The US has publicly declared it will fight discrimination against gays and lesbians abroad by using foreign aid and diplomacy to encourage reform. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told an audience of diplomats in Geneva: "Gay rights are human rights". A memo from the Obama administration […]
Global Witness a annoncé aujourd’hui sa décision de quitter le Processus de Kimberley, dispositif international de certification instauré dans le but d’éliminer le commerce de diamants du sang. En refusant d’évoluer et de se pencher sur les liens inéluctables qui existent entre les diamants, la […]
At least 250 anti-Putin protesters have been arrested in demonstrations Tuesday in Russia's capital, Moscow police told CNN. The arrests came as demonstrators protested against the results of Sunday's parliamentary election. Thousands of protesters had taken to the streets on Monday, and they […]
Zimbabwe police detained a leading media rights activist on Tuesday in what analysts said was a new crackdown on critics of President Robert Mugabe's ZANU-PF party before a possible general election next year. The Media Monitoring Project of Zimbabwe (MMPZ) said its director, Andy Moyse, was […]
Scientists have developed a vaccine that protects mice against a deadly form of the Ebola virus. First identified in 1976, Ebola fever kills more than 90% of the people it infects. The researchers say that this is the first Ebola vaccine to remain viable long-term and can therefore be […]
Après les discussions entre experts, les représentants des 194 pays à la conférence des Nations unies sur le climat ont entamé ce lundi 5 décembre les négociations au niveau politique. Seulement une quinzaine de chefs d'Etat ont fait le déplacement en Afrique du Sud. Ce sont donc […]
The two primary leaders of the euro zone, Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany and President Nicolas Sarkozy of France, issued their first joint call on Monday for amendments to Europe’s governing treaties to provide better economic governance for the 17 countries of the euro zone. Mr. Sarkozy […]
Une blogueuse syrienne, Razan Ghazzawi, a été arrêtée dimanche alors qu'elle se rendait à Amman pour assister à un forum sur la défense du droit à l'information, a annoncé le Centre syrien d'information et du droit d'expression. La blogueuse a été arrêtée à la frontière syro-jordanienne, selon […]
A coalition of Senegalese opposition parties failed on Thursday to agree on a single candidate to challenge President Abdoulaye Wade in next year's presidential election, increasing the incumbent's chances of staying in power. Senegal will be voting in a tense election in February. The […]
Le bilan de la répression du mouvement de contestation en Syrie est d'au moins 4000 morts et ce pays se trouve «au bord de la guerre civile», a déclaré jeudi Mme Navi Pillay, Haut Commissaire des Nations unies aux droits de l'Homme. «En ce qui concerne la Syrie, nous estimons le bilan à au […]
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