More human rights defenders die in Americas than in other regions: Amnesty...

AP Worldstream;  November 10, 2003 ;     355 words ......RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil More human rights defenders are killed in the Americas than in...treaties that seek to protect human rights defenders, although these same principles are...Essential Actors of Our Time: Human Rights Defenders in the Americas" at a press conference...

AFRICA: INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY URGED TO DEFEND RIGHTS DEFENDERS

Inter Press Service English News Wire;  November 5, 1998 ;     700+ words ......JOHANNESBURG, Nov. 4 (IPS) -- Human rights defenders from 44 African countries have called...increasing number and influence of human rights defenders has been accompanied by their own...was adopted at the All Africa Human Rights Defenders Conference hosted by the London-based...

West Africa -- Human rights defenders under attack.

M2 Presswire;  April 9, 2001 ;     591 words ......INTERNATIONAL: West Africa -- Human rights defenders under attack (C)1994-2001 M2 COMMUNICATIONS...the continued persecution of human rights defenders in West Africa, and called on the...many West African countries, human rights defenders are harassed, detained, tortured...

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL: African human rights defenders under attack.

M2 Presswire;  November 3, 1998 ;     700+ words ......1998-AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL: African human rights defenders under attack (C)1994-98 M2 COMMUNICATIONS...to the first ever All-Africa Human Rights Defenders Congress, which is taking place in...community to provide protection to human rights defenders. For without their courage and ...

State Secretary Vidar Helgesen; Human Rights Defenders Seminar, Oslo 25 -...

M2 Presswire;  May 30, 2005 ;     700+ words ......State Secretary Vidar Helgesen; Human Rights Defenders Seminar, Oslo 25 - 27 May(C)1994-2005...those who wonder what happened. Human rights defenders belong in the first of these categories...power, which is precisely why human rights defenders are a vulnerable group. They deserve...

Uganda to host regional human rights defenders conference

Xinhua News Agency;  October 27, 2005 ;     188 words ...Uganda to host regional human rights defenders conference KAMPALA, Oct. 27 (Xinhua...expected to attend the Kampala Human Rights Defenders Conference scheduled from October...at reducing vulnerability of human rights defenders from persecution by enhancing their...

DEMOCRACY: RIGHTS DEFENDERS UNDER ATTACK BY HARDLINE REGIMES

Inter Press Service English News Wire;  November 19, 2004 ;     700+ words ......2004 (IPS/GIN) -- The world's human rights defenders -- including lawyers, journalists...N. special representative on human rights defenders. In a 23-page report to the current...Jilani reported that several human rights defenders who attended the June 2004 session...

Third Committee approves 10 draft resolutions on Palestinian rights, use...

M2 Presswire;  November 14, 2003 ;     700+ words ......violence against women, human rights defenders -- Part 2 of 3(C)1994-2003...oral presentation. Human Rights Defenders HINA JILANI, Special Representative...Secretary-General on Human Rights Defenders, said defenders across the...

HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS SUFFER IN FIGHT AGAINST TERRORISM.

Info-Prod Research (Middle East);  April 27, 2003 ;     84 words ...Human rights defenders and journalists around the world are in greaterdanger...by theObservatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders. "The'New Criminals': Human Rights Defenders on the Front Line"(http:/ /www.omct.org/ displaydocument...

United Nations expert expresses concern over threats to Guatemalan rights...

M2 Presswire;  June 14, 2002 ;     700+ words ......concern over threats to Guatemalan rights defenders, calls for government action (C)1994-20...of the Secretary-General on Human Rights Defenders, issued the following statement on...of the Secretary-General on Human Rights Defenders, Hina Jilani, concluded on 1 June...

Global action to support Colombian human rights defenders under attack.

M2 Presswire;  May 21, 2001 ;     459 words ......action to support Colombian human rights defenders under attack (C)1994-2001 M2 COMMUNICATIONS...RDATE:19052001 As Colombian human rights defenders remember today those who have been...Amnesty International members and human rights defenders all over the world will take action...

Part Two of Two - Third Committee Hears Presentations From Five Human...

M2 Presswire;  October 26, 2008 ;     700+ words ......Issues of Violence against Women, Human Rights Defenders, Independence of Judges and Lawyers...comprehensive promotion of the rights of human rights defenders. The consensus resolution of last...and dialogue in the pursuit of human rights defenders' rights. In addition, the idea ...

UN adopts Norwegian proposal regarding human rights defenders.

M2 Presswire;  March 31, 2008 ;     312 words ......Norwegian proposal regarding human rights defenders(C)1994-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD...Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders for a further three years. Norway...to supporting the efforts of human rights defenders for a number of years, said Foreign...

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL: Colombia -- Human rights defenders' offices close...

M2 Presswire;  February 22, 1999 ;     700+ words ......1999-AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL: Colombia -- Human rights defenders' offices close in climate of terror...insecurity in which Colombian human rights defenders are forced to live, Amnesty International...effective measures to protect human rights defenders, including the dismantling of ...

Commission concludes general debate on promotion and protection of human...

M2 Presswire;  April 20, 2004 ;     700+ words ......punishment, anti-terrorist laws, human rights defenders, and human rights and sexual orientation...United Nations Declaration on Human Rights Defenders and three years after the establishment...the Special Representative for Human Rights Defenders, many questions arose as to the ...