01: Africa
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According to the BBC, nearly 20,000 South Africans have been displaced by mining giant Anglo American in its search for platinum. |
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The United Nations, the Liberian Government and civil society groups join efforts to reduce the appalling increase in the number of cases of sexual violence to women and young girls. |
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The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights states that although the wave of violence that hit Kenya some months ago was related to the presidential elections, there are other underlying causes such as poverty, discrimination and impunity. |
02: Americas
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UN Special Rapporteur on torture, informs that he has been denied access to the American prisons in Iraq when he travels to this country at the end of the year. |
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UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, declares that the bill Guatemala may pass on commutation of the death penalty, is a cover up to restore capital punishment. |
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UNICEF informs that Bolivia’s infant mortality has reduced but says it is still the third country with the highest death rate of under 5 years old in Latin America. |
03: Asia and Pacific
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The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights says that the Afghan Government should try harder to have those responsible for human rights violations appear before a court. |
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More than 400 people are arrested in Nepal as a result of the repressive measures adopted by the authorities against pacific demonstrations against human rights abuses perpetrated by China in Tibet. |
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HRW urges the governments of Nepal, China and India to free the Tibetans arrested and to allow them to demonstrate peacefully. |
04: Europe and Central Asia
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The former general attorney of the International Court for Former Yugoslavia affirms in a book that the UNMIK obstructed the investigation on a former leader of the Albanian armed group lUCK, accused of crimes against the Serb, Roma and Albanian population in Kosovo. |
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HRW states that the Armenian Government must lift all restrictions imposed on freedom of assembly and stop the arrest of opposition members who take part in pacific demonstrations. |
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The Council of Europe Committee against Torture urges Turkey to put an end to the Isolation regime imposed on PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan, who is the only prisoner confined to Imrali island since his detention and sentence in 1999.
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05: Middle East
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Amnesty international reports that five years after the American invasion of Iraq, the country remains in absolute chaos. |
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The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights says she is alarmed by the wave of violence in Gaza and Israel and requests the Israeli armed forces an investigation into the dozens of civilian deaths, children included. |
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Amnesty International reports that the Iranian authorities are still harassing activists who defend women’s rights. |
06: International Organizations
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The UN Human Rights Council condemns Israel attack in Gaza Strip. |
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The UN Human Rights Council approves a resolution which urges all State members not to resort to racial attitudes or attitudes against any religious or ethnical groups while implementing antiterrorist laws. |
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The UN states that two centuries after the official abolition of slavery, hundreds of thousands of human beings are still treated as goods. |
