Human Rights
Freed Guantánamo prisoners taunt US as closure plan falls apart
Freed Guantánamo prisoners taunt US as closure plan falls apart
President Obama's plan to close Guantánamo Bay within a year appeared to be unravelling yesterday with the emergence of former inmates on terrorist websites, fierce opposition in the US and…
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Saudi women's group wins EU rights prize
Saudi women's group wins EU rights prize
A Saudi charity which helps divorced and underprivileged women has won a European Union prize for human rights groups in the Gulf, the Riyadh office of the European Commission said…
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Tunne Kelam: Speeches at the plenary session of the European Parliament on Holodomor, October 22 and 23, 2008
Tunne Kelam: Speeches at the plenary session of the European Parliament on Holodomor, October 22 and 23, 2008
Artificial, man-made famines were used systematically as a tool by Communist totalitarian regimes to increase their hold on enslaved populations. 75 years ago, Soviet dictator Stalin decided to uproot Ukrainian…
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Argentine "dirty war" generals get life in prison
Argentine "dirty war" generals get life in prison
BUENOS AIRES: An Argentine court sentenced two former generals to life in prison on Thursday over the disappearance of a provincial senator during the 1976-1983 "dirty war" dictatorship. Human rights…
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Two women sentenced to 're-education' in China
Two women sentenced to 're-education' in China
BEIJING: In the annals of people who have struggled against Communist Party rule, Wu Dianyuan and Wang Xiuying are unlikely to merit even a footnote. The two women, both in…
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Kristof: Malcontents need not apply
Kristof: Malcontents need not apply
BEIJING: To put a smiley face on its image during the Olympics, the Chinese government set aside three "protest zones" in Beijing. Officials explained that so long as protesters obtained…
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Book review: “Shake Hands with the Devil”
Book review: “Shake Hands with the Devil”
It took some years before General (ret) Roméo Dallaire, Canada, was ready to write about his time as Commander of the UN – Mission “UNAMIR”(United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda)…
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Karadzic arrives in The Hague for trial despite violent protest by loyalists
Karadzic arrives in The Hague for trial despite violent protest by loyalists
THE HAGUE: Long one of the most-wanted fugitives in the world, Radovan Karadzic, the Bosnian Serb leader blamed for inciting his followers to join him in a brutal ethnic war,…
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