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New York, December 22, 2008) - On the six-month anniversary of Iran's detention of Dr. Arash Alaei and Dr. Kamiar Alaei - Iranian brothers who are internationally known as HIV/AIDS physicians - international nongovernmental organizations, academic institutions, and medical leaders

Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) calls upon Afghan, UN, and NATO authorities to cease evading responsibility and to act immediately to secure the mass grave site at Dasht-e-Leili in northern Afghanistan. (PRWeb Dec 22, 2008) Read the full story at

Complaint Charges Consumers Have Been Misled into Purchasing Brand Name Product Identical to Less Expensive Solution Manufactured by AMO for COSTCO (PRWeb Dec 22, 2008) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/12/prweb1782864.htm

Four independent United Nations human rights experts today called on the Government of Zimbabwe and the international community to do more to rebuild the country's health system, end the worst cholera epidemic ever recorded there and ensure adequate food for

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has welcomed the reported release from house arrest of the President of Mauritania, Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi, who was overthrown by the country's military in August, and called for the restoration of constitutional order as soon as

Emergency appeals by international aid organisations to tackle the devastating humanitarian disaster in Zimbabwe have reached urgent levels, as the shocking and rising number of deaths in the country becomes clearer.

The blind and partially sighted still suffer from social exclusion at the family, local and national levels, according to the Ghana Association of the Blind (GAB).

The Customs Excise and Preventive Service (CEPS) is now ready to meet the challenges of resuming its core functions of Valuation and Classification. The Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning, in collaboration with the Revenue Agencies Governing Board (RAGB), had

President Ben Ali conferred on Monday, with the Prime Minister, Mr Mohammed Ghannouchi.

Last Friday MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai made a shocking revelation that 42 people have been abducted in the last two months and their whereabouts are still unknown. Up until then it had been reported that 26 people had disappeared, although

THE counsel to Mr. Nuhu Ribadu, Tayo Oyetibo (SAN) has clarified the report that the former EFCC boss has withdrawn his suit against the agency.

The Chief Justice (CJ), Her Ladyship Justice Georgina Theodore Wood, has reversed a six-month jail sentence slapped on the 72 year old farmer at Akim Swedru in the Eastern Region, Opanin Kwadwo Nkansah, for stealing a bunch of plantains from

Kwadwo Nkansah, a 72-year- old farmer who was sentenced to six months imprisonment in hard labour for stealing a bunch of plantain has had his sentence varied and substituted with a caution and discharge.

Various women right groups have expressed their concern about the abysmal performance of women in the recent parliamentary and presidential elections.

Industry claims that Taser stun guns are safe and non-lethal do not stand up to scrutiny, said Amnesty International today as it called on governments to limit their deployment to life-threatening situations or to suspend their use.

Amnesty International released one of the most detailed reports to date on the safety of stun guns.

The Libyan authorities have allowed political reform activist Idriss Boufayed to travel to Switzerland to seek medical treatment for cancer.

Amnesty International has said that industry claims that Taser stun guns are safe and non-lethal do not stand up to scrutiny.