http://www.oneworld.net/article/archive/101 en_GB http://us.oneworld.net/article/view/160491/1/101 NEW YORK, May 9 (OneWorld) - A human rights watchdog has launched a unique nationwide campaign to pressure the Bush administration to close the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay. http://fi.oneworld.net/article/view/160457/1/101 EU-maiden yhteistyö Yhdysvaltain salaisen kidnappaus- ja kidutus -ohjelman kanssa on vahingoittanut unionin pyrkimyksiä edistää ihmisoikeuksia maailmassa. http://southasia.oneworld.net/article/view/160302/1/101 Sri Lankan government’s decision to ease restrictions on fishing in Eastern Province, a territory hitherto controlled by LTTE rebels, will give much needed fillip to the industry – a major source of revenue for the country’s exchequer and livelihood for people. It will also help people recover from 2004 tsunami disaster. http://southasia.oneworld.net/article/view/159853/1/101 There has been a sharp rise in attacks on NGOs by Taliban rebels and criminals in Afghanistan from January to March this year, says a report. This dangerous situation is forcing international aid organisations to recruit locals to change their profile and refrain from visibility. http://fi.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/83322 Yhdysvaltain ja Sudanin tiedustelupalvelut toimivat yhdessä niin sanotussa terrorisminvastaisen sodassa, ja tämä vaikeuttaa kansainvälisen yhteisön työtä Darfurin kriisin selvittämiseksi. Näin kirjoittaa Africa Action -järjestö tuoreessa raportissaan (pdf, engl.). http://us.oneworld.net/article/view/159317/1/101 Today's move by the UK Government to bring in new counter-terrorism legislation is condemned by a group of 27 civil society organisations as "sinister", "an attack on free speech" and "a violation of the most fundamental principles of justice". From Campaign Against Criminalising Communities + Consensus against 42 days pre-trial detention grows http://southasia.oneworld.net/article/view/159204/1/101 At least 40 civilians have fallen prey to aerial bombings by US-led forces in Afghanistan in last two weeks alone. Aid agencies say more than 12,000 people have been killed since 2001. Anger among the people against NATO forces is mounting and they have begun to equate them with the Russians. http://southasia.oneworld.net/article/view/158885/1/101 Not poverty but Taliban insurgency is the main reason for driving drug production in Afghanistan, says a UN report. The country produces 93% of the world’s opium, which is also the biggest source of income for the Talibans. http://southasia.oneworld.net/article/view/158799/1/101 The Borderless World Foundation, a Pune-based NGO, has a mission to provide shelter for young girls orphaned by violence in the north Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir. In these baseras or homes, they find much-needed affection and care, which they have been bereft of. http://fi.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/82874 Terrorismin vastainen sota on alkanut vaikuttaa kehitysyhteistyötä tekevien järjestöjen toimintaan: yhä useampi järjestö on siirtynyt esimerkiksi ihmisoikeuksien puolustamisesta koulutus- ja terveyspalvelujen tuottamiseen, ja entistä suurempi osa rahoituksesta kulkeutuu terrorisminvastaisen sodan etulinjan valtioihin, kuten Irakiin, Afganistaniin ja Pakistaniin. http://unimondo.oneworld.net/article/view/158498/1/101 La Corte europea dei diritti dell’uomo ha bloccato l’espulsione di Nassin Saady, il tunisino che l’Italia aveva deciso di espellere perché sospettato di attività terroristica. Per la Corte, sono concreti i rischi di tortura e di trattamenti inumani che lo straniero potrebbe subire nel suo Paese. Amnesty International ha espresso apprezzamento per la storica sentenza emessa dalla Corte europea con la quale viene riaffermata la natura assoluta del divieto di tortura e altri trattamenti e pene inu http://us.oneworld.net/article/view/158448/1/101 NEW YORK, Mar 3 (OneWorld) - A leading international aid organization has released a new study concluding that efforts to bring peace and security to Afghanistan are more likely to succeed if they build on the work of traditional councils and focus on the threats Afghans face in their everyday lives. http://southasia.oneworld.net/article/view/158363/1/101 International non-governmental organisations in Pakistan have come under considerable pressure after an attack on a UK-based Plan International office in Mansehra near Islamabad, in which four people had died. In recent years, threats have been directed against NGOs and their staff, particularly women. http://unimondo.oneworld.net/article/view/158164/1/101 Ieri il Segretario agli Esteri britannico, David Millband, ha espresso scuse per non aver informato su due voli delle "extraordinary rendition" che nel 2002 fecero scalo nell'isola britannica di Diego Garcia. "Scuse, trasparenza e maggiori informazioni sarebbero un atto dovuto anche da parte dell’Italia" - sottolinea la Sezione italiana di Amnesty. Due casi chiamano in causa, in modo diverso, il nostro paese: quelli di Abu Omar e Maher Arar. Oggi Amnesty e Eagle Pictures hanno presentato alla s http://www.oneworld.net/article/view/158063/1/101 NEW YORK, Feb 19 (IPS) - As the United States moves towards holding death-sentence trials for six Guantanamo Bay detainees alleged to have plotted the Sep. 11 attacks, legal scholars and human rights advocates are questioning not only the six-year-long process and timing of the charges, but also whether the accused could ever receive fair trials.