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World Human Rights News

Welcome to the Castan Centre's global human rights news. The Centre monitors the internet to bring you the most important human rights stories from around the world. Please note, some sites may require free registration and links may be temporary.

From Darfur with Love - 24 April 2008
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/apr/24/sudan.humanrights

Ethiopian troops ‘took children’ during raid on a mosque - 23 April 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7363732.stm

Cracking the ‘Great Firewall’ of China’s web censorship - 23 April 2008
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/techpolicy/2008-04-22-InternetBandits_N.htm

Follow the money: Olympic movement turns its sights on sponsors - 23 April 2008
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/apr/23/olympicgames2008.china

Jailed rights activist wins award - 22 April 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7361046.stm

China may recall Zimbabwe weapons - 22 April 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7360438.stm

Zimbabwe opposition turns to UN to intervene in election crisis - 22 April 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7359854.stm

Africa urged to boycott arms shipment - 22 April 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7360002.stm

Amnesty ad condemns waterboarding - 22 April 2008
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/apr/22/advertising.humanrights

Mexico draws dire picture for migrants - 21 April 2008
http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2008-04-21-mexico-comics_N.htm

French capital honours Dalai Lama - 21 April 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7358695.stm

Carter: Hamas will accept Israel - 21 April 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7358188.stm

When Muslims become Christians - 21 April 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/7355515.stm

Saudi women treated like children, says human rights group - 21 April 2008
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/apr/21/saudiarabia.gender

Torture victim’s records lost at Guantánamo Bay, admits camp general - 21 April 2008
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/apr/21/guantanamo.humanrights

Zimbabwe opposition calls for intervention - 20 April 2008
http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2008-04-20-zimbabwe-election_N.htm

London restaurants in migrant protests about immigration law changes - 20 April 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7356990.stm

Pope addresses U.N., doesn’t mention Iraq war - 18 April 2008
http://www.usatoday.com/news/religion/2008-04-18-pope-nyc_N.htm

Zimbabwe arms ship quits South Africa - 19 April 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7354428.stm

Minority distorting human rights, says Pope - 19 April 2008
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/apr/19/humanrights.catholicism

Mugabe attacks opposition and UK - 18 April 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7353929.stm

Angola tells UN to close office - 18 April 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7354611.stm

Police told to protect Iranian rights lawyer - 17 April 2008
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/apr/17/iran.humanrights

Burmese junta holds opposition leader’s aide and 20 activists - 16 April 2008
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/apr/16/burma.humanrights

China will execute 374 people during the Olympics, Amnesty estimates - 15 April 2008
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/apr/15/humanrights.olympicgames2008

Executions resume in US after Supreme Court lethal injection ruling; Judges say method not unconstitutional, Moratorium in place since last September ends - 17 April 2008
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/apr/17/usa

“Zimbabwe arrests 36 people for ineffectual opposition strike” - 16 April 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/world/AP-Zimbabwe-Elections.html?scp=1&sq=human+rights+april+&st=nyt

UN: No substantial evidence of organ harvesting in Albania - 16 April 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/world/AP-Kosovo-Organ-Trafficking.html?scp=3&sq=Human+Rights+April&st=nyt

Hurdle for gay reforms - 16 April 2008
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,23547137-5013871,00.html

Tense waiting games in Zimbabwe - 16 April 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7350926.stm

Yemeni child bride gets divorce - 16 April 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7351336.stm

“Violence against Pakistani women” - 15 April 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7349167.stm

Fears over advert system privacy
Online advert system Phorm could make the net less secure and breaches human rights, the service's creators have been told. - 15 April 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7349715.stm

China 'gold medal' for executions
The Chinese authorities put to death at least 470 people last year, but probably killed many more, human rights group Amnesty International has said. - 15 April 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7346938.stm

Kenyans killed in sect protests - 14 April 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7345960.stm

July 2001: 'If China wins the Olympics, it will make progress on the promotion of human rights'.
April 2008: The terror goes on...
They promised progress but, as Edward Cody in Shanghai reports, human rights activists face brutal persecution - 13 April 2008
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/apr/13/olympicgames2008.china

Human rights group to argue for charter - 12 April 2008
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,23525282-5013871,00.html

Olympic Official Calls Protests a ‘Crisis’;
China faces rare criticism of its human rights record from the head of the International Olympic Committee - 11 April 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/11/world/asia/11china.html?scp=14&sq=Human+Rights+April&st=nyt

Australian PM pushes trade ahead of human rights - 11 April 2008
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,23520988-601,00.html

Victorian Charter lifts human rights arguments - 11 April 2008
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,23519668-17044,00.html

Migrants Perish in Truck to Thailand - 11 April 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/11/world/asia/11thai.html?scp=17&sq=Human+Rights+April&st=nyt

U.S. Contributes to Afghan Fair Trial Violations; Former U.S. Detainees Convicted Without Evidence - 10 April 2008
http://www.humanrightsfirst.org/media/usls/2008/alert/443/index.htm

Rudd confronts China on human rights - 10 April 2008
http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/rudd-confronts-china-on-human-rights/2008/04/09/1207420486421.html

Monks interrupt state media trip in protest at Chinese crackdown - 10 April 2008
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/apr/10/olympicgames2008.china1

Election, and Maoists, Could Transform Nepal - 9 April 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/09/world/asia/09nepal.html?scp=7&sq=human+rights&st=nyt

Skip Beijing Olympics, urges Tutu - 9 April 2008
http://news.theage.com.au/skip-beijing-olympics-urges-tutu/20080409-24re.html

Egypt sentences 5 men for homosexuality - 9 April 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/world/AP-Egypt-HIV-Trial.html?scp=12&sq=human+rights&st=nyt

Israel to bar UN rights official - 9 April 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7339152.stm

Senegal changes law to try Habre “Africa’s Pinochet” - 9 April 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7338069.stm

Australian PM Speaks out on Tibet - 9 April 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7337940.stm

Peru court convicts 4 for 1992 massacre - 8 April 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/world/AP-Peru-Death-Squad.html?scp=46&sq=human+rights&st=nyt

UN human rights body begins first-ever examination of all countries’ records - 7 April 2008
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=26234&Cr=rights&Cr1=council

Amnesty International urges Kashmir graves probe - 7 April 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7334965.stm

‘Ex-slave’ takes Niger to court - 7 April 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7334138.stm

Darfur women still face rape risk - 7 April 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7333844.stm

Women face bias worldwide – UN - 5 April 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7331813.stm

Human rights groups pledge to cast a shadow as the torch arrives in London - 5 April 2008
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/apr/05/olympicgames2008.humanrights

Euthanasia: a continent divided - 4 April 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7322520.stm

Concern for jailed China activist - 4 April 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7329839.stm

Beijing court jails dissident on subversion charges - 4 April 2008
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/apr/04/china.humanrights

Somali born prisoners in Guantanamo Bay ‘nowhere to go’ - 3 April 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7328979.stm

Nepal: UN urges respect for human rights as election nears - 3 April 2008
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=26197&Cr=nepal&Cr1=election

New Myanmar constitution keeps military dominant - 2 April 2008
http://news.theage.com.au/new-myanmar-constitution-keeps-military-dominant/20080402-2368.html

Olympics ‘worsening China rights’ - 2 April 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7325754.stm

Arab rights groups condemn Saudi death fatwa on writers - 2 April 2008
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/apr/02/saudiarabia

Watchdog’s threat to 42-day terror law - 31 March 2008
http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2008/mar/31/terrorism.uksecurity

Charges dropped in Haditha case - 28 March 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7319708.stm

Colombia offers Farc hostage deal - 28 March 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7317941.stm

UK admits breaching human rights convention over detainee’s death - 28 March 2008
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/mar/28/humanrights.military

Dutch MP posts Islam film on web - 27 March 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7317506.stm

Asylum seekers tell their stories - 27 March 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7314708.stm

South Korea to condemn North on human rights - 26 March 2008
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/mar/26/korea.humanrights

More Tibetans arrested in Nepal - 25 March 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7312472.stm

Chinese dissident jailed for five years after human rights petition - 25 March 2008
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/mar/25/china.humanrights

Nepal action on Tibet ‘excessive’ - 20 March 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7306111.stm

Authorities in Lhasa parade ‘repentant rioters’ on TV - 20 March 2008
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/mar/20/tibet.china2

Zimbabwe election run-up ‘flawed’ - 19 March 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7304252.stm

Turkish minority sect pushes for rights - 19 March 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7303536.stm

EU attacks Sri Lanka over rights - 18 March 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7303752.stm

Leading Chinese dissident goes on trial - 18 March 2008
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/mar/18/china.humanrights

Kosovar Serbs Clash with the Police - 18 March 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/18/world/europe/18kosovo.html?ref=world

Merkel Says Holocaust Fills Germans ‘With Shame’ - 18 March 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/19/world/middleeast/19merkel.html?ref=world

Bombing Kills 43 in Shiite Holy City in Iraq - 18 March 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/18/world/middleeast/18iraq.html?ref=world

China Tries Rights Advocate; Verdict Expected in Week - 18 March 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/19/world/asia/19china.html?ref=world

Chaos in Iraq sparks surge in EU asylum applications - 18 March 2008
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/mar/18/iraq.immigration

Freedom for Cuban journalists - 18 March 2008
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/mar/18/cuba

UN police officer dies after Kosovo clashes - 18 March 2008
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/mar/18/kosovo.serbia1

Court rejects disfigured Frenchwoman's plea to die - 18 March 2008
http://www.theage.com.au/news/world/court-rejects-disfigured-frenchwomans-plea-to-die/2008/03/18/1205602382507.html

'Ralph Nader' in fight against early pill - 18 March 2008
http://www.theage.com.au/news/world/ralph-nader-in-fight-against-early-pill/2008/03/18/1205602382498.html

Brazil girl held for days in cell - 17 March 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7301543.stm

US Gun control case to be heard by Supreme Court - 17 March 2008
http://www.theage.com.au/news/world/court-challenge-to-washington-gun-ban/2008/03/17/1205602289365.html

China agrees to restart talk with US on human rights - 28 February 2008
http://www.theage.com.au/news/world/china-agrees-to-restart-talks-with-us-on-human-rights/2008/02/27/1203788440025.html

Cultural sensitivity putting rights at risk, warns Cameron - 27 February 2008
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2008/feb/27/immigration.humanrights

Challenge to keep DNA samples - 27 February 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7266130.stm

IOC backs China human rights push - 26 February 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/olympics/7265593.stm

EU attacks Iran’s new penal code - 26 February 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7264810.stm

Amnesty ‘shocked’ at jail for Moroccan royal Facebook joke - 24 February 2008
http://news.theage.com.au/amnesty-shocked-at-jail-for-moroccan-royal-facebook-joke/20080224-1u9d.html