus: Syria's Kurds Struggle for Rights (Sep 5, 2005 Washington)
Syria's one-and-a-half million ethnic Kurds have been struggling for years in the face of official repression.
- UN Human Rights Chief Asks China for Details on Execution Policies (Sep 2, 2005 Beijing)
The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Louise Arbour, is asking China for more information on its policy of capital punishment.
- Report Links North Korea's Food Shortages to Human Rights Abuses (Sep 1, 2005 Washington)
The U.S. Committee for Human Rights in North Korea says Pyongyang's human rights abuses are exacerbating the country's food shortages.
- Human Rights Watch Says Papua New Guinea Police Abuse Detainees (Sep 1, 2005 Jakarta)
A report released by Human Rights Watch says police in Papua New Guinea routinely beat, rape, and torture detainees, many of whom are children.
- Reporters Without Borders Calls On EU to Intercede In Cuban Crackdown (Aug 30, 2005)
An international media rights group has called on the European Union (EU) to intercede in the Cuban government's recent crackdown on independent journalists.
- UN Human Rights Chief Urges Ratification of Anti-Trafficking Agreements (Aug 30, 2005 Beijing)
The U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights has urged China and other non-signatories to ratify rights agreements to help counter the rise in trafficking of women and children worldwide.
- China May be Preparing Another Crackdown on Ethnic Muslims in Xinjiang (Aug 27, 2005 Beijing)
Exile groups and human rights advocates say China may be preparing to crack down on ethnic Muslim Uighurs in the region of Xinjiang.
- Release of Former Haitian Paramilitary Leader Draws Condemnation (Aug 26, 2005 Cap-Haitien)
In Haiti, the recent release of an imprisoned former paramilitary leader has drawn condemnation from diplomats and human rights activists.
- Russian Rights Group Compares Current State Of Country's Prisons To Gulags (Aug 26, 2005)
In a new report, a group of leading Russian rights activists is accusing authorities of ignoring systemic abuses and torture in the country's prisons.
- Jurisdiction of Aceh's New Human Rights Tribunal in Dispute (Aug 23, 2005 Jakarta)
The newly signed peace agreement between the Indonesian government and separatist rebels in the province of Aceh calls for the establishment of a human rights tribunal.
- Human Rights Group Says Zimbabwe Secretly Scattering Homeless (Aug 20, 2005 Washington)
An international human rights group says the government of Zimbabwe has moved thousands of people from temporary camps to more remote locations, after the United Nations criticized Harare for organizing mass evictions and home demolitions.
- Nigerian Police Take Course in Human Rights (Aug 18, 2005 Abidjan)
Police in Nigeria, stung by reports of human rights violations, are attending a human rights workshop in the capital, Abuja.
- Campaigning Begins for Afghanistan's Parliamentary Polls (Aug 17, 2005)
Campaigning has begun for Afghanistan's first parliamentary polls since the fall of the Taleban in 2001, amid warnings by a human rights group that female candidates need more protection.
- US Military Fights Release of More Abu Ghraib Images (Aug 14, 2005)
The U.S. military is fighting efforts to release more photos and videotapes that document the abuse of detainees at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison.
- Amnesty International Criticizes Mexico's Human Rights Record (Aug 10, 2005 Mexico City)
Amnesty International Secretary-General Irene Khan is urging the Mexican government to 'walk its talk' concerning human rights.
- AU Appointment of Chissano as Zimbabwe Mediator Seen as Blow for Mbeki (Aug 10, 2005 Nairobi)
The African Union named Mozambique's former President Joachim Chissano to mediate the political standoff in Zimbabwe that has alarmed human rights advocates and plunged the economy into crisis.
- US Holding Talks on Return of Guantanamo Detainees (Aug 10, 2005 Washington)
The State Department confirmed Tuesday the United States is holding talks with a number of Muslim countries on the return of their nationals now held at the U.S. detention center at the Guantanamo Bay naval base in Cuba.
- Politicians, Rights Activists Say Cambodian Government is Using Courts to Silence Critics (Aug 9, 2005 Phnom Penh)
A Cambodian military court has convicted opposition lawmaker Cheam Channy and sentenced him to seven years in prison on charges of creating a secret military force.
- Trial Opens in Murder of Prominent Indonesian Human Rights Activist (Aug 9, 2005 Jakarta)
A pilot with Indonesia's national airline Garuda went on trial Tuesday for allegedly murdering a prominent human rights activist who was poisoned on a flight to Europe last September.
- Human Rights Activist Slain in DR Congo (Aug 2, 2005)
International human rights groups say gunmen in the Democratic Republic of Congo have killed a prominent rights activist in the east of the country.
- Newly Released Documents Show Lawyers Strongly Objected to US Interrogation Policy (Jul 29, 2005 Washington)
Newly released U.S. government documents show the nation's top military lawyers argued strenuously against controversial interrogation methods used at U.S detention facilities in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and in Iraq.
- UN: Sexual Violence in Darfur Continues (Jul 29, 2005 United Nations)
A new report by the office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights says sexual violence in strife-ridden Sudan's Darfur is prevalent.
- Eritrea Reportedly Detains Relatives Of Military Service Evaders (Jul 29, 2005 Washington)
The human rights group, Amnesty International is accusing the Eritrean government of arresting several hundred relatives of people who have evaded or deserted military service.
- Indonesian Pilot Charged in Murder of Human-Rights Activist (Jul 29, 2005)
Prosecutors in Jakarta have filed charges against an Indonesian airline pilot accused of helping poison a human-rights activist last year on a Garuda Indonesia flight to Amsterdam.
- Human Rights Watch Report Condemns Torture by Nigerian Police (Jul 27, 2005 Abidjan)
The Washington-based advocacy group Human Rights Watch has published a report that says torture in Nigerian prisons is widespread, and has resulted in the death of dozens of people in police custody.
- Violence in Ethiopia's East Draws Attention to Somalis' Plight (Jul 27, 2005 Nairobi)
Violent attacks in eastern Ethiopia this week have drawn attention to the plight of ethnic Somalis living in Ethiopia's Ogaden region, where opposition groups have accused Ethiopia's government of massive human rights abuses over the last decade, including hundreds of killings and disappearances.
- UN Rights Chief Calls for Prosecution of Liberia's Ex-President Taylor (Jul 26, 2005 Geneva)
The U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights, Louise Arbour, is calling on African leaders to push for the prosecution of former Liberian President Charles Taylor.
- Children Suffer Grave Abuses in Nepal Conflict (Jul 26, 2005 New Delhi)
Human rights group Amnesty International says children in Nepal are being killed and tortured by both rebels and security forces in the country's brutal civil war.
- Iraqi Women Differ on Greater Role for Islam in Constitution (Jul 25, 2005 Baghdad)
Reports that Iraq's draft constitution could give Islamic law a powerful role in society have sparked strong reactions by women's groups, who fear the move will greatly curb women's rights.
- 52 Detainees at Guantanamo on Hunger Strike (Jul 22, 2005)
The U.S. Defense Department says 52 detainees at the U.S. military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, are on a hunger strike to protest their continued detention.
- 8 Detainees Released From Guantanamo (Jul 21, 2005)
The Pentagon says seven detainees at the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba have been released to their home countries.
- US Military Confirms Two FBI Allegations of Detainee Abuse at Guantanamo (Jul 13, 2005 Washington)
A military investigation into FBI allegations of detainee abuse at the U.S. prison camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba has found two unauthorized cases where prisoners were subjected to abusive interrogation.
- UN Rights Commissioner Highlights Instability in West Africa (Jul 12, 2005 Abidjan)
The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights is continuing her visit to several West African countries, after having voiced concern at human rights issues in Ivory Coast.
- Senior UN Official Calls for Probe of Mass Killings in Uzbekistan (Jul 12, 2005 Geneva)
A new report by the U.N. Human Rights Office says there is evidence that military and security forces committed grave human rights violations during protests last May in Andijan, Uzbekistan.
- UN Independent Investigator Raps Japan for Discrimination (Jul 11, 2005 Tokyo)
An independent investigator from the U.N. Commission on Human Rights says he will report that discrimination in Japan is 'deep and profound.'
- Rights Group: Illegal Arms Exports Fuelling Killings, Torture in DR Congo (Jul 8, 2005 Kampala)
Large quantities of arms continue to flow into the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) fueling gross human rights abuse including killings, rape and torture, Amnesty International says in a report.
- Former Chilean Dictator Pinochet Stripped of Immunity (Jul 7, 2005 Rio de Janeiro)
A Chilean court Wednesday stripped former dictator Gen. Augusto Pinochet of immunity from prosecution for alleged human rights violations during his 17-year reign.
- Private Lynndie England Back in Court on Abuse Charges (Jul 7, 2005)
One of the U.S. Army soldiers at the center of the Iraqi prisoner abuse scandal is scheduled to appear in a U.S. military court in Texas, Thursday for a pre-trial hearing and arraignment.
- Nepal Releases 3 Political Prisoners (Jul 4, 2005)
Nepalese authorities have released a human rights activist, a senior politician and a student leader arrested after King Gyanendra seized absolute power five months ago.
- Medical Journal: Doctors at Guantanamo Violate International Law, Medical Ethics (Jul 1, 2005 Washington)
The U.S. Defense Department is involved in a dispute with a prominent medical journal, which is alleging inappropriate involvement by medical personnel in the interrogation of detainees at the Guantanamo detention center.
- Russian Held at Guantanamo Alleges Koran Desecration (Jun 28, 2005)
A Russian who had been held at the U.S. detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, says U.S. forces there regularly desecrated the Koran.
- Amnesty Warns Burundi Peace At Risk As Refugees Return (Jun 27, 2005 Geneva)
The human-rights group, Amnesty International, is warning that the forcible return of Burundian refugees from camps in Tanzania could destabilize Burundi's fragile peace process.
- Rights Groups: US Government Jailed Scores of Muslim Men WIthout Charge Following 9-11 Attacks (Jun 27, 2005)
U.S. rights groups say the government jailed scores of U.S.-based Muslim men without charges after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.
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