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Passage of Restrictive Communications Law in Ecuador

Wednesday, 19 June 2013, 4:36 pm | US State Department

The United States is concerned by the Ecuadorian National Assembly’s passage last Friday of a Communications Law that could restrict freedom of the press and limit the ability of independent media to carry out its functions as a critical part of ... More >>

Statement At UNICEF Executive Board Annual Session Meeting

Wednesday, 19 June 2013, 4:34 pm | US State Department

U .S. Mission to the United Nations: Statement At the UNICEF Executive Board Annual Session Meeting More >>

Sri Lanka: Torture of Interior Decorator

Wednesday, 19 June 2013, 4:25 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission

Sri Lanka: An Update On the Case of Torture of the Interior Decorator Madawala Maddumage Don Aruna Nilupul Indika More >>

A Film Night: Sons of the Clouds: the Last Colony

Wednesday, 19 June 2013, 4:22 pm | Australia Western Sahara Association

Join us to watch this award winning documentary as Javier Bardem traces the lengthy conflict over Spain’s last colony, now occupied by Morocco, and his passionate efforts to achieve justice for the Saharawi people. The documentary won the 2013 ... More >>

Bottom Line Diplomacy: Why Public Diplomacy Matters

Wednesday, 19 June 2013, 4:15 pm | US State Department

Thank you, Andrew, and congratulations to CSIS, on 50 years of strategic insights and bipartisan policy solutions. More >>

Top Tips and Tricks For Training Your Pup!

Wednesday, 19 June 2013, 4:11 pm | Ruffs

Having a dog is amazing; having a well-behaved dog is even more amazing! From obedience training to behavioural training, our pups sure have a lot to learn. There’s no use terriering your hair out over it, with these simple tips and tricks you’ll ... More >>

John Kerry Marks 10th Anniversay of PEPFAR

Wednesday, 19 June 2013, 4:05 pm | US State Department

Washington, D.C. – In a fitting tribute to the success of the PEPFAR (the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief) program, Secretary Kerry announced today that the one-millionth baby will be born HIV-free this month due to PEPFAR-supported ... More >>

The Biak Massacre – Seeking Justice After Fifteen Years

Wednesday, 19 June 2013, 3:56 pm | Anne Noonan

Shortly after Indonesia’s President Suharto was forced out of office by a popular uprising in May 1998, the people of West Papua began channeling this democratic energy in a new direction. Hundreds of peaceful West Papuans took to the streets in July ... More >>

Trafficking In Persons Report

Wednesday, 19 June 2013, 3:52 pm | Network Against People Trafficking

On Thursday 20 June 2013 the United States Department of States will release its 13 th edition of the Trafficking in Persons Report (TIP Report). The Report is the U.S. Government’s principal diplomatic tool to engage foreign governments on human ... More >>

Aid Agencies Urge NZ to Remember Syria On World Refugee Day

Wednesday, 19 June 2013, 3:43 pm | NGO Disaster Relief Forum

With more than the population of New Zealand displaced by the conflict in Syria, the NGO Disaster Relief Forum of Aotearoa (NDRF) is asking Kiwis to spare a thought for the innocent victims caught in this brutal conflict this World Refugee Day (Thursday ... More >>

Sri Lanka: Police Beat Man’s Testicles with Wooden Mallet

Wednesday, 19 June 2013, 3:17 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission

Sri Lanka: Officers of the Kalutara South Police Station Beat a Man’s Testicles with a Wooden Mallet More >>

PM Lilo Meets Japan Vice Minister For Foreign Affairs

Wednesday, 19 June 2013, 3:12 pm | Solomon Islands Government

Prime Minister Gordon Darcy Lilo has met Japan’s Parliamentary Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs on Friday 14th June 2013 in Honiara. More >>

UN Asked to Investigate Panama's Barro Blanco

Wednesday, 19 June 2013, 3:04 pm | Carbon Market Watch

UN Representative On Indigenous Peoples Asked to Investigate Human Rights Violations Caused By Panama’s Barro Blanco Dam More >>

Pillay Urges Turkey to Take Urgent Action to Defuse Tensions

Wednesday, 19 June 2013, 2:56 pm | United Nations Human Rights Commissioner

Pillay Urges Turkey’s Government and Civil Society to Take Urgent Action to Defuse Tensions More >>

Hungary Must Revoke Worrying Constitutional Changes - Pillay

Wednesday, 19 June 2013, 2:54 pm | United Nations Human Rights Commissioner

GENEVA (18 June 2013) - UN Human Rights Commissioner Navi Pillay has today urged the Hungarian Government to revoke a series of constitutional changes that have been widely criticised by international and regional human rights bodies as representing ... More >>

Opening Remarks By UN High Commissioner For Human Rights

Wednesday, 19 June 2013, 2:52 pm | United Nations Human Rights Commissioner

This is my first visit as High Commissioner for Human Rights to the Republic of Serbia. It comes at an important transformative moment in the country’s history, when, after more than two decades during which the various wars in the Balkans cast a long ... More >>

India: Chief Minister of Gujarat Stop Vilifying Mr. Mandir

Wednesday, 19 June 2013, 2:45 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission

With great pride, we would like to put on record that the work of our colleague and friend Mr. Harsh Mander, for the last several years, both inside the Government as a civil servant, as well as outside the Government as a policy maker, researcher ... More >>

Rivers PDP Crisis: Kalabari Monarch Sues For Peace

Wednesday, 19 June 2013, 2:39 pm | Eze Chukwuemeka Eze

Rivers PDP Crisis: When Opposition, Ethnic Nationalities, Stakeholders Reassures Amaechi, As Kalabari Monarch Sues For Peace More >>

Court Reprieve For Bushmen Threatened with Eviction

Wednesday, 19 June 2013, 2:35 pm | Survival International

Dozens of Botswana Bushmen threatened with eviction , reportedly because they live in an area proposed as a ‘wildlife corridor’, have won a significant court victory in their struggle to stay on their land. More >>

PMW: Track Record As Pacific Media and Protest Case Study

Wednesday, 19 June 2013, 2:31 pm | Pacific Media Watch

LONDON ( University of Westminster News / Pacific Media Watch ): A New Zealand-based media freedom monitoring and advocacy agency has played a significant independent role in the Pacific region for almost two decades, a global media and protest conference ... More >>

10th Anniversary: President's Plan For Emergency AIDS Relief

Wednesday, 19 June 2013, 2:23 pm | US State Department

Recognizing the 10th Anniversary of the U.S. President's Plan For Emergency Aids Relief (PEPFAR) More >>

US StateDepartment: Daily Press Briefing - June 18, 2013

Wednesday, 19 June 2013, 2:17 pm | US State Department

Decisions Made, Moving Forward / Upcoming Conference / Meetings with Russian Counterparts / G8 / Ambassador Ford / Secretary Kerry / Syria's Political Transition More >>

Israeli-Palestinian Peace Urgent Priority in Middle East

Wednesday, 19 June 2013, 1:06 pm | UN News

With spiralling violence in Syria stoking tension in the Middle East, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today said “we must not lose sight of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict,” whose resolution was no less urgent. More >>

Irish Major General to Head UN’s Oldest Peacekeeping Mission

Wednesday, 19 June 2013, 1:05 pm | UN News

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced the appointment today of Major General Michel Finn, of Ireland, as head of Mission and Chief of Staff of the Jerusalem-based UN Truce Supervision Organization (UNTSO), the first such operation the world body ... More >>

Serbia: Political Will Needed to Solidify Human Rights Gains

Wednesday, 19 June 2013, 11:42 am | UN News

Visiting Serbia at “an important and transformative moment” in its history, the United Nations human rights chief today urged a steadfast focus on fundamental rights as she hailed a succession of political advances that augur well for the country ... More >>

US Progressing Towards First Human-To-Asteroid Space Mission

Wednesday, 19 June 2013, 11:40 am | UN News

The United States is making progress on achieving its goal of sending the first human mission to an asteroid, the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) said today, after briefing the United Nations body that fosters international ... More >>

East Rennell Region in Solomon Islands - World Heritage List

Wednesday, 19 June 2013, 11:40 am | UN News

The East Rennell area in the Solomon Islands was inscribed today on the United Nations Scientific, Cultural, and Educational Organization’s (UNESCO) list of endangered sites due to logging that is affecting the island’s ecosystem. More >>

Lebanon: Support Needed for Syrian Refugees and Their Hosts

Wednesday, 19 June 2013, 10:41 am | UN News

The United Nations refugee chief today urged greater support for those who have fled the conflict in Syria and for the countries hosting them, as he kicked off a visit to the region in Lebanon, where the pressure on local communities has become “overwhelming.” More >>

Brazil:Authorities Must Exercise Restraint as Protests Flare

Wednesday, 19 June 2013, 10:34 am | UN News

Brazilian authorities must exercise restraint in dealing with spreading social protests in the country, the United Nations human rights office said today in the wake of reported clashes between demonstrators and police in Rio de Janeiro and Belo Horizonte. More >>

Brazil:Authorities Must Exercise Restraint as Protests Flare

Wednesday, 19 June 2013, 10:33 am | UN News

Refugee Outflows From Nigeria Crisis Spreading To Cameroon

Wednesday, 19 June 2013, 10:31 am | UN News

The United Nations refugee agency today reported that the ongoing crisis in north-eastern Nigeria is continuing to send people fleeing to Niger and now to Cameroon amid the insecurity resulting from confrontations between the army and insurgents. More >>

Libya’s Democratic Transition Can Benefit from Dialogue

Wednesday, 19 June 2013, 10:30 am | UN News

Managing Libya’s democratic transition is bound to be difficult given the legacy of decades of brutal rule, a senior United Nations envoy told the Security Council today, adding that the country could benefit from a national political dialogue on ... More >>

Afghanistan: UN Concerned by New Human Rights Commissioners

Wednesday, 19 June 2013, 10:28 am | UN News

The United Nations human rights Office today expressed concern over President Hâmid Karzai’s appointment of five new commissioners to the Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC), stressing that selection processes must follow agreed ... More >>

Mali: UN Welcomes Accord Between Government, Tuareg Rebels

Wednesday, 19 June 2013, 10:21 am | UN News

The United Nations envoy for Mali welcomed the signing today of an agreement between the Malian Government and Tuareg rebels that paves the way for inclusive peace talks as well as presidential elections next month. More >>

Israel's Water Crimes

Tuesday, 18 June 2013, 4:15 pm | Palestine Human Rights Campaign

By Leslie Bravery, Palestine Human Rights Campaign – 18 June 2013 The International Women’s Peace Service (IWPS) Deir Istiya Human Rights Report No. 479 [1] contains a vivid account of a typical Israeli war crime in Occupied Palestine. On Sunday, ... More >>

Security Council Open Debate on Children and Armed Conflict

Tuesday, 18 June 2013, 4:09 pm | US State Department

U.S. Mission to the United Nations: Remarks at the Security Council Open Debate on Children and Armed Conflict More >>

Tomorrow Demo Support MSG in Biak While Prohibited Police

Tuesday, 18 June 2013, 4:06 pm | West Papua National Committee

Biak, KNPBnews - Although police banned, West Papua National Committee (KNPB) Biak has announced that it will carry out a demonstration on June 18, 2013 held at the Old Market roundabout Biak to support MSG meeting which will be held in Kanaky (New ... More >>

The Philippines Joins G8 Global Partnership as 26th Member

Tuesday, 18 June 2013, 4:03 pm | US State Department

The U.S. Department of State congratulates the United Kingdom, 2013 Chair of the Global Partnership Against the Spread of Weapons and Materials of Mass Destruction (GP), as they welcome the Philippines as the 26th member of the GP. The Philippines’ ... More >>

Indiscriminate Bombing Kills UN Peacekeeper in Sudan

Tuesday, 18 June 2013, 4:01 pm | US State Department

The United States strongly condemns the shelling of the Joint Border Verification and Monitoring Mechanism (JBVMM) interim headquarters today in Kadugli, Sudan’s Southern Kordofan state reportedly by elements of the Sudan People’s Liberation ... More >>

India's Energy Ties with Iran Unsettle Washington

Tuesday, 18 June 2013, 3:57 pm | Oilprice.com

India's relentless search for hydrocarbons to fuel its booming economy has managed the rather neat diplomatic trick of annoying Washington, delighting Tehran and intriguing Baghdad, all the while leaving the Indian Treasury fretting about how to pay for ... More >>

IFJ Monthly SAMSN Bulletin - June 2013

Tuesday, 18 June 2013, 3:54 pm | International Federation of Journalists

Welcome to the e-bulletin of the South Asia Media Solidarity Network (SAMSN) for the month of June 2013. The next bulletin will be sent on July 15, 2013, and inputs are most welcome. We encourage contributions to let others know what you are doing; ... More >>

Turkish Unions Launch Strike as Govt Intensifies Repression

Tuesday, 18 June 2013, 3:47 pm | International Trade Union Confederation

Brussels, 17 June 2013 (ITUC OnLine): Turkish national trade union centres DISK and KESK have launched a national strike today as the government of Prime Minister Erdogan steps up violent repression of demonstrations against his autocratic rule. Five ... More >>

SPC and IUCN to Increase Cooperation

Tuesday, 18 June 2013, 3:44 pm | Secretariat of the Pacific Community

SPC and IUCN to Increase Cooperation to Address the Pacific’s Conservation and Development Needs More >>

Govt Signs Printing Deal with Pacific Printers

Tuesday, 18 June 2013, 3:40 pm | Solomon Islands Government

The Government today has signed a printing deal with local firm Pacific Printers Limited as the appointed Government Printer on behalf of the Solomon Islands Government. More >>

Stand With Snowden! Free Bradley Manning! Close Guantánamo!

Tuesday, 18 June 2013, 3:36 pm | World Can't Wait

Activists supporting whistleblowers Bradley Manning and Edward Snowden, and calling for the closure of the U.S. prison at Guantánamo, will demonstrate at Senator Feinstein’s office in reply to Feinstein’s remarks accusing Edward Snowden of “treason,” ... More >>

Ukrainian Government to Comprehensively Combat Raiding

Tuesday, 18 June 2013, 3:31 pm | Ukraine and Partners

The government is doing everything possible to protect the rights of foreign investors in Ukraine and activates combating against illegal acquisition and takeover of enterprises. The First Vice Prime Minister Serhiy Arbuzov said this during the meeting with EU ... More >>

UN: New Opportunities For Internally Displaced In Georgia

Tuesday, 18 June 2013, 3:26 pm | United Nations Human Rights Commissioner

TBILISI, 17 June 2013 – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally displaced persons, Chaloka Beyani, called today for an integrated approach to address the situation of all internally displaced persons including those displaced ... More >>

UN Expert On Freedom of Expression to Visit Macedonia

Tuesday, 18 June 2013, 3:19 pm | United Nations Human Rights Commissioner

GENEVA (17 June 2013) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur Frank La Rue will visit the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia from 18 to 21 June 2013. During his visit, the expert will assess the right to freedom of opinion and expression situation ... More >>

Kherson Region Development News For the Period 10-15.06.2013

Tuesday, 18 June 2013, 3:17 pm | Kherson Region Development News

According to the acting director of the E "Kherson Airlines" of Kherson Regional Council Yaroslav Agafonov, airport "Kherson" operates normally. In addition, the geography of flights that are served by the airport "Kherson" ... More >>

India: Information Is Power

Tuesday, 18 June 2013, 3:12 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission

There is an ongoing debate about the Right to Information (RTI) Act in India, and the proposed amendments to the scope and extent of that legislation. It is tempting to express one's sentiments for or against it but the RTI debate is a layered discussion, ... More >>

Montenegro: “Impunity of Violence Against Journalists"

Tuesday, 18 June 2013, 3:09 pm | United Nations Human Rights Commissioner

Podgorica/Geneva (17 June 2013) – The Special Rapporteur on the right to freedom of opinion and expression, Mr. Frank La Rue called for effective accountability in all cases of violence against journalists. “Insecurity will prevail as long as ... More >>