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Turkish court convicts Kurdish politician over speeches

Articles: 6, Last update: May 24, 2012 2:53:00 PM, Start: May 24, 2012 2:13:00 PM

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Turkish air force ordered strike that killed 34 civilian Kurds in Roboski: Turkish Interior Minister

Source country ekurd Thursday, May 24, 2012 2:53:00 PM CEST | info [other]

Trigger words: [PolicyHumanRights] (EUHumanRights)political[1]; cultural[2]; rights[3]; (EU)European Union[2]; EU[1];

Entities: Abdullah Ocalan[1]; Idris Naim Sahin[2]; Naim Sahin[2]; Recep Tayyip Erdogan[6];

Other categories: Conflict; Turkey-EU; Iraq - EU; Market; Terrorist Attack; Security;

ANKARA, — Turkish air force commanders ordered a December strike in the Kurdish region in southeastern Turkey that killed 34 Kurdish civilians smugglers mistaken for members of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, Interior Minister Idris Naim Sahin said, Bloomberg.com reported....

Turkey: Prominent outspoken Kurdish rights advocate Leyla Zana sentenced to 10 years in jail

Source country ekurd Thursday, May 24, 2012 2:53:00 PM CEST | info [other]

Trigger words: [PolicyHumanRights] (EUHumanRights)Rights[1]; political[1]; rights[6]; cultural[2]; (EU)European Union[1]; EU[1];

Entities: Abdullah Ocalan[4]; Leyla Zana[4]; Jalal Talabani[1]; Massoud Barzani[1];

Other categories: Conflict; Turkey-EU; European Parliament; FRA-EU;

DIYARBAKIR, The Kurdish region of Turkey, — A Turkish court sentenced a prominent Kurdish woman lawmaker to 10 years in prison in absentia Thursday for membership of an outlawed separatist group and spreading its propaganda. Leyla Zana was convicted by a judge in southeastern Diyarbakir of having.......

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Barbara Prammers Rede vor dem mazedonischen Parlament Erstmals sprach eine NationalratspräsidentIn vor der Sobranje Skopje (pk) - Mit einer Premiere b

Source country oe-journal Thursday, May 24, 2012 2:43:00 PM CEST | info [en] [other]

Trigger words: [PolicyHumanRights] (EUHumanRights)politischen[1]; kultureller[1]; politischer[1]; wirtschaftlicher[1]; Rechte[1]; (EU)EU[1];

Entities: Gjorge Ivanov[1]; Barbara Prammer[2];

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Erstmals sprach eine NationalratspräsidentIn vor der Sobranje Skopje (pk) - Mit einer Premiere begann am 23.05. der offizielle Besuch von Präsidentin Barbara Prammer in der mazedonischen Hauptstadt Skopje: Zum ersten Mal sprach eine Präsidentin des österreichischen Nationalrates vor der Sobranje, dem Parlament der Republik Mazedonien....

EP report urges women's rights in Turkey

Source country upi Thursday, May 24, 2012 2:33:00 PM CEST | info [other]

Trigger words: [PolicyHumanRights] (EUHumanRights)Gender Equality[1]; Rights[1]; equality[2]; political[1]; rights[6]; civil[1]; equal[1]; gender equality[2]; Social[1]; Equality[1]; (EU)EU[2];

Entities: Emine Bozkurt[1]; Štefan Füle[1];

Other categories: Turkey-EU; Society; Štefan Füle; European Parliament; EC News; Enlargement;

STRASBOURG, France, May 24 (UPI) -- The European Parliament this week adopted a report urging Turkey to follow up on its recent work toward securing gender equality and women's rights....

IU pide que el tratado UE-Colombia se ligue al cumplimiento de derechos humanos

Source country es-noticias Thursday, May 24, 2012 2:22:00 PM CEST | info [en] [other]

Trigger words: [PolicyHumanRights] (EUHumanRights)derechos humanos[5]; (EU)UE[1];

Entities: Pilar Sánchez[3]; Manuel Santos[1]; Juan Manuel Santos[1]; Joan Josep Nuet[2];

Other categories: Society; EU - Latin America; Customs;

Madrid, 24 may (EFE).- La Izquierda Plural va a instar al Gobierno y a los demás partidos políticos que pretendan apoyar el tratado de libre comercio (TLC) que se negocia entre la UE y Colombia se ligue al cumplimiento de los derechos humanos en ese país, porque por el momento es un texto "laxo" en esa materia....

Turkish court convicts Kurdish politician over speeches

Source country dailystar-LB Thursday, May 24, 2012 2:19:00 PM CEST | info [other]

Trigger words: [PolicyHumanRights] (EUHumanRights)opportunity[1]; political[1]; cultural[1]; rights[1]; (EU)European Union[1];

Other categories: Terrorist Attack; Conflict; EU-USA;

Kurdish parliamentarian Leyla Zana is sentenced to 10 years in prison by a Turkish court for spreading militant propaganda....

Turkish court convicts Kurdish politician over speeches

Source country trust Thursday, May 24, 2012 2:13:00 PM CEST | info [other]

Trigger words: [PolicyHumanRights] (EUHumanRights)opportunity[1]; political[1]; cultural[1]; rights[1]; (EU)European Union[1];

Entities: Leyla Zana[1]; Darren Butler[1]; Tim Pearce[1];

Other categories: Terrorist Attack; Conflict; EU-USA;

Thu, 24 May 2012 11:45 GMT Source: reuters // Reuters DIYARBAKIR, Turkey, May 24 (Reuters) - Kurdish parliamentarian Leyla Zana, a former Nobel Peace Prize nominee, was sentenced to 10 years in prison by a Turkish court on Thursday for spreading militant propaganda in a series of speeches she made over four years ago, court officials said....

Press release - Gender pay gap: Parliament calls for stiffer sanctions

Source country europarl Thursday, May 24, 2012 1:52:00 PM CEST | info [other]

Trigger words: [PolicyHumanRights] (EUHumanRights)treatment[1]; equal[2]; (EU)EU[5];

Other categories: EC News; Institutional Affairs; Discrimination; Society; Eurostat; Institutional affairs;

Plenary sessions : Parliament urged the European Commission to improve existing EU legislation to close the gender pay gap, including stricter sanctions on employers, in a vote on Thursday. The request for a legislative proposal points out that the gender pay gap still averages 16.4% in the EU, and in some member states has even widened....

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2011, l'anno della protesta globale Il rapporto di Amnesty international

Source country corriere Thursday, May 24, 2012 12:00:00 PM CEST | info [en] [other]

Trigger words: [PolicyHumanRights] (EUHumanRights)social[1]; diritti umani[11]; (EU)Unione europea[2];

Entities: Mladen Markač[1]; Momcilo Perisic[1]; Aung San Suu Kyi[5]; Ante Gotovina[1];

Other categories: Security Council; European Parliament; Fight against Fraud; UN Bodies; Discrimination; Institutional Affairs; Society; EU - Latin America; EU-Asia; Fight against fraud; Institutional affairs; Justice, freedom and security;

La richiesta dell'organizzazione all'Onu: realizzare un sistema di «governance» internazionale per l'investimento in sistemi e strutture basate sui diritti umani e sullo stato di diritto...

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Turkey accuses Syria of harboring Kurdish PKK rebels

Source country ekurd Thursday, May 24, 2012 11:45:00 AM CEST | info [other]

Trigger words: [PolicyHumanRights] (EUHumanRights)cultural[2]; rights[2]; (EU)European Union[1]; EU[1];

Entities: Abdullah Ocalan[1]; Idris Naim Sahin[1]; Naim Sahin[1]; Recep Tayyip Erdogan[1]; Bashar Assad[1];

Other categories: Security; Conflict; Turkey-EU; Terrorist Attack;

ANKARA, Turkey, — Syria is allowing Kurdish PKK rebels who are fighting Turkish forces to establish bases in Syrian territory, as ties between the two neighboring countries deteriorate, a Turkish minister said Wednesday. Interior Minister Idris Naim Sahin said Turkish intelligence indicates that.......

Amnistía reclama que se suprima el veto en el Consejo de Seguridad de la ONU para las propuestas sobre DDHH

Source country es-noticias Thursday, May 24, 2012 11:36:00 AM CEST | info [en] [other]

Trigger words: [PolicyHumanRights] (EUHumanRights)Derechos Humanos[7]; (EU)Unión Europea[1];

Entities: Alfonso Lopez[1]; Esteban Beltrán[2]; Bashar Assad[1];

Other categories: Security Council; Conflict; UN Bodies; Society; Liberties; EU - Latin America; EU-Asia; Justice, freedom and security;

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Esteban Beltrán explicó: "donde se puede cantar en Eurovisión pero los manifestantes no pueden cantar en la calle"

Esteban Beltrán explicó: "vínculos infundados entre inmigración y delincuencia"

Alfonso Lopez explicó: "en muchos casos por participar en manifestaciones"

El Consejo está en manos de los "principales exportadores de armas del mundo" y sus funciones de paz y seguridad están "abocadas al fracaso"...

AI: Folter in 101 Ländern

Source country kurier-at Thursday, May 24, 2012 11:15:00 AM CEST | info [en] [other]

Trigger words: [PolicyHumanRights] (EUHumanRights)Menschenrechtssituation[1]; menschenrechtlich[2]; Menschenrechtsschutz[1]; Menschenrechtsverletzungen[4]; menschenrechtswidrigen[1]; menschenrechtliche[1]; Menschenrechte[2]; Menschenrechtsproblemen[1]; Menschenrechtsorganisation[3]; Menschenrechtslage[1]; (EU)Europäischen Union[1];

Entities: Donatella Rovera[1]; Heinz Patzelt[1]; Bashar Assad[1];

Other categories: Market; Consumer Affairs; Conflict; Society; Consumers; FRA-EU; EU-Asia; Consumers; Justice, freedom and security;

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Heinz Patzelt sagte: "Andersdenkende werden niedergemetzelt, verschleppt und gefoltert"

Der Amnesty-Jahresbericht widmet sich vor allem Syrien und Russland. Aber auch in Österreich kommt "menschenrechtliche Gänsehaut" auf....

Amnesty, c'è un mondo che dice "no" a tutte le tirannie

Source country repubblica Thursday, May 24, 2012 11:03:00 AM CEST | info [en] [other]

Trigger words: [PolicyHumanRights] (EUHumanRights)diritti umani[9]; Diritti umani[1]; (EU)Unione europea[1];

Entities: Ratko Mladi[1]; Aung San Suu Kyi[5];

Other categories: Air Transport - Aviation Safety; Conflict; Discrimination; Terrorist Attack; Society; EU - Latin America; EU-Asia; Justice, freedom and security;

Il 2011 è stato un anno di proteste di massa contro dittature e corruzioni. La primavera araba ha portato in strada milioni di persone da Tunisi a Damasco, da......

Turkey arrests 17 soldiers after Kurdish PKK Killings: Sabah

Source country ekurd Thursday, May 24, 2012 10:58:00 AM CEST | info [other]

Trigger words: [PolicyHumanRights] (EUHumanRights)cultural[2]; rights[2]; (EU)European Union[1]; EU[1];

Entities: Abdullah Ocalan[1];

Other categories: Security; Conflict; Turkey-EU;

ISTANBUL, — Turkey arrested 17 soldiers for the alleged murder of a Kurdish hostage and two members of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, Sabah reported. Authorities arrested a retired colonel and 16 active duty members of the military following a probe into an operation in the eastern province.......

Menschenrechte: "Ein EM-Boykott hilft den Menschen in den Gefängnissen nicht"

Source country zeit Thursday, May 24, 2012 10:45:00 AM CEST | info [en] [other]

Trigger words: [PolicyHumanRights] (EUHumanRights)Menschenrechte[1]; Menschenrechtsproblemen[1]; Politische[1]; Menschenrechtslage[2]; Menschenrechten[1]; (EU)EU[1];

Entities: Yulia Tymoshenko[1]; Wolfgang Grenz[1];

Other categories: Society;

Sportler, Funktionäre und Fans müssen sich zur Ukraine äußern, fordert der Chef von Amnesty Deutschland. Im Interview beklagt er zudem die Flüchtlingspolitik der EU....

10:36 Diritti umani: Amnesty maltrattamenti e torture in 101 paesi

Source country asca Thursday, May 24, 2012 10:39:00 AM CEST | info [en] [other]

Trigger words: [PolicyHumanRights] (EUHumanRights)diritti umani[4]; Diritti umani[1]; (EU)Unione europea[1];

Other categories: Discrimination; Society; EU-Asia;

(ASCA) - Roma, 25 mag - Maltrattamenti e torture in almeno 101 paesi, perpetrati per lo piu' contro persone che avevano preso parte a manifestazioni antigovernative. Restrizioni alla liberta' d'esp ......

Generalsekretär Dr. Johannes KYRLE beim Ministertreffen des Europarates in Strassburg

Source country ots Thursday, May 24, 2012 10:21:00 AM CEST | info [en] [other]

Trigger words: [PolicyHumanRights] (EUHumanRights)Menschenrechtsschutz[1]; Menschenrechte[1]; (EU)EU[1];

Entities: Johannes Kyrle[2];

Other categories: Society;

Wien (OTS) - Der Generalsekretär für auswärtige Angelegenheiten, Dr. Johannes KYRLE, nahm am 23. Mai am Treffen des Ministerkomitees des Europarates in Strassburg teil. Im Mittelpunkt der Gespräche des Europarates standen Fragen der Nachbarschaftspolitik, insbesondere der Nahe Osten und …...

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Blick in die russischen Zeitungen

Source country rian-de Thursday, May 24, 2012 9:13:00 AM CEST | info [en] [other]

Trigger words: [PolicyHumanRights] (EUHumanRights)Menschenrechtssituation[1]; politischen[2]; wirtschaftlichen[1]; Menschenrechtslage[1]; (EU)EU[1];

Entities: Barack Obama[1]; François Hollande[1]; Bashar Assad[1];

Other categories: Society; EU-USA; Conflict; European Council;

Bodengestützte Bulawa-Rakete in Russland erfolgreich getestet * Hohe Einsätze bei Präsidentenwahl in Ägypten * Moskauer Behörden planen russischen Hyde-Park * AI-Kritik an Russland milder als sonst * EU-Zweigespann Berlin-Paris zerfällt...

2011, l'anno della protesta globale Il rapporto di Amnesty international

Source country corriere Thursday, May 24, 2012 8:58:00 AM CEST | info [en] [other]

Trigger words: [PolicyHumanRights] (EUHumanRights)social[1]; diritti umani[12]; (EU)Unione europea[2];

Entities: Peter Benenson[1]; Riccardo Noury[1]; Momcilo Perisic[1]; Mladen Markač[1]; Aung San Suu Kyi[5]; Ante Gotovina[1];

Other categories: Fight against Fraud; Institutional Affairs; UN Bodies; Conflict; Society; Discrimination; Security Council; EU - Latin America; EU-Asia; Fight against fraud; Institutional affairs; Justice, freedom and security;

La richiesta dell'organizzazione all'Onu: realizzare un sistema di «governance» internazionale per l'investimento in sistemi e strutture basate sui diritti umani e sullo stato di diritto...

Stefan Füle European Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighbourhood Statement on the Situation in Ukraine, Case of Yulia Tymoshenko European

Source country dg-comm-en Thursday, May 24, 2012 8:48:00 AM CEST | info [other]

Trigger words: [PolicyHumanRights] (EUHumanRights)Rights[1]; equality[1]; political[5]; rights[2]; (EU)European Union[3]; EU[6];

Entities: Yulia Tymoshenko[4]; Štefan Füle[1];

Other categories: Institutional Affairs; European Parliament; Society; Štefan Füle; All Media; EC News; Reform; Enlargement; Environment; Institutional affairs; Justice, freedom and security;

SPEECH/12/373 Mr. President, honourable members of the European Parliament The European Union has expressed its indignation at the use of selective justice in Ukraine on a number of occasions over the last year.......

Volk wird wohl erneut abstimmen

Source country BernerZeitung Thursday, May 24, 2012 8:29:00 AM CEST | info [en] [other]

Trigger words: [PolicyHumanRights] (EUHumanRights)Sozialleistungen[1]; Menschenrechte[2]; Menschenrechtskonvention[1]; Recht[2]; (EU)EU[1];

Entities: Gerhard Pfister[1]; Simonetta Sommaruga[1]; Martin Baltisser[1]; Philipp Müller[1];

Other categories: Society; Market; FRA-EU;

Der Bundesrat will kriminelle Ausländer nicht ohne völkerrechtliche Überprüfung ausschaffen. Die SVP sieht darin einen Verstoss gegen den Volkswillen und doppelt mit einer zweiten Ausschaffungsinitiative nach....

Agency staff to get €2.5m in backpay from HSE

Source country independent-ie Thursday, May 24, 2012 6:20:00 AM CEST | info [other]

Trigger words: [PolicyHumanRights] (EUHumanRights)treatment[1]; equal[1]; (EU)EU[1];

Entities: Anne-Marie Walsh[1]; Liam Doran[1];

Other categories: Society;

HUNDREDS of agency staff are set to get backpay worth €2.5m because a new law means they must be paid the same as Health Service Executive (HSE) workers....

Il Pd e la paura del rinnovamento "Bene, ma contro il nuovo perdiamo "

Source country repubblica Thursday, May 24, 2012 5:59:00 AM CEST | info [en] [other]

Trigger words: [PolicyHumanRights] (EUHumanRights)diritti civili[1]; (EU)Unione europea[1];

Entities: Pippo Civati[1]; Matteo Orfini[1]; Stefano Fassina[1]; Vasco Errani[1]; Andrea Orlando[1]; Gianni Cuperlo[1]; Walter Veltroni[1]; Vincenzo Bernazzoli[1]; Salvatore Caronna[1]; Laura Puppato[1]; Franco Ceccuzzi[1];

Other categories: Members of the European Parliament; European Parliament;

L'allarme tra i democratici dopo le amministrative: abbiamo i Pizzarotti e li emarginiamo. Bersani è in campo come candidato premier, ma c'è incertezza. E il...storie correlateCamera, passa norma su finanziamenti privati Primo sì del Senato a riduzione parlamentariBerlusconi: "Mi chiedo se resterò.......

Amnistía Internacional reclama la supresión de veto en el Consejo de Seguridad de la ONU

Source country rtve Thursday, May 24, 2012 5:57:00 AM CEST | info [en] [other]

Trigger words: [PolicyHumanRights] (EUHumanRights)Derechos Humanos[6]; (EU)Unión Europea[1];

Entities: Alfonso Lopez[1]; Salil Shetty[1]; Esteban Beltrán[1]; Bashar Assad[1];

Other categories: UN Bodies; Society; Security Council; EU - Latin America; EU-Asia; External Relations;

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Esteban Beltrán explicado: "donde se puede cantar en Eurovisión pero los manifestantes no pueden cantar en la calle"

Esteban Beltrán explicado: "vínculos infundados entre inmigración y delincuencia"

"El Consejo está en manos de los principales exportadores de armas" La organización de Derechos Humanos presenta su Informe Anual 2012 AI: "Se ha malgastado la primavera árabe por la brutalidad de los gobiernos" Manda tu pregunta a la directora adjunta de Amnistía Internacional en España Leer la.......

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Diagrama de poder de la corrupción

Source country bolpress Thursday, May 24, 2012 2:23:00 AM CEST | info [en] [other]

Trigger words: [PolicyHumanRights] (EUHumanRights)derechos económicos[1]; social[7]; civil[1]; (EU)Unión Europea[2]; UE[1];

Entities: Jean Nouvel[1]; Evo Morales[2]; Monte Ávila Editores[2]; Ciencias Políticas[2]; Al Estado[4]; Philippe Petit[1]; Richard Sennett[1]; Manolis Glezos[2]; Hugo Banzer[2]; Mikis Théodorakis[1]; Pierre Falcone[1]; Arcadi Gaydamak[1]; André Tarallo[1]; Raúl Prada[1]; Francisco Javier[1]; Monte Ávila[2]; Morales Ayma[1]; Tito Lívio[1]; Thomas Hobbes[1];

Other categories: Fight against Fraud; Institutional Affairs; Financial Crisis; European Central Bank; Market; Globalisation; Liberties; EU Russia; Conflict; Development; European economy; Imports Exports; All Media; External Affairs; WTO; EU - Latin America; EU-Asia; Competition; Development; External Relations; Fight against fraud; Humanitarian aid; Institutional affairs; Justice, freedom and security; Taxation;

Antecedentes del enunciado Hace años, creo que por el 2001, dirigí la tesis de Sebastián Urioste de la carrera de Ciencias Políticas de la Universidad de Nuestra Señora de La Paz [1]. Su tesis era por demás sugerente, el postulante, ahora todo un profesor en una de las universidades de París, trabajó el diagrama de poder de la corrupción....

CIDH pide a OEA un aumento "inmediato" del presupuesto para cumplir su labor

Source country laprensagrafica Thursday, May 24, 2012 2:12:00 AM CEST | info [en] [other]

Trigger words: [PolicyHumanRights] (EUHumanRights)Derechos Humanos[3]; derechos civiles[1]; (EU)Unión Europea[1]; UE[1];

Entities: Consejo Permanente[2]; Al Estado[1];

Other categories: Society; Institutional Affairs; Liberties; Budget; Institutional affairs;

En su primera evaluación de unas polémicas recomendaciones aprobadas en enero por los Estados miembros de la Organización de Estados Americanos (OEA), enviada el pasado 9 de abril al Consejo Permanente pero que se mantuvo confidencial hasta hoy, la CIDH evaluó principalmente los puntos referentes a su presupuesto....

Amnesty International: Umjesto da zatvore ratne zločince, hrvatske vlasti se bune zbog presude Gotovini!

Source country index-hr Thursday, May 24, 2012 12:10:00 AM CEST | info [en] [other]

Trigger words: [PolicyHumanRights] (EUHumanRights)ljudska prava[2]; Ljudska prava[1]; (ECnews)Europska komisija[1];

Entities: Dragan Markovic[1]; Gorana Hadžića[1]; Dragan Marković-Palma[1]; Mirko Norac[2]; Ratko Mladic[1]; Boris Tadic[1]; Ivo Josipovic[1]; Jadranka Kosor[1];

Other categories: Society; Discrimination; Croatia-EU; EC News;

AMNESTY international očekuje da se istraži uloga Šeksa i Domazeta Loše u ratnim zločinima. Veliki problem je diskriminacija LGBT osoba....

L'Italie promet d'aider à réunir les familles tunisiennes

Source country magharebia-fr Wednesday, May 23, 2012 11:23:00 PM CEST | info [en] [other]

Trigger words: [PolicyHumanRights] (EUHumanRights)droits sociaux[1]; social[1]; (EU)Union européenne[1]; UE[1];

Entities: Giorgio Napolitano[1]; Giulio Terzi[1]; Moncef Marzouki[1];

Other categories: Small and Medium Size Businesses; Development; Immigration; FRA-EU; Development; Justice, freedom and security;

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Giorgio Napolitano déclaré: "Nous comprenons les tragédies vécues par les familles tunisiennes désespérées qui ont perdu leurs fils lorsque ces derniers ont décidé de recourir à l'émigration, voyage de l'espoir qui peut devenir voyage de la mort, et nous désirons aussi les aider pour qu'elles obtiennent des renseignements sur le destin qui leur a été réservé"

Des accords de développement ont été signés entre l'Italie et la Tunisie, avec l'espoir que la croissance tunisienne pourra ralentir l'immigration clandestine en Italie....

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