A case involving the murder of a Guatemalan community leader, as well as other violations including rape, is coming to a Canadian court on March 4th, possibly setting an important precedent for Canadian mining companies' accountability for human rights violations occurring abroad.
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Join us! Defending Dissent: When Land and Life are in Peril
Join us on March 5th for a unique evening of theater and lively discussion of environment and indigenous rights in Ottawa - Defending Dissent: When Life and Land are in Peril.
The event will begin with Toronto’s Aluna Theatre's unique staged reading of the play ‘The Last Walk of Adolfo Ich’ and ...read more
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Indigenous women mistreated by police in Canada: Human Rights Watch
Human Rights Watch (HRW) released a report today regarding the controversial treatment of missing and/or murdered Aboriginal women and girls in northern British Columbia by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. The report, entitled “Those Who Take Us Away: Abusive Policing and Failures in Protection of ...read more
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Rigoberta Menchú Tum commends ruling on trial of Rios Montt
Former dictator José Efrain Ríos Montt and former general José Mauricio Rodríguez Sánchez will stand trial in Guatemala for genocide and crimes against humanity. The evidence against the military leaders includes thousands of atrocities committed by the armed forces under their command from 1982 to ...read more
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Nobel Women’s Initiative Join Campaign to Stop Rape at African Union Summit
The Nobel Women’s Initiative just wrapped up an extraordinary trip to the 20th Summit of the African Union in Addis Ababa as a part of the International Campaign to Stop Rape and Gender Violence in Conflict delegation. A group of 25 women including grassroots activists from the Democratic Republic ...read more
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Nobel Women’s Initiative welcomes Jalila Koko’s release
The Nobel Women’s Initiative welcomes the news of Sudanese activist, Jalila Khamis Koko’s release from prison in Sudan. A Nubian from South Kordofan, Ms. Koko courageously spoke out against the daily aerial bombardments of civilians of her home community by the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF). Ms. Koko was ...read more
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Stop arbitrary detention of Mansoureh Behkish, Iran
After years of protesting Iran’s human rights violations of political prisoners, Mansoureh Behkish is soon to become a political prisoner herself. Behkish has been summoned by the Iranian authorities to report to the Evin prison in Iran on 29 January 2013 to start a six-month sentence for her ...read more
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International Campaign to Stop Rape & Gender Violence in Conflict travels to AU Summit
The International Campaign to Stop Rape & Gender Violence in Conflict is traveling to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia from January 21st - 28th. The Campaign, chaired by Nobel Laureates Jody Williams, Leymah Gbowee, Mairead Maguire, and Shirin Ebadi, will take their messages about stopping rape and gender ...read more
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Suu Kyi calls for an end to fighting in Kachin region
UPDATE: On Friday the Burma army announced it would cease attacks on Kachin rebels, but the ceasefire did not hold and fighting resumed almost immediately.
A humanitarian crisis continues to unfold in Kachin State, northern Burma. Over the past weeks, the ruling Burma army has escalated its ...read more
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Shirin Ebadi reports on human rights, Nov – Dec 2012
Nobel Laureate and lawyer Shirin Ebadi released her November/December 2012 review of human rights in Iran. In this segment Ebadi focuses in particular on the welfare of children.
Ebadi highlights a recent case in which 31 girls were wounded in a fire at a West Azerbayjan Province school; two of ...read more
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