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How the UN Plans to Protect Human Rights

March 1, 2016March 2, 2016 RMN News Ban Ki-moon, Human Rights, UN

At the opening of the 31st session of the United Nations Human Rights Council, senior UN officials emphasized the link

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Asia Pacific Political Issues Politics Recent World 

Amnesty India Demands the Repeal of Sedition Law

February 26, 2016February 29, 2016 RMN News Amnesty, BJP, India, Law, Narendra Modi, RSS, Sedition

British used the sedition law to curb free speech during India’s independence struggle. Now the government is using it to

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Crime Middle East and Africa Politics Recent World 

Syria Urged to Release Human Rights Activists

February 20, 2015February 22, 2015 RMN News Human Rights, Syria, UN

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein on Thursday urged Syrian authorities to release all those who

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Elections Middle East and Africa Politics Recent 

Human Rights Violations during Congo Elections: UN

March 20, 2012March 21, 2012 RMN News Congo, DRC, Elections, Human Rights, UN, Violations

A UN report released today details serious human rights violations, including killings, disappearances and arbitrary detention, committed in Kinshasa by

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Elections People Political Issues Politics Recent 

Human Rights Outfit Welcomes Suu Kyi Release

November 14, 2010November 12, 2011 RMN News Amnesty, Burma, Human Rights, Myanmar, Nobel Peace Prize, Release, Suu Kyi

Nobel Peace Prize-winning activist organization Amnesty International has welcomed the release of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, a prisoner of

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Israel Urged to Stop Human Rights Abuses in Jerusalem

October 16, 2010November 12, 2011 RMN News Amnesty, Human Rights, Israel, Jerusalem, Nobel Peace Prize

Amnesty International has urged Israel to abandon plans to construct 238 new housing units in Israeli settlements in occupied East

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