Topic: Human Rights
Maldives must commute death sentences for two juvenile offenders convicted of murder
May 3, 2013 ·
Source: Amnesty International The Maldives authorities must commute the death sentences and stop the potential execution of two teenagers who yesterday received capital punishment for a murder allegedly committed when they were under 18, Amnesty International said. The two juveniles were convicted by the Juvenile Court in the capital Male’ over a fatal gang stabbing […]
Read More...CLASSIC DOCUMENTARY ON THE WORK OF COLUMBAN MISSIONARY FR.SHAY CULLEN
December 12, 2012 · , RTE | January 12th 1962
TV50: Radharc: Pain Is The Price, RTÉ One, Thursday 13 December, 11.55pm To accompany RTÉ’s series The Radharc Squad (Tuesday at 10:15pm), an opportunity to see a classic episode of Radharc, which introduced the world to the voice and work of Columban missionary Fr Shay Cullen. Since nominated three times for the Nobel Peace Prize […]
Read More...Women's groups urge EU ban on prostitution
December 7, 2012 · , Sapa-AFP | 05 December, 2012 12:07
“Prostitution is a form of violence, an obstacle to equality, a violation of human dignity, and of human rights,” the European Women’s Lobby (EWL), the largest umbrella group of women’s rights groups in the 27-nation bloc, said at a conference in the European parliament. The EWL called on the bloc to seek inspiration from Sweden, […]
Read More...Australia apologises for military abuse victims
November 28, 2012 · , Jonathan Pearlman, Sydney 9:20AM GMT 26 Nov 2012
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbOWQih5L_8 Delivering an historic apology in Parliament, the defence minister, Stephen Smith, said an inquiry will examine each of the cases and pay up to $AUS50,000 in compensation to each victim. Echoing the cadences of former prime minister Kevin Rudd’s landmark apology to the Aboriginal stolen generations in 2008, Mr Smith said: “To those men […]
Read More...After three years, victims' families still await justice
November 28, 2012 · , UCANews.com
On the road leading to the site of the massacre of 58 people in 2009, a banner bearing the photographs of the victims hangs tattered, like the shattered dreams of residents who fled from the area but are now slowly rebuilding their lives. On Friday, families and friends of the victims marked the third anniversary of […]
Read More...Human trafficking still a brisk and dangerous trade- Sri Lankans risk life and limb in false hopes of prosperity
November 28, 2012 · , ucanews.com reporter, Negombo Sri Lanka
With frequent mechanical failures at sea and almost certain arrest and detention, the risks of illegal migration and trafficking of humans to Australia have always been high. The risk of death is enormous.The United Nations estimates that between 200,000 and 400,000 people have perished at sea in recent years attempting to make the journey. The […]
Read More...US sailors on Okinawa charged with gang rape, robbery
November 28, 2012 · , Travis J. Tritten and Chiyomi Sumida Stars and Stripes Published: November 6, 2012
CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa — Japanese authorities charged two U.S. Navy sailors Tuesday with gang raping and robbing an Okinawan woman outside Kadena Air Base last month, an incident that sparked a curfew for all U.S. servicemembers in the country. Seaman Christopher Browning and Petty Officer 3rd Class Skyler Dozierwalker, both 23, are accused of choking […]
Read More...Agrarian reforms policy is failing the people it was meant to help
November 22, 2012 · , Kerima Bulan T. Navales, Davao City
Since February, Carmen Omambac has been prohibited from entering the land she and her family tilled for 30 years in the village of Santa Cruz on Talicud Island of Samal in Davao del Norte province. Her neighbors were sent to jail for allegedly stealing coconuts from the trees they themselves planted. Omambac’s situation is different […]
Read More...Right of reply?
November 22, 2012 · , Fr. Joaquin G. Bernas S. J.
by Fr. Joaquin G. Bernas, S.J Had not the debate on the Freedom of Information bill been aborted last Tuesday, it might have taken up the issue of “right of reply.” Actually, this is not the first time that the right of reply has reached Congress. In 2009 a bill on the subject sought preferential […]
Read More...Global hunt for Haswell
November 9, 2012 · , DR SARA PAYNE and SHY KEENAN
HAVE you seen this man? Southampton-born Mark Haswell is wanted by police in the Philippines in connection with the alleged rape of a 15-year-old British/Filipino girl there. A warrant for the arrest of 44-year-old Haswell was issued by a court in Pasay City, Philippines, in 2009 but the businessman, who was formerly prominent in the […]
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