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... safety and security. They also burned an effigy of U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. Last month, the U.N. chief appointed a three-member panel to advise him on whether any human-rights abuses ...
... Marcel Granier said Chavez had changed the law to enable his government to suppress subscription programmers as it had broadcasters. Organization of American States Secretary-General Jose Miguel Insulza ...
... that would prevent the police and the prosecutors from arresting family members without warrants. Mrs. Arroyo has given broad powers to Reynaldo Puno, the Philippine interior secretary, including the ...
... If they would have pulled out of the elections, the Electoral Law (Article 96) states that they would no longer be recognized as an official party. The Secretary of the Board of Directors of UD, Martin ...
... editors and publishers, describes what has happened as more of the same by a very repressive regime. Committee secretary Tim Pankhurst told Radio New Zealand he is saddened by the action. “I’m afraid this ...
... tribunal. • The creation of a verification commission (on which former Chilean president Ricardo Lagos and US secretary of labour Hilda Solis now serve) and a truth commission, ostensibly designed to review ...
... their American ally would be led by a man of African descent. But human destiny is what human beings make of it," Obama said. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton represented the United States at Monday's ...
... 27 European Union countries, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton. Merkel – Germany's first chancellor to be raised in the former communist East – called the ...
... the media-savvy secretary of the Bilin village council. "If they cannot accuse us of terrorism, they cannot stop us. The world will support us." The problem is, he doesn't get much support from other Palestinians. ...
... to a proposed deal by the United Nations' atomic watchdog intended to ease international tension over its controversial nuclear program. The Rassam case has angered the Brits. Foreign secretary David Miliband ...
... when baton wielding riot policemen violently dispersed a gathering which was addressed by ZCTU president Matombo along Harare’s First Street. Those arrested included ZCTU secretary general Wellington Chibhebhe ...
... missteps for some of the failure. Ousted president Manuel Zelaya, who was expelled by the military in June, said in a telephone interview that Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton had assured him ...
... ADC Secretary General Tomaz Salamão was on an unpublicised visit to Harare to set up a meeting between Tsvangirai and Mozambican President Armando Guebuza on 15 October. Tsvangirai then expanded that to ...
14. Coup's Impact on Honduran Women
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... violence in our country that we do not deserve." And U.S. activists have appealed to Secretary of State Clinton as an advocate for women. Women of Steel, an organization within the United Steelworkers, ...
... Court announced on Thursday a preliminary investigation into last month's violence. The violence has drawn widespread condemnation, with United States Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton calling ...
... outstanding issue that is stalling progress for the inclusive government.” ZINASU National President Clever Bere, National Spokesperson Blessing Vava, Secretary for Education and Research Obert Masaraure, ...
... and the intimidation intensified after MDC branches were launched at the FHU’s East London and Alice campuses last month. MDC secretary-general at the Alice campus Vitalis Mubayira said a ...
... to the crisis triggered by the Jun. 28 coup. At the ceremony to start the talks, which will be overseen by foreign ministers and Organisation of American States (OAS) diplomats, the regional body's Secretary ...
... is also permanent secretary of the Information Ministry and played a key role in making the controversial board appointments, was not immediately available for comment on the matter. Meanwhile Tsvangirai ...
... allowed to stay, Mr. López said, because he was a key player in the Honduran crisis mediation in Costa Rica. In Washington, José Miguel Insulza, the O.A.S. secretary general, said the expulsion was “incomprehensible, ...
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Fiddling while Tegucigalpa burns » Of the many lessons to be learned from the Honduran political crisis, perhaps the most important one for would-be deal brokers is that if you get involved, prepare to stay involved.The Organisation of American States, Costa Rican, Brazilian, Chilean and, most recently, US negotiators at even the highest levels have thrown up their hands in dismay at the intransigence on display. The agreement at the end of last month, which was praised by the Obama administration as a landmark in inter-American ...
Thailand: Liberal Thai blocked by MICT! » Freedom Against Censorship Thailand (FACT).We have just discovered free Thai language news site Liberal Thai blocked by a transparent proxy redirecting users to Thailand's ICT ministry.Liberal Thai is a new websites which has been translating news articles in English into Thai making them accessible to Thai readers, particularly those from Political Prisoners in Thailand.The only news article which might be suspect is LT's Thai translation of “Thailand's Political Muddle” from October 28's Asia ...
Coup Catalyzes Honduran Women's Movement » On the morning of June 28, women's organizations throughout Honduras were preparing to promote a yes vote on the national survey to hold a Constitutional Assembly. Then the phone lines started buzzing.In this poor Central American nation, feminists have been organizing for years in defense of women's rights, equality, and against violence. When the democratically elected President Manuel Zelaya was forcibly exiled by the armed forces, women from all over the country spontaneously organized to pr...
Army steps up attacks on civilians: NGOs » HARARE – Zimbabwe army soldiers stepped up attacks on civilians in the month of June as the country’s power-sharing government showed little desire to act to stop rising political violence and human rights abuses, non-governmental organisations (NGOs) said this week. In its latest report on the human rights situation in Zimbabwe, the Zimbabwe Human Right NGO Forum said cases of political violence and rights abuses surged to 125 in June compared to 99 incidents recorded the previous May.
Chinese Protest over Tibet » Yesterday I came across a Chinese demonstration outside the State Library in Swanston Street, Melbourne, calling on Australians to support the Olympics in Beijing. The message was that the Western media has distorted the events surrounding Tibet. After all, the banners told us, Tibet was, is and always will be part of China.
Coup leaves Honduras deeply polarised - 01 Jul 09 » Violent clashes throughout the week have left dozens of civilians injured in Honduras. Protests broke after President Manuel Zelaya was ousted by the army. On Sunday 28 June, Mr Zelaya was woken in his pyjamas at gunpoint, put on a plane and sent into exile to Costa Rica.
Differing media challenges to President Mikheil Saakashvili » Two interesting media stories – one is the next installment of the case recounted here, about the allegations by a regional Georgian newspaper that one of its journalists had been blackmailed by officials from the Georgian special services and the subsequent launch of an internal investigation by the Interior Ministry. Now President Saakashvili has received a letter from the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers and the World Editors Forum urging him to ensure thorough investigatio...
Honduran Government Wages Campaign of Fear and Intimidation, Human Rights Group Alleges » The report, by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), found instances of sexual violence, excessive use of military force, arbitrary detention and several confirmed deaths and so-called "disappearances." The IACHR also alleged that the government has threatened, detained and beaten members of the media, creating "an atmosphere of intimidation that inhibits the free exercise of freedom of expression." "Given the ongoing abuses documented by the Commission and the lack of effective...
Police fire on S African protests » South African police have fired tear gas and rubber bullets at demonstrators protesting against poor living conditions during a rally in the country's northeast.Riot police opened fire on Tuesday to disperse protesters who had torched a municipal office in the eastern town of Belfast, the Associated Press news agency said, quoting Captain Leonard Hlathi, a police spokesman.Two police officers were injured by stone-throwing demonstrators, the spokesman said.
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