The BMW International Open will be staged in line with tradition at the famous GC Munich Eichenried course on the outskirts of the Bavarian capital from 24–27 June 2010. As part of this year’s event – the only professional golf tournament held in Germany – there will also be an opportunity to experience the unique character of… Read More →
There has been an increase in police harassment of informal traders (hawkers), homeless South Africans, and refugees and migrants who are living in shelters or high density inner city accommodation. This harassment has included police raids, arbitrary arrests, ill-treatment and extortion, as well as destruction of informal housing.
Volkswagen is reorganizing the Group’s sales and marketing structures, aligning the Company to growing internationalization and business development dynamics on the markets. “The continued shift in automobile markets towards new, fast-growing regions and constant expansion of the model range bring new opportunities for the sales, marketing and after sales business”, Christian Klingler, the Group Board Member for… Read More →
Amnesty International has condemned the reported execution by firing-squad of 18 people, many of them foreign nationals, in Libya on Sunday. Cerene, a newspaper closely affiliated with Saif al-Islam al-Gaddafi, son of Libyan leader Muammar al-Gaddafi, reported that the 18, including nationals of Chad, Egypt and Nigeria, were executed after being convicted of premeditated murder.
A global justice gap is being made worse by power politics despite a landmark year for international justice, said Amnesty International today in its annual assessment of human rights worldwide.
The fourteen year sentence imposed on a Malawian couple convicted of “gross indecency” and “unnatural acts” is an outrage, Amnesty International said today. Steven Monjeza and Tiwonge Chimbalanga were arrested by police on 28 December 2009 in Blantyre, two days after holding an engagement ceremony in the southern city’s Chirimba township.
Amnesty International is calling on French law-makers to reject a draft law banning the wearing of full face veils in public that was adopted by the government and put before Parliament today. The proposal, which is being put forward by the French government after a prolonged public debate on the wearing of Islamic face veils, would prohibit… Read More →