I think human rights only became an issue after World War II. Thats when the United Nations issued their Universal Declaration on human rights. This is kind of the rulebook, the dos and donts of human rights. When I look at the world today, it seems

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Jackie:Welcome to bbclearningenglish.com and a second chance to hear Insight Plus - a series first broadcast in 2001 that looks at the language of issues you hear about in the news. Todays topic is Human rights - do we have a right to freedom, food

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By Brian Padden Irbil, Iraq 22 August 2006 watch Gasoline report The Iraqi economy is suffering from a shrinking supply of subsidized fuel and the rising price of fuel that is readily available on the black market. A government-subsidized gasoline s

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By Peta Thornycroft South Africa 14 August 2007 A human rights organization is calling on leaders in southern Africa to take action to deal with the deteriorating human rights situation in Zimbabwe. Peta Thornycroft has more for VOA on an appeal by H

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By Lisa Schlein Geneva 14 December 2007 The international group Human Rights Watch has accused the United Nations Human Rights Council of letting Sudan off the hook for continuing human rights abuse in Darfur. The group criticized the Council for pas

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The United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq has released its 13th human-rights report, which covers the first six months of 2008 and shows a marked drop in violent attacks by militias or criminal gangs in the country. But Lisa Schlein reports for

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