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Brazil: Do banks have metal or melanin detector doors?

Posted by Paula Góes on 19/11/2009

Most banks in Brazil use revolving doors with metal detectors. But are they being used as an excuse to discriminate against people? A citizen media video reveals at least one case.

Americas Brazil General Human Rights Portuguese Racism Video Weblog

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Morocco: Reverse Expulsion of Sahrawi Activist

Posted by Human Rights Watch on 19/11/2009

(New York) - Morocco must reverse its expulsion of Sahrawi rights activist Aminatou Haidar and allow her to enter her country of nationality, Human Rights Watch said today. Spain must intercede with Morocco to ensure her return, Human Rights Watch added. read more

Press release Free Expression Human Rights Defenders ICCPR Middle East/N. Africa Morocco/Western Sahara

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Japan: Press North Korea on Human Rights

Posted by Human Rights Watch on 19/11/2009

(New York) - The new Japanese government should take a leadership role in helping to improve human rights conditions in North Korea, Human Rights Watch and three other nongovernmental organizations said today in a letter to Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama. read more

Press release Asia Citizens Alliance for North Korean Human Rights Hatoyama Japan Japan Life Funds for North Korean Refugees North Korea North Korea refugee The Society to Help Returnees to North Korea

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Australian government must end state-sponsored racially discriminatory measures

Posted on 18/11/2009

Slamming decades of failure by Australian governments to address the dire living conditions, disempowerment and discrimination faced by many of the country’s Indigenous peoples, Amnesty International’s Secretary General Irene Khan warned that the government of Prime Minister Rudd must ...

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China: Release Zhao Lianhai, the Father of the Kidney Stone Babies

Posted by Oiwan Lam on 18/11/2009

C.A Yeung translated a petition signed by more than a hundred Chinese netizen demanding the Beijing police to release Zhao Lianhai, a famous rights activist and the founder of an organisation called the Home for the Kidney Stone Babies. Zhao was arrested and detained by the police since November 13. ...

China East Asia English Health Human Rights Protest Roundups

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