Mother Teresa Added to National Cathedral Human Rights Porch At the choral evensong service held to dedicate the carving of Mother Teresa, the Reverend Samuel Lloyd paid tribute to the Albanian nun who spent her life caring for the poor and the oppre

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A human rights group has accused a state-backed, anti-Maoist group of widespread rights abuses against villagers in central India. Anjana Pasricha has a report from New Delhi. In a new report, Human Rights Watch says attacks by government-backed, tr

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By Patricia Nunan New Delhi 16 February 2006 Activists of Nepal's agitating seven political parties shout slogans to protest against the Nepalese army opening fire on protesters in Dang, February 9, 2

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By Peter Heinlein United Nations 16 February 2007 U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has accused Sudan's president of breaking a promise to allow a human rights mission to visit Darfur. VOA's correspondent at the U.N. Peter Heinlein reports. Ban Ki-m

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By Cathy Majtenyi Nairobi 27 April 2006 The U.N. human rights chief has blasted the Ethiopia's human rights situation, saying that she is troubled by the continued detention of political opponents in

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By Challiss McDonough Cairo, Egypt 25 May 2006 Egyptian pro-reform judges stand in front the Supreme Court house during an anti-government protest in Cairo, Egypt, Thursday, May 25, 2006 At least 300 pro-reform judges in Egypt stood in silent protes

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Law Enforcement By Ron Corben Bangkok 22 May 2006 Human trafficking into sex trade A conference in Bangkok is promoting greater regional cooperation in the fight against human trafficking in the Mekon

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By Heda Bayron Hong Kong 29 March 2006 Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen has lashed out at the United Nations human rights envoy to Cambodia, after the diplomat criticized the country's human rights re

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Obama Calls Human Trafficking 'Slavery,' Announces New Measures Calling the fight against human trafficking one of the great human rights causes of our time, Obama announced new steps to deal with a problem he called barbaric and evil with no place i

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By Jim Fry Washington, DC 13 February 2007 watch Sudan UN report The Sudanese government Monday said it would deny visas to a U.N. human rights mission due to arrive this week to investigate alleged abuses in Darfur. The team leader says it is in Su

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STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Scientists are finding clues about the origin of human speech thanks to a very unusual ape. NPR's Jon Hamilton reports on an orangutan named Rocky. JON HAMILTON, BYLINE: A half-dozen orangutans are relaxing in a sun-filled atrium

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By Lisa Schlein Geveva 12 December 2007 A group of UN experts has criticized the government of Sudan for failing to implement most of the recommendations made by special investigators to the conflict-racked Darfur region. The group presented its repo

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By Stephanie Ho Washington 05 June 2006 The State Department's annual 2006 report on human trafficking around the world notes some progress on the issue last year, although it says the overall situati

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The top U.S. diplomat involved in talks on North Korea's nuclear disarmament says the country's human rights record is abysmal. At the same time, Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Hill says important progress is being made to remove nuclear w

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By VOA News 08 November 2007 A leading human rights activist under house arrest in Pakistan says emergency rule may turn her country into the next Burma. Asma Jahangir, head of the Human Rights Committee of Pakistan, told VOA in an interview she fear

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By Lisa Schlein Paris 07 April 2008 The World Health Organization says climate change endangers human health and developing countries will be most at risk from the increasing spread of disease. The organization is marking World Health Day with a glob

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U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is expected to name his new High Commissioner for Human Rights as early as this week. The new official will replace Louise Arbour who stepped down June 30 after serving a four-year term at the Geneva-based body. Fr

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By Lisa Schlein Geneva 13 September 2007 In a speech to the United Nations Human Rights Council, High Commissioner Louise Arbour expressed her concerns about serious rights violations in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Iran and Burma. Lisa Schlein

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By Lisa Schlein Geneva 09 May 2007 The human rights organization, Amnesty International, has presented an appeal from 147 countries to the United Nations to maintain an independent and effective system of human rights experts. A petition signed by mo

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By Daniel Schearf Bangkok 05 October 2009 A U.N. report says migrant workers improve human welfare at home and in host nations. The report says governments should make it easier for workers to travel abroad. A new report by the U.N. Development Prog

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