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11 April 2008
A prominent trade unionist in Iran has been released from detention after serving a one-year prison sentence.
10 April 2008
Opposition parties in Zimbabwe have complained of violence against people perceived to be their supporters.
09 April 2008
The UK government's policy of "deportation with assurances" was called
into question on Wednesday by decisions of the Court of Appeal of
England and Wales
07 April 2008
All UN member states are facing a rigorous examination of their human rights records.
03 April 2008
The situation in Zimbabwe has remained calm with all political parties exercising restraint since the national elections, but it is a country "on the edge".
31 March 2008
Three people in Myanmar were sentenced to prison for giving water to monks on the street.
31 March 2008
Two human rights activists have been released from prison in Ethiopia having been detained since November 2005.
31 March 2008
Mobile homes for an illegal Israeli settlement in the Occupied
Palestinian Territories got the go-ahead within a week of Israeli
bulldozers demolishing Palestinian h
31 March 2008
Fighting between government forces and the Mahdi Army in Basra is
reported to have ended after Moqtada al-Sadr ordered his followers to stop fighting Iraqi security f
28 March 2008
Two men believed to be from Côte d'Ivoire were shot dead by Egyptian
security forces while trying to cross into Israel on Thursday.
28 March 2008
Amnesty International delivered over 10,000 petitions to Kenyan leaders President Mwai Kibaki and Raila Odinga on Thursday.
28 March 2008
Sixteen years after the end of El Salvador's civil war, the whereabouts
of hundreds of children who disappeared during the conflict remain
unknown.
28 March 2008
The US military launched air strikes in Basra on Friday for the first
time since the Iraqi authorities began their crackdown on the Mahdi
Army, followers of the Shi&
27 March 2008
The editor of an Egyptian daily newspaper was been sentenced to six
months in prison on
Wednesday for writing about the health of the President.
26 March 2008
At least 12 people are reported to have been killed in fighting between Iraqi government forces and armed militia in Basra.
26 March 2008
Discussion of the situation in Tibet was stifled at the UN Human Rights Council meeting in Geneva on Tuesday.
26 March 2008
Opposition groups in Zimbabwe are suffering harassment, intimidation
and discrimination in the run-up to national elections on 29 March.
24 March 2008
Over 400 people were arrested in Nepal on Monday as the authorities clamped down on peaceful demonstrations against Chinese human rights abuses in Tibet.
21 March 2008
Human rights activist Eren Keskin has been sentenced to six months and 20 days in prison after being convicted of “denigrating the Turkish army”.
