UN Rights Office Urges Gambia to Release Detained Protesters

Edit Topix 14 May 2016
"We have received worrying reports that some of them, who are still in detention, have been tortured," Spokesperson Rupert Colville of the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights told reporters in Geneva ... ....

U.S. Senate panel OKs measure to pay Spokane Tribe for Grand Coulee Dam (Maria Cantwell)

Edit Public Technologies 14 May 2016
(Source. Maria Cantwell) 05.12.16 ... The bill was introduced by Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., and co-sponsored by her colleague, Washington Sen. Patty Murray ... Much of the land belonged to the Confederated Colville Tribes ... The tribe would also receive an annual payment equal to 25 percent of what the Colville Tribes receive, reflecting the smaller amount of land it lost; beginning in 2027 that would bump up to 32 percent ... Tom Udall, D-N.M....

Cantwell hears local officials, responders on wildfires (Maria Cantwell)

Edit Public Technologies 14 May 2016
(Source. Maria Cantwell) 05.13.16. Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-Washington) came to Okanogan County last weekend to hear what local people think the county needs to fight future wildfires, and left with plenty to consider as she prepares wildfire management legislation ... Fire crews arriving from other parts of the country may not be prepared for the conditions they encounter, according to Chris McCuen of Colville tribal emergency management....

UN Ready to Investigate Human Rights Violations in Southeast Turkey

Edit Sputnik 13 May 2016
The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) is ready to send a mission to Turkey to investigate human rights violations in the country's south-east, inhabited by the Kurdish population, OHCHR spokesman Rupert Colville said Friday ... ....

REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE (UNOG - United Nations Office at Geneva)

Edit Public Technologies 13 May 2016
Colville reiterated the need for a visit of an expert human rights team to do groundwork in Turkey, in order to look more closely into the allegations ... Colville provided a summary of the allegations mentioned in the 10 May press release ... Colville said that in attacks allegedly by ADF forces in the Erengeti area at least 500 civilians had been killed in the past 12 months....

UN rights office urges Gambia to release detained protesters (UN - United Nations)

Edit Public Technologies 13 May 2016
(Source. UN - United Nations) ... 'We have received worrying reports that some of them, who are still in detention, have been tortured,' Spokesperson Rupert Colville of the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) told reporters in Geneva. 'There are also reports that their family members have not been allowed to visit them, and some have been denied access to medical care.' ... He was last seen alive on 11 April ... (noodl....

UWI to construct region's first Net Zero Energy building

Edit Jamaica Observer 12 May 2016
KINGSTON, Jamaica (JIS) — The University of the West Indies (UWI) is to shortly commence the construction of the Caribbean’s first Net Zero Energy Building (NZEB) ... Senior Programme Manager for the Energy, Climate and Technology Branch of UNEP, Kenya, Geordie Colville, said the building is designed to maximise the use of natural sunlight for energy, while reducing the need for air conditioning and artificial lighting ... ....

Balmoral Show Results Day 1, 2016 - Sheep, cattle and horses

Edit Belfast Telegraph 12 May 2016
A round-up of the big winners on the first day of the 2016 Balmoral Show. SHEEP Share Go To. Hampshire Down. RAM, born on or before 1st December 2015. To be shorn bare on or after 1st January 2016. 1st Fletcher J & A, Comber. 2nd McGrath, Tony, Dungannon. 3rd McGrath, Tony, Dungannon. EWE, two-shear and upwards, rearing or having reared a lamb in 2016. To be shorn bare on or after 1st April 2016 ... Texel ... 3rd Colville, Mr Iain, Belfast ... 18 ... ....

UN regrets execution of six people in Afghanistan

Edit The Oslo Times 11 May 2016
May 11, Kabul ... “We fear that there could be more executions in the near future,” said Spokesperson Rupert Colville of the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) ... The Government of Afghanistan has publicly stated that, based on its review, all fair trial rights were respected in these cases ... The Oslo Times ....

SOUTHWORTH, CHARLES

Edit Richmond Times Dispatch 11 May 2016
SOUTHWORTH, Charles Mack, passed away on May 11, 2016 ... He served in the 37th Field Artillery of the U.S ... His practical jokes were legendary ... He will be forever loved and remembered by his grandchildren, Neal Forrest Goldman (Anne), Emily Goldman Garibaldi (Peter), Peter Southworth Huff, Catherine Hubbard Huff, Gabriella Marie Southworth, Mack Fremont Southworth and Jackson Colville Southworth; and his sister, Doris Akers of Culpeper ... ....

UN Voices 'Serious Concerns' Over Execution Of Taliban Inmates

Edit Radio Free Europe 10 May 2016
... Colville, said in a statement on May 10. . Colville urged Kabul to "refrain from approving death sentences and to immediately introduce an official moratorium on the use of the death penalty."....

UN regrets execution of six people in Afghanistan (UN - United Nations)

Edit Public Technologies 10 May 2016
(Source. UN - United Nations) ... 'We fear that there could be more executions in the near future,' Spokesperson Rupert Colville of the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) ... The Government of Afghanistan has publicly stated that, based on its review, all fair trial rights were respected in these cases ... Meanwhile, the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) has also expressed regret over the execution of the six....

Taliban kill 2 police officers after Afghan government executes militants

Edit Stars and Stripes 10 May 2016
KABUL, Afghanistan — Two days after the Afghan government executed six people convicted of carrying out high-profile terrorist attacks, the Taliban hanged two Afghan police officers in Paktika province Tuesday, a local police official said. The Taliban had captured the two policemen in an ambush in the Jani Khel district Saturday, said Dadullah Khan, acting police chief of Paktika province ... Rupert Colville, a spokesman for the U.N ... ....
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