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By Lisa McAdams Moscow 31 August 2006 Uzbek women sit in a tent at a bleak refugee camp 40 kilometers (25 miles) from the Uzbek border in Kyrgyzstan (File photo) Human Rights Watch says Kyrgyzstan is not protecting asylum seekers and refugees and is
By Noel King Khartoum 30 April 2006 A top U.N. envoy is in Sudan to assess the human-rights situation in the embattled nation. United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour is to mee
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 30 March 2007 The U.N. Human Rights Council has unanimously adopted a resolution Friday expressing concern over the situation in Darfur, but it fails to condemn Sudan for its actions. Lisa Schlein reports for VOA from U.N. Euro
By Gabrielle Brick Hong Kong 26 June 2006 Police baton an unidentified person after violence erupted during funeral of actor Raj Kumar, in Bangalore, India, April 13, 2006 To mark the U.N. International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, an Asian
Rights Group: Broaden S. Africa Violence Inquiry A human rights group is calling on the South African government to broaden its investigation into the police killings of protesting miners. Thirty-four mineworkers were shot dead August 16 at the Lonmi
By Ernest Leong Washington, DC 12 January 2006 watch MLKing Profile report Martin Luther King, Jr., a Southern black minister and civil rights leader, crusaded for equality through nonviolent means. H
By Victoria Cavaliere New York 17 May 2007 The United Nations General Assembly has elected 14 new members to the 47-seat Human Rights Council. Victoria Cavaliere reports from the United Nations that Thursday's vote rejected membership for Belarus, wh
By Andre de Nesnera Washington 03 November 2006 One of the key reforms under outgoing U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan was the creation of a new Human Rights Council to replace the discredited Human Rights Commission. The U.N. resolution establishi