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... and police brutality that is widely considered to be systemic in Egypt’s police and security forces. “It’s clear to everyone that there is something wrong in this report,” says Moataz El Fegiery, executive ...
Venezuela is one of the world's most corrupt countries and the worst in Latin America after being ranked 162nd. By contrast, Chile and Uruguay are considered role models, since both are ranked 25th, followed ...
... pro-government rallies, not belonging to official party organisations, and being unemployed are all considered signs of 'antisocial' behaviour, and may lead to 'official warnings' and even incarceration ...
4. The Movement Awakened
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... reported by a student website, last week in Tehran 17 student members of the Central Council of the Office for the Consolidation of Unity, which is considered the biggest student organization of Iran, ...
... was arrested in the post-election unrest. The reports of Rassam’s sentence and the refusal of Tajbakhsh’s appeal surfaced as Britain, the U.S. and other major powers considered Iran’s reply ...
... said that it will support the outcome of the November 29 elections, if conducted under the de facto government these elections cannot be considered free or fair. We are concerned that an apathetic response ...
... already in detention would be considered treason. "Nobody gives a flower to his murderer," he said. Iranian authorities executed a fierce crackdown on the hundreds of thousands of protesters who poured ...
... in Washington. He sees the de-funding as a gesture to establish Washington's good will in the talks -- and a rather small gesture at that. "It's a relatively minor concession, all things considered," ...
... elected president. A government decree published in the official Gazette Saturday gave authorities the right to "revoke and cancel" licenses of radio and television stations considered to be a threat to ...
10. Iran closes leading newspapers
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Iran has shut down three daily newspapers critical of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the president, according to reports by state-run news agencies. While no reason was given, the newspapers had been considered ...
... political situation in Honduras. They accused the de facto government of creating a political climate of persecution, violent dislodges and killings in the country. Zelaya's followers considered impossible ...
... and students considered troublesome began in the first term of Ahmadinejad's presidency. He says shutting down classes will not end the opposition's so-called green movement and expects dissent within ...
... 11 of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR), as it is interpreted in General Comment No 7 of 1997, for forced evictions or relocations to be considered as lawful, ...
14. Democracy in Ethiopia
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... CSOs, assisted by international donors, to operate and help victims to survive the situation. However these groups were considered to impose high Western values, which was the reason for them to be under ...
... founded says that one U.S. Congressman believes neither detainee will receive a fair trial when their case is considered starting from 4 September. US Congressman James Moran of Virginia, a member of the ...
... complicating Khamenei's efforts to end the turmoil. Montazeri has called for curtailing the powers of Khamenei, who has the final say on all state matters and is considered by hard-liners to be answerable ...
... considered the conservatives' strong candidate in 2005 presidential elections, but fell flat as Ahmadinejad won over poor Iranians with promises of government aid and spoils from the nation's oil wealth. ...
...  "If Speaker Larijani's denial is to have credibility, we need to know the details of the parliamentary investigation to which he refers, including who carried it out and whether it could be considered ...
... different scenarios in which a provocateur or other participant might turn violent during our planned blockades at the construction site, just days away. Once they considered it their job to keep the peace, ...
... the Apartheid Wall whereas Mr. Qais Abdulkarim, “Abu Leila” a member of the Legislative Council considered the construction of the Wall a violation to all the international conventions and called upon ...
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Deaths in Ivory Coast demonstration » Police in Ivory Coast have fired on hundreds of demonstrators at an anti-government rally, killing three people and wounding a dozen others in the latest protest since the president dissolved the government last week.Moussa Dembele of the opposition RDR party said the protest took place in Gagnoa, about 200km northwest of Abidjan, the country's economic capital.Demonstrations spread to at least eight cities on Friday over a decision by Laurent Gbagbo, the country's president, to dissolve the gov...
Guinea 'facing new dictatorship' » Guinea is in danger of slipping into dictatorship, the leader of West Africa's economic group, Ecowas, says. Mohamed Ibn Chambas said the junta, who seized power late last year, was repressing the people with "arbitrary and irresponsible" use of state power. Ecowas ministers are meeting in Nigeria to try to resolve the crisis in Guinea, sparked when soldiers opened fire on an opposition rally two weeks ago. Guineans are holding a two-day strike to remember dozens who were killed. Activists say 1...
In Honduras, curfew eased so residents can buy essentials » Reporting from Mexico City and Tegucigalpa, Honduras -- For a few hours Wednesday, Honduras' political drama gave way to more important matters -- like buying groceries and filling gas tanks.Streets in the capital, Tegucigalpa, were clogged with frantic shoppers after the country's interim rulers briefly lifted a nationwide curfew to let residents restock shelves. Meanwhile, the deposed president, Manuel Zelaya, remained hunkered in a foreign embassy.It was the first chance for residents to get ...
Authorities surround monastery; issue 48 hour ultimatum for organizers to "surrender" after latest p » Around 100 monks staged a candle-lit vigil and protest outside the government headquarters in Mangra (Chinese: Guinan) county, Tsolho (Chinese: Hainan) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, in Qinghai on Wednesday, the first day of Tibetan New Year (Losar), according to reports and images received by the Tibetan language service of Radio Free Asia. The images, which can be viewed on ICT's website at: URL) depict monks from Lutsang monastery holding candles in memory of Tibetans killed in the ongoing cr...
Iran police clash with protesters over daily's closure » Iranian police used batons to disperse dozens of opposition supporters chanting "death to the dictator" in central Tehran Monday to protest against the closure of a reformist newspaper, a witness said.The latest street unrest after Iran's disputed June 12 presidential vote took place near the offices of the Etemad-e Melli, the daily of leading pro-reform cleric Mehdi Karoubi.Karoubi angered many hardliners last week by saying some post-election protesters had been raped in jail. His party said M...
Burma: Hundreds may be dead, as junta tries to keep brutality unseen » Burma's military leaders locked down monasteries, arrested dissidents and set up barricades across Rangoon yesterday in an attempt to suffocate the waves of street demonstrations calling for an end to their rule.They also tried to cut off ordinary people's communication with the outside world, heightening fears that the crackdown that appears to have knocked the wind from the demonstrations could become more violent.Yet, despite the regime's best efforts, a day after security forces killed at le...
Honduras de facto leader lifts ban on media, protests » TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - The de facto Honduran government relaxed curbs on protests and opposition media on Monday as crisis talks dragged into a third week with no deal on toppled President Manuel Zelaya's return to power.Zelaya, forced out of the country by soldiers in a June 28 coup, slipped back into Honduras last month and took refuge in the Brazilian embassy. De facto leader Roberto Micheletti responded by deploying soldiers around the embassy, imposing restrictions on press freedoms and ba...
Tibet Foundation Day 2006 » Tibet Foundation Day 2006 Helping educate Tibetans in Tibet and India "gives hope".The UK based charity Tibet Foundation recently celebrated its annual day at the SOAS's Brunei Gallery Lecture Theatre, University of London. Mrs Rinchen Khando Choegyal, a former minister for the Dalai Lama's Exiled Tibetan Government (Central Tibetan Administration) was the guest speaker on the occasion and spoke on Education and Healthcare: Tibetan Refugee Communities in India & Nepal, highlighting the imp...
China Web Sites Seeking Users’ Names » News Web sites in China, complying with secret government orders, are requiring that new users log on under their true identities to post comments, a shift in policy that the country’s Internet users and media have fiercely opposed in the past.China has gone to new lengths to control activity by its huge population of Internet users, like these in Beijing on Saturday. Until recently, users could weigh in on news items on many of the affected sites more anonymously, often without registering at a...
Azerbaijan: Baku confronts mass media paradox » Azerbaijan’s government earlier in 2009 took action to restrain the reach of foreign broadcasters, in particular radio outlets like the British Broadcasting Corp. and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. Now, a key member of President Ilham Aliyev’s administration is calling on state-run outlets to improve the quality of their broadcasts. However, as they contemplate ways to attract eyeballs back to state broadcasts, Azerbaijani officials are facing a paradox: authoritarian political environments te...