Human Rights Watch blasts new U.N. rights watchdog
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U.S.-based Human Rights Watch called the United Nations' Human Rights Council a "huge disappointment" as the new international watchdog prepared to wrap up only its second session on Friday.
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The UN high commissioner for human rights, Louise Arbour, is calling for a big increase in the number of United Nations peacekeepers, human rights monitors and aid agencies to ensure security in Darfur.
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The United Nations new human rights watchdog agreed on Monday rules for working that oblige all states -- even members of the Security Council -- to submit to periodic scrutiny of their records.
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The United Nations new human rights  watchdog agreed on Wednesday to send a high-level mission to  Sudan's Darfur to probe allegations of worsening abuses against  the civilian population.
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The new U.N. Human Rights Council voted Friday to dedicate time during each future session to a review of alleged human rights abuses by Israel &amp;#151; a move criticized by the United States as misguided and unfair.
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U.N. human rights monitors on Friday   accused Sudan's army of bombing villages in North Darfur,   killing and injuring civilians, and forcing hundreds of people   to flee their homes.
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Iran faces heightened criticism over its escalating nuclear activity at a U.N. watchdog meeting this week that will provide a barometer of sentiment for broader sanctions against Tehran.
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U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon joined Western nations on Wednesday in criticizing the world body's own Human Rights Council for picking on Israel as part of an agreement on its working rules.
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U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon pleaded Monday for all nations to cooperate with the Human Rights Council, which began its first session of 2007 after being created a year ago to replace a commission whose critics complained was highly politicized.
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An India-based human rights watchdog has denounced China for human rights abuses in Tibet last year and predicted that religious repression would get worse in 2007.
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The report by the Human Rights Watch paints a distorted picture of the situation in Hong Kong, said a spokesman of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government Thursday.
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A war crimes tribunal set up by Malaysian ex-premier Mahathir Mohamad has been criticised by a former United Nations senior official and activists, who say the body lacks legitimacy.
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GENEVA -- A UN human rights team criticized the international community yesterday for failing to halt atrocities in Darfur, saying in a sharply worded report that the United Nations must act now to protect civilians from a campaign of violence orchestrated by Sudan's government.
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Members of the U.N.'s new human rights watchdog formally agreed Tuesday to continue their scrutiny of Israel while halting investigations into Cuba and Belarus &#151; a move that immediately drew fire from the United States.
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The UN Human Rights Council on Monday accused Sudan of orchestrating human rights abuses and war crimes in Darfur, while also criticising the international community's failure to protect civilians.
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China&#39;s Ministry of Foreign Affairs called United States-based Human Rights Watch ``wicked&#39;&#39; for issuing a critical report on rights in Hong Kong ahead of Sunday&#39;s Legislative Council election.
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U.N. human rights monitors on Friday  accused Sudan's army of bombing villages in North Darfur,  killing and injuring civilians, and forcing hundreds of people  to flee their homes.