RIGHTS-COLOMBIA: Army Chief Steps Down
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Tuesday, November 04, 2008
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Constanza Vieira
BOGOTA, Nov 4 (IPS) – General Mario Montoya stepped down as Colombia’s army chief, putting an end to his career Tuesday. The general is under investigation by the attorney general’s office, although he has not [...]
RIGHTS-PARAGUAY: New ‘Archives of Terror’ Unearthed
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Friday, October 31, 2008
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Natalia Ruiz Díaz
ASUNCIÓN, Oct 31 (IPS) – The discovery Friday of new archives from the dictatorship of Alfredo Stroessner is expected to shed new light on the regime that ruled Paraguay from 1954 to 1989.
Identity cards [...]
PARAGUAY: Unjustly Imprisoned Inmates Revive Debate on Prison Conditions
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Friday, October 31, 2008
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Natalia Ruiz Díaz
ASUNCIÓN, Oct 31 (IPS) – An 11-year delay in releasing a prisoner in Paraguay drew attention to the need for a computerised register of inmates, and revived debate on a prison system that continues [...]
RIGHTS-COLOMBIA: Extrajudicial Killings Under Scrutiny
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Thursday, October 30, 2008
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Constanza Vieira
BOGOTA, Oct 30 (IPS) – The dismissal of 20 officers and seven noncommissioned officers for extrajudicial executions of civilians presented as battlefield casualties ”is a triumph for human rights organisations and for Colombian society as [...]
POLITICS-ETHIOPIA: A Career In Dissent
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Wednesday, October 29, 2008
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Michael Chebsi
ADDIS ABABA, Oct 29 (IPS) – Frozen in disbelief on the steps of the courthouse where she presided as a federal judge, Bertukan Mideksa watched as a man she had just ordered released on bail was [...]
RIGHTS-US: New Davis Reprieve Raises Hopes of Retrial
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Monday, October 27, 2008
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Jonathan Springston
ATLANTA, Georgia, Oct 27 (IPS) – A federal appeals court in Atlanta has stayed the execution of Georgia death row inmate Troy Anthony Davis scheduled for Monday — the third time he has been pulled [...]
RIGHTS-SRI LANKA: Court Steps in as Governance Falters
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Monday, October 27, 2008
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Feizal Samath
COLOMBO, Oct 27 (IPS) – Finding themselves up against corrupt politicians and indifferent governance Sri Lankans are increasingly turning to the country’s Supreme Court for relief, even for solutions to everyday issues.
A landmark judgment earlier this [...]
RIGHTS-PAKISTAN: Condemned Pin Hopes on Amnesty
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Sunday, October 26, 2008
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Beena Sarwar
KARACHI, Oct 26 (IPS) – Zulfiqar Ali, 38, has been snatched from the gallows once again after Pakistan’s president agreed to give his relatives more time to negotiate clemency from the families of two persons shot [...]
YEMEN: Govt Holding More Than 1,000 Political Prisoners
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Friday, October 24, 2008
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Zainab Mineeia
WASHINGTON, Oct 24 (IPS) – A new report by Human Rights Watch (HRW) urges Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh to launch an independent commission to investigate arbitrary arrests and disappearances and to hold those responsible to [...]
EGYPT: Ruling Party in Free Fall
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Wednesday, October 29, 2008
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Adam Morrow and Khaled Moussa al-Omrani
CAIRO, Oct 29 (IPS) – A high-ranking member of Egypt’s ruling National Democratic Party (NDP) is facing trial on charges of arranging the murder of a Lebanese pop singer. The case, along [...]
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