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| 19.10.09 | Zimbabwe: First visit by a UN Rapporteur scheduled for end October The UN Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, Manfred Nowak, has been invited by the Government of Zimbabwe to visit the country from 28 October to 4 November 2009. It is the first time ever that the Zimbabwean authorities have extended such an... read more | |
| 15.10.09 | Chechnya: President Kadyrov libel trial reveals danger faced by human rights activists The information that came to light during a trial initiated by Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov against human rights activist Oleg Orlov has served to highlight the dangers faced by human rights activists working on Chechnya, Amnesty International has said. read more | |
| 09.10.09 | Philippines: Euro Commission grants 3.9 million euros to help solve killings Responding to the Philippine government’s request for technical assistance in the area of human rights, the European Commission (EC) has pegged in 3.9 million euros or approximately p270 million to jumpstart a program that will address issues of extrajudicial killings in the country. read more | |
| 02.10.09 | Zimbabwe: Prosecution of Jestina Mukoko and eight other human rights activist ended Zimbabwe's Supreme Court ordered a permanent stay of the criminal proceedings against Jestina Mukoko and eight other human rights activists ended last Monday 28th of September. The director of the Zimbabwe Peace Project (ZPP) and the other activists were facing criminal proceedings on charges of... read more |  |
| 02.10.09 | Colombia: Extrajudicial executions accomplice convicted A Colombian judge sentenced to 17 years and three months imprisonment to a man who "recruited" young civilians who later were found dead in conflict zones and the army and rebels reported killed in combat. Continue reading this newsitem in Spanish. read more | |
| 29.09.09 | Indonesian: Pressure on Goverment to Investigate Activist Kidnappings The House of Representatives has agreed to push the government to act on past cases of activists who went missing during the tumultuous political period from 1997 to 1998, the last years in the long rule of former President Suharto. read more | |
| 28.09.09 | Convention: Spain and Germany ratify the convention. Both States, Spain and Germany have ratified the International Convention against Disappearances on the last 24th of September. The ratifications were deposited without reservations. read more | |
| 24.09.09 | Argentine: Prison for a pilot of the 'death flights' in Argentine Julio Alberto Poch, a former Navy aviator, was arrested last Tuesday (22 September) at the airport of Manises (Valencia) under charges for four criminal cases. 1,000 people were killed when thrown from planes between 1976 and 1983. Continue reading this news item in Spanish. read more | |
| 24.09.09 | Philippines: Jonas Burgos, one of the 200 missing Since Gloria Macapagal of the Philippines took office in 2001 there were more than 200 disappearances, including that of Jonas Burgos, the son of a local journalism icon who was kidnapped by gunmen linked to the army. Continue reading this article in Spanish. read more | |
| 24.09.09 | Sri Lanka: World Leaders Should Demand End to Detention Camps World leaders in New York for the United Nations General Assembly and the G-20 economic summit in Pittsburgh should call on the Sri Lankan government to immediately release more than 260,000 displaced persons illegally confined in detention camps, Human Rights Watch has said. read more |