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27.02.2008 It’s been more than a year now since the State of Emergency was imposed in Bangladesh. More than 250,000 people have faced arrests during this period. The Asian Legal Resource Centre has documented numerous cases of arbitrary arrests, often carried out at a scale that is difficult to fathom in many other countries.
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Related topics/regions: [South Asia] [Human rights] [Civil rights] [Democracy] [Justice and crime]
27.02.2008 Euroopan Maan ystävät julkaisee tänään keskiviikkona Euroopan-laajuisen ilmastokampanjan, jonka mukaan hallitusten ja EU:n pitäisi sitoutua vuosittaisiin päästövähennyksiin. Kampanjaa vetää Radiohead-yhtyeen Thom Yorke.
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From: Maan ystävät
Related topics/regions: [Europe] [Climate change]
25.02.2008 Alain-Gérard Slama
Edizioni Spirali, 2006, pp. 327, €25

Il volume, insignito del Grand Prix dell’Accademie de France, affronta i temi oggi centrali della rappresentanza parlamentare e sindacale, del dialogo sociale, del ruolo della società civile, del federalismo, del multiculturalismo, dei conflitti di memoria, delle discriminazioni positive, della laicità, dell'esclusione e della penalizzazione dei rapporti sociali. "L'Italia e la Francia sono senz'altro i paesi che, per ragioni differenti, risultano più fortemente implicati in tali questioni: l'Italia perché l'unità dello Stato risale a tempi non lontani, la Francia perché deve la sua unità allo Stato e perché non esisteva prima dello Stato in quanto nazione" - scrive l'autore.
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Related topics/regions: [Civil rights] [Civil society] [Democracy] [Law]
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22.02.2008 Tansanian pääministeriksi nimitetty Mizengo Peter Pinda on politiikassa vielä melko tuntematon hahmo, vaikka hän onkin pitkän linjan byrokraatti ja lakimies. Pindalla on tiiviit yhteydet maan poliittiseen eliittiin, ja häntä pidetään luotettavana johtajana.
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From: global.finland
Related topics/regions: [Tanzania]
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Climate change is going to affect the price and availability of food for many people worldwide.
21.02.2008 Concerned Americans are adding their voices to a new campaign urging presidential candidates to not only address climate change, but to provide specifics -- including how they plan to help developing nations cope with human-caused climate change.
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From: Friends of the Earth International, Oxfam America, Jubilee USA Network, ActionAid International USA
Related topics/regions: [United States] [Climate change] [Activism]
Image: Climate change is going to affect the price and availability of food for many people worldwide. © Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
21.02.2008 Six years after the genocidal violence against Muslims in Gujarat in western India, victim survivors want to set up a ‘Gulberg Museum of resistance’ that will preserve memories, documents and films on the state-sponsored carnage. On February 28, 2002, the Gulberg Society in the heart of Ahmedabad city witnessed the massacre of 70 persons.
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Related topics/regions: [India] [South Asia] [Human rights] [Justice and crime]
21.02.2008 Latinalaisen Amerikan maiden johtohenkilöt korostavat Kuuban johdosta väistyvän Fidel Castron elämäntyön historiallista merkitystä ja Kuuban kansalaisten oikeutta päättää maansa tulevasta suunnasta itse. Fidel Castro, 81, ilmoitti tiistaina luopuvansa Kuuban presidentin virasta.
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From: UnMundo América Latina
Related topics/regions: [Latin America & Caribbean] [Democracy]
Supporters of Nawaz Sharif / Photo credit: Liu Jin / AFP
20.02.2008 Election results in Pakistan may have thrown up a hung parliament but the verdict is unequivocal, when it comes to expressing the will of the people in ousting President Musharraf. It remains to be seen how far the democratic process from here goes.
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Related topics/regions: [South Asia] [Democracy]
Image: Supporters of Nawaz Sharif / Photo credit: Liu Jin / AFP
Il premier kosovaro Thaci presenta la nuova bandiera del Kosovo - da OsB
19.02.2008 "In mancanza d'opzioni migliori e senza aver trovato una soluzione originale alla lancinante questione dello statuto del Kosovo la comunità internazionale si è decisa a sostenere la nascita di un nuovo Stato" - scrive Christophe Solioz in questo commento per l'Osservatorio sui Balcani che dedica uno speciale dossier al Kosovo. "Dietro ai discorsi degli internazionali presenti in Kosovo, ripresi in parte con servilismo dalla nuova classe politica kosovara, vi è un Kosovo che non è multietnico non essendolo mai stato, ma piuttosto profondamente diviso. In effetti, come prima del 1999, la società kosovara rimane strutturata attorno alla divisione tra serbi e albanesi ed è caratterizzata dall'apartheid. E questo significa il fallimento della comunità internazionale. Mitrovica ne è il simbolo: i serbi vivono in Kosovo in ghetti e le altre comunità minoritarie non-albanesi non sono più privilegiate".
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Related topics/regions: [Civil rights] [Democracy] [Conflict] [United Nations]
Image: Il premier kosovaro Thaci presenta la nuova bandiera del Kosovo - da OsB
At a November protest against Pakistan's emergency rule.
18.02.2008 DENVER, Feb 18 (OneWorld) - Whatever today's election tallies show, the period of instability and government restrictions leading up to the vote in Pakistan ensure that the results will not reflect the will of the country's people, said human rights groups in the United States and Asia this weekend.
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From: OneWorld US
Related topics/regions: [Pakistan] [Media] [Democracy] [Governance] [Law]
Image: At a November protest against Pakistan's emergency rule. © rchughtai (flickr)
A voter casting his vote / Photo credit: Reuters
18.02.2008 Even three hours after polls opened, voter turnout in Pakistan was not very encouraging. Although, President Pervez Musharraf has urged people to come out of the confrontationist approach and get into a conciliatory mood, many refrained from venturing out for fear of attacks.
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Related topics/regions: [South Asia] [Democracy] [Terrorism]
Image: A voter casting his vote / Photo credit: Reuters
Pakistanin presidentti Pervez Musharraf
14.02.2008 Armeijalla on tärkeä rooli yhteiskunnallisessa elämässä kautta eteläisen Aasian, mutta kansainvälinen suhtautuminen sotilaiden toimintaan vaihtelee. Pakistanissa länsi on siunannut Pervez Musharrafin sotilasdiktaattorin vallan, kirjoittaa Amnesty Internationalin pääsihteeri Irene Khan.
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From: Suomen IPS
Related topics/regions: [Pakistan]
Image: Pakistanin presidentti Pervez Musharraf
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14.02.2008 Humanitaarisella avulla paitsi lievitetään akuuttia hätää, myös edistetään kehitystä ja vakautetaan oloja sekä voitetaan ihmisten sydämet ja mielet, todettiin eduskunnan seminaarissa. Lue myös Ulkoministeriön artikkeli tilaisuudesta.
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From: Kehitysyhteistyön palvelukeskus
Related topics/regions: [Aid]
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12.02.2008 Hän on Leedsin yliopistosta valmistunut kemisti, Zimbabwen entinen valtiovarainministeri ja nyt myös yksinvaltaisen presidentti Robert Mugaben haastaja. Hän on Simba Makoni, ja hän ottaa elämänsä riskin ärhennellessään Zimbabwen leijonakuninkaalle, kirjoittaa professori Stephen Chang.
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From: OneWorld UK
Related topics/regions: [Zimbabwe]
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11.02.2008 NAIROBI, Feb 11 (IPS) - Negotiations to bring an end to the political chaos in Kenya that was sparked by disputed presidential elections entered their third week Monday in the capital of Nairobi, amidst reports that an agreement may finally be in sight.
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From: Inter Press Service (IPS)
Related topics/regions: [Kenya] [Democracy] [Governance]
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08.02.2008 Kansanedustajalta tullaan pyytämään apua moniin pulmiin. Heltiäisikö rahaa lasten koulumaksuihin? Milloin saadaan uusi silta sateen mukana huuhtoutuneen tilalle? Voisiko kansanedustaja kenties lainata autonsa?
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From: Kehitysyhteistyön palvelukeskus
Related topics/regions: [Malawi] [Governance]
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06.02.2008 Nepal’s recent decision to resettle refugees from Bhutan in third countries is good news for over 107,000 people who have lived in camps for the last 17 years. The first groups of refugees are expected to begin departing next month.

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Related topics/regions: [South Asia] [Bhutan] [Nepal] [Migration] [Refugees] [Social exclusion]
Forze ribelli a N’Djamena - da Nigrizia
05.02.2008 Sarebbero oltre 40mila i profughi in fuga dal Ciad verso il Camerun dopo gli intensi combattimenti avvenuti nel fine settimana nella capitale N’Djamena: lo riporta all'agenzia Misna il portavoce della Croce Rossa del Camerun. L'Unhcr ha inviato mezzi di soccorso nella città camerunense di Kousseri, dove continua il flusso di persone terrorizzate. Medici Senza Frontiere (MSF) sta assistendo feriti a N’Djamena dove gli ospedali riportano "centinaia di feriti". Il Consiglio di Sicurezza dell'Onu ha chiesto "l'immediata sospensione delle violenze" e sostiene l'iniziativa dell'Unione Africana per trovare una soluzione alla crisi: i ribelli ciadiani hanno chiesto le dimissioni del presidente Deby e accusano la Francia di "aver aperto il fuoco causando vittime civili". Amnesty International chiede al governo ciadiano l'immediato rilascio di quattro leader dell’opposizione arrestati dallo scorso weekend.
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Related topics/regions: [Emergency relief] [Refugees] [Human rights] [Conflict] [United Nations]
Image: Forze ribelli a N’Djamena - da Nigrizia
Protesting torture outside the White House
05.02.2008 SAN FRANCISCO, Feb 4 (OneWorld) - Tuesday's election contests across the United States will offer voters some clear choices on controversial issues like water boarding, secret trials of terrorism suspects, and the future of the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, say analysts.
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From: OneWorld US
Related topics/regions: [United States] [Human rights] [Governance] [Justice and crime] [Law] [Arms & military] [Security] [Terrorism]
Image: Protesting torture outside the White House © CODEPINK: Women for Peace
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04.02.2008 Pakistania ja monia muita muslimimaita kiristävien jännitteiden laukaiseminen vaatii länsimailta asennemuutosta islamilaista maailmaa kohtaan, sanoo Suomessa vieraillut Pohjois-Pakistanin protestanttisen kirkon piispa Munawar Rumalshah.
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From: global.finland
Related topics/regions: [Pakistan] [Religion]
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