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(From Leicester Mercury) There is much in our society that gives the message to whole groups of people 'You're not worth attending to''. One such group is the elderly. In [...]

Continental Europe is a bastion of privacy, especially compared with the US. The individual's right to 'dignity' is much more highly prized in Europe than the freedom of the public [...]

(From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report 'All defeatist statements that denounce our valiant resistance and traduce the right and dignity of our steadfast people must stop', carried by [...]

CONSTITUTION Time to choose In 2011 SA's constitution will be 15 years old. And like any teenager, it is a work in progress. Its promise of a life of dignity [...]

This weekend, Uganda commemorates the 48th anniversary of independence. Independence, attained on October 9, 1962, has over the years become a tiresome anniversary for most Ugandans. Most Ugandans today are [...]

The judgment on the Ayodhya dispute lends renewed urgency to a critical, life-or-death, question that has been hanging precariously in mid-air for decades. What would it take to build a [...]

Text of report by non-profit South African Press Association (SAPA) news agency Johannesburg, 19 August: The press came under scrutiny on Thursday with leaders of the SA Communist Party (SACP) [...]

Text of report by Lebanese National News Agency website ['Qasim: Resistance is Part of Lebanon's Pride, and Targeting It Serves Israel' - NNA headline] Beirut, 6 Aug (NNA) - Hezbollah [...]

Text of report by non-profit South African Press Association (SAPA) news agency [Unattributed Report: 'Rights Body Clears Zuma Justice Cartoon'] JOHANNESBURG June 25 Sapa The SA [South African] Human Rights [...]

from THE JAKARTA POST -- TUESDAY, JUNE 1, 2010 -- PAGE 4 Both Indonesian and international activists are pressuring the Indonesian government to ratify the International Convention for the Protection [...]

Text of report by Macedonian newspaper Nova Makedonija on 14 May [Commentary by Mirka Velinovska: 'Dogs of War Dressed in Euro-Atlantic Suits'] Jacques Atali has recently reminded the European public [...]

Text of report by independent daily newspaper Fiji Times website on 15 May [By Shalveen Chand] Saturday, 15 May: Children as young as 10 years old are part of the [...]

Text of report in English by Macedonian state news agency MIA ['President Welcomes CoE's Committee of Ministers Decision on 'Macedonian Chairmanship 2010' Logo' - MIA headline] Istanbul, 6 May 2010 [...]

Life is a miracle that never ceases to fascinate doctors, scientists and researchers alike. In the same breath, one must add that the line between life and death is rather [...]

Doha Al-Jazeera Satellite Channel Television in Arabic at 1905 gmt on 27 December carries live its 50-minute programme, 'Life and Religion.' Moderator Uthman Uthman interviews Egyptian cleric Shaykh Yusuf al-Qaradawi, [...]

Text of report by private Nigerian newspaper The Guardian website on 23 November [Report by Lemmy Ughegbe: 'Nigerians Have Right to Education, ECOWAS Court Rules'] The Court of Justice of [...]

Child rights advocates have said there is still room for expansion of the definition of 'children involved in armed conflict' and formalizing both preventive and protective measures to address the [...]

Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadinezhad has said that Iran is not pursuing aggression against any country. Addressing residents of the city of Tabriz on 19 November 09 during his third provincial [...]

[Correction: Changing 'its predecessors' to 'the predecessors of these gentlemen' in the last line. A corrected version of the item follows:] The Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadinezhad has warned Obama that [...]

The Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadinezhad has warned Obama that if the US does not make fundamental changes in its behaviour towards Iran, his response would be the same as what [...]

At 0901 gmt, the Iranian News Network Channel (IRINN) began to broadcast live Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadinezhad's address to residents of the city of Tabriz during his third provincial visit [...]

Bangalore: October marks a bleak anniversary for the Karnataka State Commission for Women. It was in this month in 2007 that the then chairperson of the commission, Pramila Nesargi, stepped [...]

The contents of the Education Sector Performance Report 2008 reveals that the nature of social amenities or the lack of them in basic schools across the country is quite disturbing [...]

There are over 16,000 basic schools without toilets in Ghana, according to the Education Sector Performance Report 2008. It is also estimated that only 48% out of the total number [...]

Located at the heart of Central Regional capital, Cape coast is the Adisadel Primary and Junior High School, one of the most popular basic schools in Cape coast, a city [...]

Text of report in English by Cambodian state news agency AKP email service [Cambodia, EU Exchange Views on Human Rights Issues] Phnom Penh, August 11, 2009 AKP - Secretary of [...]

LABOUR LAW Know your rights Make sure you're prepared to defend your rights as an employee in a recession South Africans are beginning to feel the harsh effects of the [...]

'Constitutional morality is not a natural sentiment. It has to be cultivated. We must realise that our people have yet to learn it.' B.R. Ambedkar quoted in para 79 of [...]

Text of report in English by state-run North Korean news agency KCNA website [KCNA headline: 'S. Koreans Called Upon to Deal Telling Blows at Lee Myung Bak Group'] Pyongyang, June [...]

Excerpt from report by Hamidou Sow entitled 'News in brief and society: Start of trial of alleged drug traffickers: The authorities call for professionalism in the media coverage' published on [...]

Text of report by Bolivian newspaper La Prensa website on 20 May [Unattributed report: 'Bolivia Prepares Demand Against Peru in The Hague for Exiles'] President Evo Morales yesterday announced that [...]

Text of report by Lebanese National News Agency website ['Shaykh Qasim: America Failed in Lebanon and Will Fail in Gaza; Resistance Is Continuing, and Lebanon Will Not Raise Its Head [...]

TIRUPATI: With balloons and cartoon characters making their presence conspicuously felt, the joyful ambience and the festive look could make one take it for a high-profile children's fair. It wasn't. [...]

PUDUKOTTAI: Awareness among people of protecting their rights guaranteed by the Constitution, is low and they should be sensitised to the need to fight against any injustice or harassment meted [...]

(From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report in English by Czech news agency CTK Prague, 28 March 28: The session of the Czech Senate on whether human rights were [...]

(From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Iranian President Ahmadinezhad condemned Israeli attacks on Lebanon and criticized the US and Britain for supporting Israel. Addressing the people of Bojnurd on his visit [...]

(From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of commentary by Guy Berger entitled 'Tiptoeing around taboos' published by South African internet newspaper Mail & Guardian on 15 February As a magazine [...]

(From Financial Mail) Byline: Prakash Naidoo Rights BETWEEN DIGNITY AND FREE SPEECH Caricatures of Islam's revered prophet Mohammed, which sparked global protests after being published in several newspapers, have opened [...]

(From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by South African news agency SAPA website Johannesburg, 5 February: The ban on the publication of cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad in [...]

Text of telephone interview with Marwan al-Barghuthi, secretary of Fatah Movement in the West Bank (place not given), broadcast live by Palestinian TV on 31 March [Announcer] With us on [...]

Text of report by South African news agency SAPA web site Cape Town, 26 March: About 100 people picketed outside parliament on Tuesday [26 March] to demand the South African [...]

(From Hungarian News Agency (MTI)) Budapest, December 22 (MTI) - Attila Mesterhazy, the leader of the opposition Socialists, has filed a complaint to the constitutional court over the government's amendments [...]

(From McClatchy-Tribune Regional News - The Denver Post - Colorado) Byline: Hazel Parry. JOHANNESBURG -- Residents of a township in South Africa were forced by the municipal government to choose [...]

(From Canada Newswire) Byline: Terrell Brown, Jim Axelrod, Terry McCarthy TORONTO , Sept. 15 /CNW/ - Angry Nortel pensioners, together with representatives of labour and pensioner groups from across Canada [...]

(From Bath Chronicle) There comes a time in life when most people need extra care and support. Thankfully, there are many businesses across the South West that can provide just [...]

(From Bath Chronicle) CARE is not just for old people. Coping with everyday life can be difficult for a wide variety of reasons that can affect us all, from illness [...]

(From Business and Finance) Every employee is entitled to have expectations that he/she will be treated with dignity and respect in the workplace. This implies that the behaviour of his/her [...]

(From Czech News Agency) Prague, May 20 (CTK) - Extremism was on the rise in the Czech Republic and the rights of imprisoned parents' children, Romanies and foreigners were violated [...]

from BUSINESS LINE, May 04, 2010 Belgium has become the first European country to ban the wearing of the burqa - what is referred to in western parlance as 'the [...]

(From Derby Evening Telegraph) MY next-door neighbour is 85 and, up until this week, has always been an independent person. He rides his bike daily, even taking it to Whitby [...]