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Parent topics
Nongovernmental organization: A term used in much of the world to describe third sector organizations in terms of their location outside of formal government. [e]s
Subtopics
- Black Spring of Cuba: In 2003 the Castro regime put in jail 75 political opponents; many of them are still prisoners. [e]
- George W. Bush Administration: The policies and acts during the presidency of George W. Bush, the 43rd president of the United States of America [e]
- Human rights: Natural civil and political rights considered universal and applicable to all human beings worldwide. [e]
Irene Khan: Seventh secretary-general of the human rights organisation Amnesty International - the first Muslim, and the first Asian person, to occupy the role. [e]- Laos, History: Add brief definition or description
- Sami Mohy El Din Muhammed Al Hajj: A Sudanese journalist for the Al Jazeera news agency, held at Guantanamo Bay detention camp for suspicion of acting as a terrorist courier; released in 2008 [e]
- Sibghatullah Mojaddedi: Afghan political leader, in the Peshawar Seven then leading the National Liberation Front (Afghanistan) (Jabha-e Melli-ye Nijat-e Afghanistan); first post-Communist president in 1992; now leading the registered Afghanistan Republican Party (Hizbi Jamhori Kwahan) [e]
- Sri Lanka: An island nation in South Asia, located 31 km off the south-east coast of India, formerly known as Ceylon . [e]
The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy: A controversial book by two American academics, suggesting that the relationship between the United States and Israel is dysfunctional, but affected by a loose but politically powerful set of interest groups in both countries [e]- U.S. Committee for a Free Lebanon: A U.S. lobby in favor of multi-ethnic solutions to the government of Lebanon [e]
- United Nations High Commissioner on Refugees: United Nations agency charged with international action to protect refugees and resolve refugee problems worldwide. [e]
- Universal Declaration of Human Rights: Declaration adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in 1948, consisting of 30 articles with definitions of civil, political, economic, social, and cultural rights. [e]
