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WORLD / NEWS Sun Feb 7, 2010 @ 3:00pm neoform

CNN -- An international human rights organization on Sunday faulted Israel's investigation into alleged war crimes last year in Gaza... Read More

WORLD / NEWS Sun Feb 7, 2010 @ 9:00am neoform

CNN -- Malawian police have arrested a man for allegedly putting up posters supporting homosexuality, which is illegal in the southern African nation... Read More

WORLD / NEWS Mon Jan 25, 2010 @ 9:00am neoform

CNN -- A human rights group is calling on Iran to free protesters detained after the disputed June 12 presidential election, calling the government's crackdown on its critics a "human rights disaster.".. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Sat Jan 23, 2010 @ 3:00pm neoform

CNN -- Reports of at least 150 Muslims killed in recent religious clashes in Nigeria should be investigated, a human rights group urged Saturday... Read More

WORLD / NEWS Wed Dec 9, 2009 @ 9:00am neoform

CNN -- A group of prominent African-Americans has challenged Cuba's race record, accusing the island nation of harassing its black citizens and cracking down on civil rights activists... Read More

WORLD / NEWS Sat Oct 17, 2009 @ 9:00am neoform

CNN -- Rape has turned into a weapon of war in the Democratic Republic of Congo, with the number of attacks on women having grown threefold over the past few years, human rights activists said Friday... Read More

WORLD / NEWS Mon Aug 17, 2009 @ 9:00am neoform

CNN -- Hundreds of gay men have been tortured and killed in Iraq in recent months, some by the nation's security forces, Human Rights Watch said Monday... Read More

WORLD / NEWS Tue Jul 28, 2009 @ 3:00pm neoform

CNN -- About 300 people have been killed in a spate of violence in northern Nigeria, the president of a human rights group said Tuesday... Read More

WORLD / NEWS Sat Jul 25, 2009 @ 9:00am neoform

CNN -- Human rights supporters in dozens of cities around the world plan to rally Saturday to show solidarity with Iranians seeking democracy and civil rights, one of the organizing groups said... Read More

WORLD / NEWS Sun Jul 19, 2009 @ 9:00am neoform

CNN -- Government agents used tear gas to disperse demonstrators, and beat and kidnapped a human rights lawyer, the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran said Saturday, citing witnesses... Read More

WORLD / NEWS Fri Jun 5, 2009 @ 3:00pm neoform

CNN -- President Obama delivered his long-awaited and wide-ranging speech Thursday on American and Muslim relations, offering a hand of friendship to Islam and addressing an array of quandaries and conflicts dividing the two cultures... Read More

WORLD / NEWS Sun May 31, 2009 @ 3:01pm neoform

CNN -- An American human rights group documenting widespread sexual violence against Darfuri women in Sudan and Chad has called for "vigorous prosecution of rape as a war crime.".. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Fri May 30, 2008 @ 8:15am neoform

BBC News -- A leading Turkish gay rights group will fight a court ruling that ordered it be closed for "violating morality". Lambda, which has become increasingly vocal in calling for gay, lesbian and transgender rights in Turkey, says it will appeal against the d.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Wed Apr 2, 2008 @ 8:21am neoform

BBC News -- China's human rights record is getting worse, not better, because of the Beijing Olympics, a rights group says. According to Amnesty International, China is clamping down on dissent in a bid to portray a stable and harmonious image ahead of the Games i.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Wed Mar 12, 2008 @ 8:13am neoform

CNN -- China's foreign minister Wednesday rejected criticism of its human rights record, accusing the United States of "clinging to a Cold War mentality" and "practicing double standards." Yang Jiechi was responding to questions about a State Department report r.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Mon Dec 3, 2007 @ 8:18am neoform

MSNBC -- Tensions had surged in recent weeks as university students led protests and occasionally clashed with police and Chavista groups. Jose Miguel Gomez / ReutersOpponents of Venezuela's proposed constitutional changes celebrate their victory Sunday night.C.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Fri Oct 26, 2007 @ 9:18am neoform

wor.ldne.ws -- Former US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld got an unpleasant surprise during his visit to France today when human rights groups filed a complaint with the Paris Prosecutor before the “Court of First Instance” (Tribunal de Grande Instance) charging.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Sat Sep 22, 2007 @ 9:59am neoform

This Is London -- A nightclub's decision to turn away a disabled girl on crutches has been branded 'absolutely ludicrous' by the Disability Rights Commission. Jennifer Bartle, 20, said she felt "angry and humiliated" after she was refused entry on the grounds her crutch.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Mon Jun 25, 2007 @ 10:38am neoform

Washington Times -- Europe's primary human rights body will vote on a proposal this week to defend the teaching of Darwinian evolution and keep creationist and intelligent design views out of science classes in state schools in its 47 member countries. The unusual move sh.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Thu Jun 14, 2007 @ 12:16am neoform

BBC News -- The Vatican has urged all Catholics to stop donating money to Amnesty International, accusing the human rights group of promoting abortion. The Vatican also said it was suspending all financial aid to Amnesty over what it said was the group's recent ch.. Read More