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North Korea slams South for U.N. human rights vote
A U.N. General Assembly panel rebuked North Korea on Friday for gross human rights abuses.
U.N. assembly panel rebukes N Korea on human rights
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - A U.N. General Assembly panel rebuked North Korea on Friday for gross human rights abuses, with South Korea voting in favour for the first time and Pyongyang calling the measure a U.S.
U.N. assembly panel rebukes N Korea on human rights
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - South Korea for the first time on Friday joined other U.N. members in rebuking North Korea for gross human rights abuses, including torture, political executions and miserable prison camp conditions.
ILO seeks to charge Myanmar junta with atrocities
BANGKOK (Reuters) - The International Labour Organisation has decided to pass its dossiers on forced labour in Myanmar to the International Criminal Court to try to prosecute members of the ruling junta for crimes against humanity.
ILO seeks to charge Myanmar junta with atrocities
BANGKOK (Reuters) - The International Labour Organisation has decided to pass its dossiers on forced labour in Myanmar to the International Criminal Court to try to prosecute members of the ruling junta for crimes against humanity.
Paris court asked to clear man of murder 82 yrs on
PARIS (Reuters) - A public prosecutor asked France's top court on Thursday to clear a man of murder posthumously for the first time in its history, more than 80 years after he was convicted of the crime and sentenced to forced labour for life.
Scourge of the Khmer Rouge
DURING their trip to Siem Reap, Cambodia, students of Taylor's College's School of Architecture. Building. Design found in their tour guide Tring Huy not only someone to show them around, but also someone to enlighten them on the country's sad and violent history.
Threat to the Karens
Myanmar's ethnic Karen people, a minority group which has long fought for independence, fears that plans to dam the Salween River is designed to destroy their jungle home and culture.
FEATURE - Myanmar minorities fear being dammed and damned
THE SALWEEN RIVER, Myanmar/Thai border (Reuters) - From the ice fields of the Himalayas to the azure waters of the Andaman Sea, the Salween flows undisturbed through some of the most outwardly tranquil territory on earth.
U.N. envoy praises release of Myanmar activist
GENEVA (Reuters) - A United Nations rights envoy on Wednesday praised Myanmar for releasing jailed labour activist Su Su Nwei and urged the country to unconditionally release all its remaining prisoners of conscience.
