01: Africa
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Zimbabwe police bans the running of political rallies and demonstrations in Harare. |
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The President of Guinea declares the state of siege and gives special powers to the armed forces. |
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The UNHCR warns violence in East Chad may become a genocide. |
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Rwanda frees more than 90,000 prisoners arrested in relation to the 1994 genocide. |
02: Americas
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Main leader of Autodefensas Unidas de Colombia states that demobilised paramilitary members are getting organised again and have more than 5,000 combatants in their ranks. |
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UN Security Council extends the MINUSTAH mandate in Haiti for eight months. |
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Peruvian justice completes the report on human rights charges against Fujimori and requests Chile his extradition. |
03: Asia and Pacific
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Civilian organizations warn against a law which may grant immunity for war crimes perpetrated in Afghanistan during the armed conflict. |
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The National Human Rights Commission of Nepal, created during the armed conflict, informs about the failure in the implementation of the human rights provisions specified in the Peace Agreement. |
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Opening of public audiences in the framework of the Commission for Truth and Friendship in Timor Leste. |
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At the end of his visit to the Philippines,UN Independent Expert states that the armed forces are clearly responsible for a significant number of extrajudicial executions. |
04: Europe and Central Asia
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Russian NGOs denounce serious human rights violations in Chechnya under the umbrella of the fight against terrorism. |
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Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch urge Turkmenistan to implement internal reforms which may favour respect for human rights. |
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The Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe decides to close the file for Kurd leader A.Ocalan's trial. |
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European Parliament approves report that denounces CIA abuses in Europe. |
05: Middle East
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UN study reveals that a third of Iraqi people live in poverty and more than 5% in extreme poverty. |
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The Israeli organization Peace Now reports that the Jewish settlements blocks are getting bigger and deeper into the West Bank. |
06: International Organizations
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The signatures period for the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons From Enforced Disappearance has already started. |
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The Third World Congress against the Death Penalty closes with the demand for the universal abolition of this penalty. |
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New UN Subcommittee on the Prevention of Torture meets for the first time. |
