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June 17, 2011

UN passes 'historic' gay rights resolution

(AAP) THE UN Human Rights Council passed a "historic" resolution that seeks equal rights for all regardless of sexual orientation, marking significant progress for gay rights.

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March 5, 2010

UN: Human Rights Violations Rampant in Many Countries

(VOA) The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay says too many countries continue to abuse the rights of their people.

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September 12, 2009

Costa Rica seizes migrant ship

(BBC) Officials in Costa Rica have said that a boat with 54 African migrants on board has been intercepted off the country's Caribbean coast.

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August 29, 2009

Police 'sorry' for kidnap blunder

(BBC) Police in the US have apologised for missing an opportunity in 2006 to find kidnap victim Jaycee Lee Dugard who was freed after 18 years in captivity.

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August 24, 2009

Women in Morocco

(European Parliament) Women's Human Rights in Morocco

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December 5, 2008

350 'honor killings' in Turkey since 2001 - new study

(AFP) ANKARA: Honor killings have claimed the lives of nearly 350 men and women in Turkey since 2001, a report said on Thursday.

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November 18, 2008

Amnesty slams Georgia, Russia over war conduct

TBILISI, Georgia: Amnesty International says that both Georgia and Russia seriously violated international law during their August war.

(AP) Amnesty says it has collected evidence suggesting Georgian forces indiscriminately fired on civilian targets inside the capital of the breakaway province of South Ossetia.

The rights group says in a report released Tuesday that the attacks resulted in "scores of civilian deaths."

Amnesty says Russia failed to stop killings and torture by South Ossetian militias in ethnic Georgian enclaves inside the breakaway republic.

The war erupted after Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili attempted to retake South Ossetia by military force. Russia responded with overwhelming force, pushing deep inside Georgia.

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September 19, 2008

Ethiopia: More parents saying no to FGM

Addis Ababa (Afrika.no) - Fewer Ethiopian parents are subjecting their daughters to female genital mutilation and cutting (FGM), according to an NGO campaigning to eradicate the practice.

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September 2, 2008

Fathers, brother arrested for burying five Baloch women alive

DERA MURAD JAMALI (Daily Times) Naseerabad police on Monday arrested seven suspects after the government ordered an investigation into the killing of three girls and two women who were allegedly shot and buried alive around two months ago in Babakot village, 320 kilometres east of Quetta.

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