Photos: Human Rights Day 2012
December 10, 2012
Indonesian students perform as suspects in corruption arrested during an anti-government protest to mark International Anti Corruption Day in Makassar, South Sulawesi, Indonesia, Monday, Dec 10, 2012. Protesters staged the protest accusing the government of failing to fight corruption and improve human rights. (AP Photo/Abbas Sadji)
Activists and supporters of Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) hold torches as they participate in a protest march to mark International Human Rights Day in Srinagar, India, Monday, Dec. 10, 2012. More than 68,000 people, mostly civilians, have been killed since the outbreak of the insurgency in the region in 1989. Pakistan, Kashmiri separatist leaders and human rights groups have been demanding a reduction in India's military presence in Kashmir. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan)
An exiled Tibetan Buddhist man prays during a rally to mark World Human Rights Day in New Delhi, India, Monday, Dec. 10, 2012. At least 86 people have set themselves on fire since 2009. Tibetans also mark Dec. 10 as the Nobel Peace Prize Day, the day the Dalai Lama received the Nobel peace prize in 1989. (AP Photo/Tsering Topgyal)
Supporters of Argentina's President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner display a large figure depicting the logo of Argentine newspaper Clarin during celebrations of the Day of Democracy and International Human Rights Day outside the Casa Rosada Presidential Palace in Buenos Aires December 9, 2012. An Argentine civil court had handed a victory to Clarin media group on December 6 by granting a request by the conglomerate to delay application of a law calling for it to dismantle part of its broadcasting empire. REUTERS/Marcos Brindicci
People march along a street to celebrate the 64th anniversary of Human Rights Day in Phnom Penh December 10, 2012. REUTERS/Samrang Pring
Called by UNICEF the demonstrators form a human chain on the occasion of the International Human Rights Day on the bridge "Pont des Bergues", in Geneva, Switzerland, Monday, Dec. 10, 2012. (AP Photo/Keystone/Salvatore Di Nolfi)
A masked activist of Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) holds a torch as he participates in a protest march to mark International Human Rights Day in Srinagar, India, Monday, Dec. 10, 2012. More than 68,000 people, mostly civilians, have been killed since the outbreak of the insurgency in the region in 1989. Pakistan, Kashmiri separatist leaders and human rights groups have been demanding a reduction in India's military presence in Kashmir. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan)
Cambodian garment workers offer prayers during a rally celebrating the International Human Rights Day in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Monday, Dec. 10, 2012. About one thousand participants consist of non-governmental organization activists, garment workers, and international diplomats on Monday marched on the street in Phnom Penh, calling for the protection of human rights. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)
Fireworks explode over the Casa Rosada Presidential Palace during a rally to celebrate the Day of Democracy and International Human Rights Day in Buenos Aires December 9, 2012. REUTERS/Marcos Brindicci
Members of the media take pictures of activists of a separatist party, Jammu Kashmir Freedom League, carrying placards, during a protest to mark the International Human Rights Day, in Srinagar December 10, 2012. Many demonstrations, in addition to this one, were held in Srinagar on Monday by non-governmental organisations, separatist groups and a Kashmiri lawmaker to mark International Human Rights Day. REUTERS/Fayaz Kabli
Activists of the Kashmiri separatist party, the Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF), shout slogans while holding torches during a procession to mark the International Human Rights Day in Srinagar December 10, 2012. The procession was held to protest against what the JKLF say are human rights violations by the Indian security forces on Kashmiris. JKLF, which declared a ceasefire in 1994 against Indian security forces, says it leads a political struggle for Kashmir's complete independence from both India and Pakistan, who claim the region in full but rule in parts. REUTERS/Fayaz Kabli
An activist of Life Awareness For National Development shows his handcuffs during a protest to mark Human Rights Day in Lahore December 10, 2012. REUTERS/Mohsin Raza
Protesters burn an effigy of Philippine President Benigno Aquino III on board a mock tank as they commemorate International Human Rights Day near the Presidential Palace in Manila, Philippines, on Monday Dec. 10, 2012. The group called the Aquino administration as alleged human rights violators. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
Supporters of Argentina's President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner fill the Plaza de Mayo, on December 9, 2012, during a rally on the eve of the Day of Democracy and Human Rights, called by the government to celebrate the 29th anniversary of the return to democracy in Argentina. DANIEL GARCIA/AFP/Getty Images
Supporters of Argentina's President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner walk to Plaza de Mayo, on December 9, 2012, during a rally on the eve of the Day of Democracy and Human Rights, called by the government to celebrate the 29th anniversary of the return to democracy in Argentina. DANIEL GARCIA/AFP/Getty Images
Jammu and Kashmir Freedom League (JKPFL) activists shout anti-India slogans during a strike held on World Human Rights Day in Srinagar on December 10, 2012. The strike has been called in protest against a court verdict sentencing two Kashmiris to life imprisonment in Srinagar. At least 47,000 people have died as a result of the insurgency in highly militarised Indian Kashmir, according to official count with seperatists putting the toll twice as high. TAUSEEF MUSTAFA/AFP/Getty Images
A Tibetan child is pictured with a Free Tiet bandana as Tibetan activists in-exile take part in a protest in New Delhi on December 10, 2012 to mark World Human Rights Day. A 16-year-old Tibetan girl has died after setting herself on fire, Chinese state media said December 10, in an area that has become a flashpoint for protests against Beijing's rule. MANAN VATSYAYANA/AFP/Getty Images
An exiled Tibetan woman holds a Tibetan flag during a rally to mark World Human Rights Day in New Delhi, India, Monday, Dec. 10, 2012. At least 86 people have set themselves on fire since 2009. Tibetans also mark Dec. 10 as Nobel Peace Prize Day, the day the Dalai Lama received the Nobel peace prize in 1989. (AP Photo/Tsering Topgyal)
Children of Indian sex workers walk in a rally to mark International Human Rights Day in Kolkata, India, Monday, Dec. 10, 2012. The rally was held to demand equal rights for the sex workers and their family. (AP Photo/Bikas Das)
Exile Tibetans march wearing portraits of Tibetans who have allegedly immolated themselves in protest against Chinese rule, during a rally to mark World Human Rights Day in New Delhi, India, Monday, Dec. 10, 2012. At least 86 people have set themselves on fire since 2009. Tibetans also mark Dec. 10 as Nobel Peace Prize Day, the day the Dalai Lama received the Nobel peace prize in 1989. (AP Photo/Mustafa Quraishi)
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