The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) is calling for journalists? organisations from around the world to join in an International Day of Action this Friday June 15, to protest the grave situation threatening the safety of journalists and freedom of expression in Pakistan.
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Today is World Day Against Child Labour
GENEVA ? The theme 2007 being on elimination of child labour in agriculture, especially the worst forms, the International Federation of Agricultural Producers (IFAP) is pleased to join the International Labour Office (ILO) and other partners to sign a Declaration of intent on cooperation on child labour in agriculture. ?Let?s be clear,” said the Secretary General of IFAP David King during his address at the Signing Ceremony, “child labour in agriculture is a rural poverty issue and has to be handled with rural development driven solutions.?
In response to the second report by the Council of Europe’s Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights, which confirms that the CIA has operated secret detention centres in Poland and Romania, and perhaps in other Council of Europe member states, Amnesty International said:
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The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) today said the use by gunmen in Gaza of a vehicle marked with the words ?TV? in an attack on Israeli forces was an outrageous violation of rights that puts journalists everywhere at risk.
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(Washington, DC, June 11, 2007) ? The Chinese government is forcibly
relocating Tibetan herders to urban areas and farmland, destroying their
livelihoods and way of life, and denying them access to justice for
violations of their rights, Human Rights Watch said in a report released
today.
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