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(Washington D.C., June 17, 2005) - U.S. President George W. Bush should vigorously press the Vietnamese government to improve its dismal human rights record when Vietnam's prime minister visits the White House on Tuesday, Human Rights Watch said today...

A US rights group has sued California County after it refused to allow a jailed Sikh from wearing a turban. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/sikh/SIG=11uqvtig4/*http%3A//timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1116612.cms

Investor's Business Daily - If you've ever had trouble playing a DVD while traveling, transferring songs from your iPod or watching TiVo-recorded shows on your computer, you've seen the dark side of digital rights management...

The US State Department has said in a report that despite being a vibrant democracy with strong constitutional protections, India's human rights enforcement record has been 'poor' and needs improvement...

India's human rights enforcement record has been "poor" and needed improvement, the United States has said in a report. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/sikh/SIG=11ic0g3kr/*http%3A//sify.com/news/fullstory.php?id=13704053

WASHINGTON, March 29. — Despite being a “vibrant democracyâ€, India’s human rights enforcement record has been “poor†and needs improvement, the USA has said in a report...

[India News] Washington, March 29 : Noting that India has a Muslim president, a Sikh prime minister and a Christian head of the ruling party, the US State Department has noted in a report that India is "a vibrant democracy with strong constitutional human rights protections"...

washingtonpost.com - Some pharmacists across the country are refusing to fill prescriptions for birth control and morning-after pills, saying that dispensing the medications violates their personal moral or religious beliefs...

This "journalist" from the Hindustan Times claims that Sikhs opposed to SardarJi jokes are infringing upon their (hindus) rights to free speech (Their right to depricate minorities is now an issue of freedom), what this archaic fossil of a journalist doesn't realize is that this "humor" that he...

... convert to Islam but not to those who become Hindu, Buddhist or Sikh. ... Reservation was available to Dalits followers of Hinduism, Buddhism and Sikhism and there ... http://www.asianews.it/view.php?l=en&art=2563

http://www.business-standard.com/common/storypage.php?hpFlag=Y&chklogin=N&autono=177692&leftnm=lmnu2&lselect=0&leftindx=2 NRIs seek voting rights Business Standard, India - 11 hours ago ... At the same time, the Indian community in the US marveled at the way a Sikh prime minister (Manmohan...

Bandar Seri Begawan - A `Women Today' seminar was organised yesterday for female civil servants from various government ministries. Topics presented at the two-day seminar, which will conclude today, were `A Wife's Role in Strengthening Islamic Family Institutions', `Civil and Islamic Laws...

October 30th, 2004 India: Prosecute Killers of Sikhs End Two Decades of Impunity http://hrw.org/english/docs/2004/10/30/india9580.htm On the twentieth anniversary of the mass killings of Sikhs, the new Congress-led government should launch fresh investigations into and make a public...

Surinder was wearing a Kirpaan when she was told she would no longer be permitted to wear it because it was a violation of company policy to bring a “weapon” to the workplace. To make the matter worse, Surinder Kaur’s husband, Avtar Singh, also an Amritdhari Sikh and truck driver, was shot by...

Religion vs. Sexual Orientation: A Clash of Human Rights? (Bertha Wilson Lecture, 2002) University of Toronto - Bennett Lecture Hall February 12, 2002 Dr. Robert Wintemute is a leading scholar in the area of sexual orientation discrimination. He is a professor at the School of Law, King's...