Human rights abuses irk MPs

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Human rights abuses irk MPs
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MEMBERS of Parliament (MPs) on Thursday took the government to task over gross violation of human rights by some of its organs entitled to ensure justice delivery in the country. MPs pointed accusing fingers at the Police Force for fabricating cases against ...
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Daily News

Habari Zinazoendana

11 years ago

BBC

'Widespread rights abuses' in CAR

A UN investigation into the conflict in the Central African Republic finds widespread sectarian killings of civilians, sexual violence and mutilation.

 

9 years ago

TheCitizen

07 Nov

‘Non-interference policy’ reason for rights abuses

A strong case has been made against bad leadership in Africa

 

11 years ago

TheCitizen

21 May

Amid Egypt rights abuses, US stalls over more military aid

Despite resuming some military aid, the United States appears unlikely to quickly restore the close ties with Egypt that framed US Middle East policy for decades, as concerns persist over the authoritarian crackdown since last year’s military takeover.

 

10 years ago

Daily News

21 Aug

Human rights body trumps civil rights, governance knowledge

Human rights body trumps civil rights, governance knowledge
Daily News
THERE is an urgent need to formulate and lay down principles and guidelines to further strengthen the criminal justice system in the country with regard to arrest, police custody and pre-trial detention to ensure compliance with International standards.

 

9 years ago

TheCitizen

11 Dec

Human rights our critical virtue: VP

The government has reiterated its unflinching resolve to  sustain the battle against embezzlement of public funds.

 

9 years ago

TheCitizen

21 Aug

JK: I’ve done a lot to protect human rights

President Jakaya Kikwete yesterday bid farewell to employees of the Commission for Human Rights and Good Governance (CHRGG) expressing optimism that his administration had done a great job in protecting people’s rights.

 

11 years ago

TheCitizen

02 Feb

Defining human rights culture

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 1948 states in paragraph 1 of its Preamble that recognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family is the foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world.

 

11 years ago

TheCitizen

25 May

Building human rights culture

There are several reasons for building human rights into a constitution; they indicate restrictions on government power, are a building block for democracy, establish a foundation for building a human rights culture, and are integral to the legitimacy of the Constitution. A human rights culture gives space to individuals and groups to organise and aggregate their interests.

 

11 years ago

TheCitizen

04 May

Role of human rights in Katiba

 Democracy as a normative framework requires constitution builders to support and guarantee civil and political rights. Since rights are indivisible, there are many rights recognised as economic, social, cultural or collective whose recognition completes political rights and makes it possible to realise them.

 

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