World Human Rights News
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Mugabe Win Marred By Violence: Monitors - 30 June 2008
http://www.theage.com.au/world/mugabe-win-marred-by-violence-monitors-20080630-2yz6.html
U.S. and Europe Near Agreement on Private Data - 28 June 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/28/washington/28privacy.html?_r=1&ref=europe&oref=slogin
‘Blue Card’ Plan for EU Migrants - 29 June 2008
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/jun/29/eu.france
Romanian girl permitted abortion - 27 June 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7477448.stm
Indonesia to speed up execution process for drug offenders - 26 June 2008
http://www.theage.com.au/world/indonesia-to-speed-up-execution-process-for-drug-offenders-20080626-2xgn.html
Thousands of Somali Children Remain Malnourished - 26 June 2008
http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2008-06-26-Somalia-children_N.htm
Study Shows 80% of Families in Gaza Live Below Poverty Line - 26 June 2008
http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2008-06-26-Gaza-poverty_N.htm
Dalai Lama to visit Olympics if China talks are Constructive - 22 May 2008
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/may/22/tibet.religion
2008/09 Federal Budget gives clear Intention to push ahead with the intervention in Aboriginal communities - 22 May 2008
http://news.theage.com.au/national/budget-shows-rudd-sure-on-intervention-20080522-2h2r.html
Iran Launches New Crackdown on Websites: Report - 20 May 2008
http://news.theage.com.au/technology/iran-launches-fresh-crackdown-on-websites-report-20080520-2giq.html
Foreigners flee as Johannesburg clashes toll hits 22 -19 May 2008
http://news.theage.com.au/world/foreigners-flee-as-johannesburg-clashes-toll-hits-22-20080519-2g3i.html
Time for both sides to face music over Balibo Five - 18 May 2008
http://www.theage.com.au/news/opinion/time-for-both-sides-to-face-music-over-balibo-five/2008/05/17/1210765255176.html
Multinational companies face damages claim from South African victims of apartheid - May 18 2008
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2008/may/18/barclaysbusiness.bp
Burmese Children Face New Risks in the Aftermath of Cyclone, Aid Groups Say - 18 May 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/18/world/asia/18burmese.html
‘Rebel MPs’ in the UK try to Block Gordon Brown’s attempt to extend the detention without charge limit to 42 days - 16 May 2008
http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2008/may/16/terrorism.gordonbrown
Zimbabwe’s Rules Unleash Police on Anglicans - 16 May 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/16/world/africa/16zimbabwe.html
California Supreme Court overturns gay marriage ban - 16 May 2008
http://news.theage.com.au/world/california-supreme-court-overturns-gay-marriage-ban-20080516-2evb.html
Australian High Court case to determine what it means to be a ‘slave’, in the context of migrant sex workers - 15 May 2008
http://www.theage.com.au/news/opinion/a-question-of-bondage/2008/05/14/1210444528872.html
The survivors’ stories leave no doubt: Guantánamo makes us all less safe - 13 May 2008
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/may/13/guantanamo.humanrights
‘Honour’ Killings - 11 May 2008
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/may/11/iraq.humanrights1
Engaging China - 5 May 2008
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,23644289-7583,00.html
A People’s Ballot, Burma style: Vote for the Army or Else - 4 May 2008
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/may/04/burma.humanrights
China jails 30 for Tibet Protests - 29 April 2008
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/apr/29/tibet.jailings
Evidence of widespread retribution against supporters of Zimbabwe’s Opposition Party - 28 April 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/28/world/africa/28zimbabwe.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
From Darfur with Love - 24 April 2008
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/apr/24/sudan.humanrights
Ethiopian troops ‘took children’ during raid on a mosque - 23 April 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7363732.stm
Cracking the ‘Great Firewall’ of China’s web censorship - 23 April 2008
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/techpolicy/2008-04-22-InternetBandits_N.htm
Follow the money: Olympic movement turns its sights on sponsors - 23 April 2008
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/apr/23/olympicgames2008.china
Jailed rights activist wins award - 22 April 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7361046.stm
China may recall Zimbabwe weapons - 22 April 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7360438.stm
Zimbabwe opposition turns to UN to intervene in election crisis - 22 April 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7359854.stm
Africa urged to boycott arms shipment - 22 April 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7360002.stm
Amnesty ad condemns waterboarding - 22 April 2008
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/apr/22/advertising.humanrights
Mexico draws dire picture for migrants - 21 April 2008
http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2008-04-21-mexico-comics_N.htm
French capital honours Dalai Lama - 21 April 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7358695.stm
Carter: Hamas will accept Israel - 21 April 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7358188.stm
When Muslims become Christians - 21 April 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/7355515.stm
Saudi women treated like children, says human rights group - 21 April 2008
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/apr/21/saudiarabia.gender
Torture victim’s records lost at Guantánamo Bay, admits camp general - 21 April 2008
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/apr/21/guantanamo.humanrights
Zimbabwe opposition calls for intervention - 20 April 2008
http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2008-04-20-zimbabwe-election_N.htm
London restaurants in migrant protests about immigration law changes - 20 April 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7356990.stm
Pope addresses U.N., doesn’t mention Iraq war - 18 April 2008
http://www.usatoday.com/news/religion/2008-04-18-pope-nyc_N.htm
Zimbabwe arms ship quits South Africa - 19 April 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7354428.stm
Minority distorting human rights, says Pope - 19 April 2008
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/apr/19/humanrights.catholicism
Mugabe attacks opposition and UK - 18 April 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7353929.stm
Angola tells UN to close office - 18 April 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7354611.stm
Police told to protect Iranian rights lawyer - 17 April 2008
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/apr/17/iran.humanrights
Burmese junta holds opposition leader’s aide and 20 activists - 16 April 2008
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/apr/16/burma.humanrights
China will execute 374 people during the Olympics, Amnesty estimates - 15 April 2008
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/apr/15/humanrights.olympicgames2008
Executions resume in US after Supreme Court lethal injection ruling; Judges say method not unconstitutional, Moratorium in place since last September ends - 17 April 2008
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/apr/17/usa
“Zimbabwe arrests 36 people for ineffectual opposition strike” - 16 April 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/world/AP-Zimbabwe-Elections.html?scp=1&sq=human+rights+april+&st=nyt
UN: No substantial evidence of organ harvesting in Albania - 16 April 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/world/AP-Kosovo-Organ-Trafficking.html?scp=3&sq=Human+Rights+April&st=nyt
Hurdle for gay reforms - 16 April 2008
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,23547137-5013871,00.html
Tense waiting games in Zimbabwe - 16 April 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7350926.stm
Yemeni child bride gets divorce - 16 April 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7351336.stm
“Violence against Pakistani women” - 15 April 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7349167.stm
Fears over advert system privacy
Online advert system Phorm could make the net less secure and breaches human rights, the service's creators have been told. - 15 April 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7349715.stm
China 'gold medal' for executions
The Chinese authorities put to death at least 470 people last year, but probably killed many more, human rights group Amnesty International has said. - 15 April 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7346938.stm
Kenyans killed in sect protests - 14 April 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7345960.stm
July 2001: 'If China wins the Olympics, it will make progress on the promotion of human rights'.
April 2008: The terror goes on...
They promised progress but, as Edward Cody in Shanghai reports, human rights activists face brutal persecution - 13 April 2008
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/apr/13/olympicgames2008.china
Human rights group to argue for charter - 12 April 2008
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,23525282-5013871,00.html
Olympic Official Calls Protests a ‘Crisis’; China faces rare criticism of its human rights record from the head of the International Olympic Committee - 11 April 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/11/world/asia/11china.html?scp=14&sq=Human+Rights+April&st=nyt
Australian PM pushes trade ahead of human rights - 11 April 2008
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,23520988-601,00.html
Victorian Charter lifts human rights arguments - 11 April 2008
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,23519668-17044,00.html
Migrants Perish in Truck to Thailand - 11 April 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/11/world/asia/11thai.html?scp=17&sq=Human+Rights+April&st=nyt
U.S. Contributes to Afghan Fair Trial Violations; Former U.S. Detainees Convicted Without Evidence - 10 April 2008
http://www.humanrightsfirst.org/media/usls/2008/alert/443/index.htm
Rudd confronts China on human rights - 10 April 2008
http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/rudd-confronts-china-on-human-rights/2008/04/09/1207420486421.html
Monks interrupt state media trip in protest at Chinese crackdown - 10 April 2008
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/apr/10/olympicgames2008.china1
Election, and Maoists, Could Transform Nepal - 9 April 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/09/world/asia/09nepal.html?scp=7&sq=human+rights&st=nyt
Skip Beijing Olympics, urges Tutu - 9 April 2008
http://news.theage.com.au/skip-beijing-olympics-urges-tutu/20080409-24re.html
Egypt sentences 5 men for homosexuality - 9 April 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/world/AP-Egypt-HIV-Trial.html?scp=12&sq=human+rights&st=nyt
Israel to bar UN rights official - 9 April 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7339152.stm
Senegal changes law to try Habre “Africa’s Pinochet” - 9 April 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7338069.stm
Australian PM Speaks out on Tibet - 9 April 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7337940.stm
Peru court convicts 4 for 1992 massacre - 8 April 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/world/AP-Peru-Death-Squad.html?scp=46&sq=human+rights&st=nyt
UN human rights body begins first-ever examination of all countries’ records - 7 April 2008
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=26234&Cr=rights&Cr1=council
Amnesty International urges Kashmir graves probe - 7 April 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7334965.stm
‘Ex-slave’ takes Niger to court - 7 April 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7334138.stm
Darfur women still face rape risk - 7 April 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7333844.stm
Women face bias worldwide – UN - 5 April 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7331813.stm
Human rights groups pledge to cast a shadow as the torch arrives in London - 5 April 2008
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/apr/05/olympicgames2008.humanrights
Euthanasia: a continent divided - 4 April 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7322520.stm
Concern for jailed China activist - 4 April 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7329839.stm
Beijing court jails dissident on subversion charges - 4 April 2008
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/apr/04/china.humanrights
Somali born prisoners in Guantanamo Bay ‘nowhere to go’ - 3 April 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7328979.stm
Nepal: UN urges respect for human rights as election nears - 3 April 2008
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=26197&Cr=nepal&Cr1=election
New Myanmar constitution keeps military dominant - 2 April 2008
http://news.theage.com.au/new-myanmar-constitution-keeps-military-dominant/20080402-2368.html
Olympics ‘worsening China rights’ - 2 April 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7325754.stm
Arab rights groups condemn Saudi death fatwa on writers - 2 April 2008
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/apr/02/saudiarabia
Watchdog’s threat to 42-day terror law - 31 March 2008
http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2008/mar/31/terrorism.uksecurity
Charges dropped in Haditha case - 28 March 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7319708.stm
Colombia offers Farc hostage deal - 28 March 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7317941.stm
UK admits breaching human rights convention over detainee’s death - 28 March 2008
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/mar/28/humanrights.military
Dutch MP posts Islam film on web - 27 March 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7317506.stm
Asylum seekers tell their stories - 27 March 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7314708.stm
South Korea to condemn North on human rights - 26 March 2008
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/mar/26/korea.humanrights
More Tibetans arrested in Nepal - 25 March 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7312472.stm
Chinese dissident jailed for five years after human rights petition - 25 March 2008
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/mar/25/china.humanrights
Nepal action on Tibet ‘excessive’ - 20 March 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7306111.stm
Authorities in Lhasa parade ‘repentant rioters’ on TV - 20 March 2008
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/mar/20/tibet.china2
Zimbabwe election run-up ‘flawed’ - 19 March 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7304252.stm
Turkish minority sect pushes for rights - 19 March 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7303536.stm
EU attacks Sri Lanka over rights - 18 March 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7303752.stm
Leading Chinese dissident goes on trial - 18 March 2008
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/mar/18/china.humanrights
Kosovar Serbs Clash with the Police - 18 March 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/18/world/europe/18kosovo.html?ref=world
Merkel Says Holocaust Fills Germans ‘With Shame’ - 18 March 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/19/world/middleeast/19merkel.html?ref=world
Bombing Kills 43 in Shiite Holy City in Iraq - 18 March 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/18/world/middleeast/18iraq.html?ref=world
China Tries Rights Advocate; Verdict Expected in Week - 18 March 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/19/world/asia/19china.html?ref=world
Chaos in Iraq sparks surge in EU asylum applications - 18 March 2008
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/mar/18/iraq.immigration
Freedom for Cuban journalists - 18 March 2008
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/mar/18/cuba
UN police officer dies after Kosovo clashes - 18 March 2008
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/mar/18/kosovo.serbia1
Court rejects disfigured Frenchwoman's plea to die - 18 March 2008
http://www.theage.com.au/news/world/court-rejects-disfigured-frenchwomans-plea-to-die/2008/03/18/1205602382507.html
'Ralph Nader' in fight against early pill - 18 March 2008
http://www.theage.com.au/news/world/ralph-nader-in-fight-against-early-pill/2008/03/18/1205602382498.html
Brazil girl held for days in cell - 17 March 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7301543.stm
US Gun control case to be heard by Supreme Court - 17 March 2008
http://www.theage.com.au/news/world/court-challenge-to-washington-gun-ban/2008/03/17/1205602289365.html
China agrees to restart talk with US on human rights - 28 February 2008
http://www.theage.com.au/news/world/china-agrees-to-restart-talks-with-us-on-human-rights/2008/02/27/1203788440025.html
Cultural sensitivity putting rights at risk, warns Cameron - 27 February 2008
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2008/feb/27/immigration.humanrights
Challenge to keep DNA samples - 27 February 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7266130.stm
IOC backs China human rights push - 26 February 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/olympics/7265593.stm
EU attacks Iran’s new penal code - 26 February 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7264810.stm
Amnesty ‘shocked’ at jail for Moroccan royal Facebook joke - 24 February 2008
http://news.theage.com.au/amnesty-shocked-at-jail-for-moroccan-royal-facebook-joke/20080224-1u9d.html
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