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Need to rethink death penalty, says Shinde

Express news service : Mumbai, Mon Nov 26 2012, 01:34 hrs Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde said on Sunday that the government needs to “rethink” its policy on capital punishment. Speaking at the Idea Exchange programme organised by Loksatta, the… Continue Reading →

A day before Kasab’s hanging, India voted against abolition of death penalty at UN

NDTV, Nov 21. 2012 United Nations: A record 110 countries backed a resolution voted every two years at a UN General Assembly committee calling for the abolition of the death penalty. The vote tears apart traditional alliances at the United… Continue Reading →

UN: Global Arms Trade Treaty a step closer after resounding vote

7 November 2012 The UN vote paves the way for a Final Conference on the Arms Trade Treaty to take place in New Yorkin March 2013.© Control Arms/ Andrew Kelly Amnesty International “ After today’s resounding vote, if the larger… Continue Reading →

UN wants prostitution decriminalized to help curb spread of HIV #sexwork

October 23rd, 2012 | News |  By Gian C. Geronimo/GMANEWS – If the United Nations will have its way, soliciting sex or paying for it in the Asia and the Pacific region will no longer risk imprisonment. In a recent report, the UN recommended… Continue Reading →

#India- Jammed Wheels #disability #rights

Outlook Magazine | Oct 29, 2012   Sanjay Rawat Disabled girl in a wheelchair crossing the road in New Delhi rights: disabled people Jammed Wheels Out in our streets, disabled people feel the pain everyday Neha Bhatt The Gaping Holes… Continue Reading →

#India- Bill to create bank for DNA profiling of accused coming #Privacy

Access to data only for victim’s or suspect’s relatives 21 October 2012 , By Aarti Dhar, The Hindu A Bill to create a DNA data centre to profile people accused of serious crimes and unknown deceased is in the works…. Continue Reading →

UN condemns Iran’s use of ‘stoning’ as ‘capital punishment’

  London, Oct. 12 (ANI): United Nations human rights officials have condemned Iran‘s use of stoning as a form of capital punishmentamong a number of “deeply troubling” rights violations, many of which are “systemic in nature,” according to a report. UN Human Rights Council‘s… Continue Reading →

Pakistani doctors remove bullet from girl shot by Taliban #vaw

By Jibran Ahmad | Reuters – 51 mins ago Enlarge PhotoHospital staff assists Malala Yousufzai, … PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) – Pakistani surgeons removed a bullet on Wednesday from a 14-year-old girl shot by the Taliban for speaking out against the militants and promoting… Continue Reading →

Sri Lanka’s policy towards witnesses is revenge, not reconciliation

  FRANCES HARRISON , 4 October 2012, http://www.opendemocracy.net Dr Niron knows the Sri Lankan army targeted hospitals in 2009. Every time he passed their location on to the International Red Cross so they could share the information with the Sri Lankan military, the… Continue Reading →

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