6541. The election of Russia and China makes a mockery of human rights   For the Society for Threatened Peoples (GfbV) it is "a scandalous mockery of human rights” that China and Russia should again be voted into the Human Rights Council of the United Nations (UN).…  

6542. The Federal Government urged to declare 11 July a day of commemoration for Srebrenica - human rights activists and action artists recall the political failure of 1995   The German Federal Government should declare 11 July a day of commemoration for the 8376 victims of the genocide at Srebrenica. In Berlin on Saturday Gesellschaft für bedrohte Völker (GfbV) /…  

6543. The genocide against the Kurds in Iraq must be at last documented and internationally recognized!   The genocide of the Iraqi regime of Saddam Hussein against the Kurds must be at last investigated, documented and internationally recognized. This was the aim of the international "Congress on…  

6544. The German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, travels to China   "If China supports genocide in order to secure raw materials, Europe must not be silent, Frau Merkel!" Angela Merkel, must on her journey to China, which begins on Sunday, press the leaders in…  

6545. The German-Polish reconciliation must not be damaged any more!   Dear Prime Minister, You must not damage the German-Polish reconciliation any more by extreme statements. Respect for the victims of the Nazi regime should stop you from exaggerating and…  

6546. The Guarani Kaiowá in Brazil   The violence in the areas with an indigenous population in Brazil was also very widespread in the year 2006. A provisional survey by the Indian missionary council CIMI shows that at least 40 native…  

6547. The Hague: Hague decision a miscarriage of justice - U.N. Genocide Convention disregarded   Gesellschaft für bedrohte Völker / Society for Threatened Peoples calls "A scandalous miscarriage of justice" was how Gesellschaft für bedrohte Völker (GfbV) / Society for Threatened peoples…  

6548. The heritage of the Ba’ath-Regime: Approximately a million citizens of Iraq of all national groups and religions fell victim to Saddam   The Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein now having been brought before a criminal court in Iraq, the Society for Threatened Peoples (Gesellschaft für bedrohte Völker – GfbV) wants to call to public…  

6549. The hunting down of people in Chechnya continues – Germany should contribute to peace   On the occasion of the first official visit of Chancellor Angela Merkel to the Russian president Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Monday the Society for Threatened Peoples (GfbV) points to the continued…  

6550. The Independence of Judiciary in the People’s Republic of China   In his report (E/CN.4/2002/72), the Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers, Dato’ Param Cumaraswamy regretted that the situation of the independence of the judiciary and the…