Older people's human rights are being ignored in hospitals and care homes a year after a parliamentary report urged a "culture change" in the NHS, Age Concern has said.

http://www.channel4.com/news/articles/society/health/elderly+ignored+in+hospitals/2436267?intcmp=rss_news_itnnews

Babylon & Beyond blog: Domestic workers driven to suicide

Blog | latimesblogs.latimes.com | Aug 27, 2008

Updated frequently by Los Angeles Times Middle East correspondents in Baghdad, Jerusalem, Cairo and Beirut, Babylon & Beyond is a collection of news, insights, photos and videos from the most volatile region on the planet.

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/babylonbeyond/2008/08/lebanon-dometic.html

Italy praises athletes' human rights gestures

News | www.iht.com | Aug 24, 2008

ROME: Italian politicians and government officials on Sunday praised some of the country's Olympic athletes for making small gestures in favor of Tibet and human rights in China during the Beijing Olympics.

http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/08/24/europe/EU-Italy-Olympics-Human-Rights.php

US disrupts Olympic party with human rights attack on China

News | www.telegraph.co.uk | Aug 24, 2008

America has openly attacked China for failing to live up to its Olympic promise to improve human rights after eight US citizens were arrested and imprisoned without trial for their part in a pro-Tibet demonstration.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/olympics/2612473/US-disrupts-Olympic-party-with-human-rights-attack-on-China.html

Will the Olympics Boost China Human Rights?

News | www.businessweek.com | Aug 22, 2008

Many were hoping a new openness would emerge as the mainland took center stage, but most experts agree the Games won't change much.

http://www.businessweek.com/globalbiz/content/aug2008/gb20080822_895981.htm?campaign_id=rss_daily

Brown to raise human rights with China

News | uk.news.yahoo.com | Aug 20, 2008

Gordon Brown will raise China's record on human rights when he meets the country's leaders this week.

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/itn/20080820/tuk-brown-to-raise-human-rights-with-chi-dba1618.html

Brown to raise human rights with China

News | uk.reuters.com | Aug 20, 2008

ON BOARD FLIGHT TO BEIJING (Reuters) - Prime Minister Gordon Brown urged China on Wednesday to make more progress on human rights, saying the issue needed to be addressed not only during the Olympic Games. Brown,

http://uk.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUKLK40835620080820?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews

INDIA BANS ROUGH DIAMOND IMPORTS FROM VENEZUELA - Zibb.com

News | www.zibb.com | Aug 19, 2008

India has banned import of rough diamonds from Venezuela after it pulled out of a UN approved system that ensures that "blood diamonds" extracted by human rights violations are not traded and used for financing the rebels' wars across the world. The order to ban rough diamonds from

http://www.zibb.com/article/3804758/INDIA+BANS+ROUGH+DIAMOND+IMPORTS+FROM+VENEZUELA

Tech giants pitch human rights platform

News | www.vnunet.com | Aug 16, 2008

The code would center around a set of basic principles for which companies would be required to adhere to, along with guidelines on how those rights would be assured and frameworks for how to enforce the rules and ensure accountability.

http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2224128/tech-giants-pitch-human-rights