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» Azerbaijan: Appeal Court Leaves Bloggers in Jail

Posted 4 hours ago

(New York) - The Azerbaijani government should release two bloggers who have been detained since July 2009 as the result of a staged fight designed to frame them, Human Rights Watch said today. The bloggers, Emin Milli and Adnan Hajizade, lost their appeal against their conviction today.

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» Sri Lanka: End Witch Hunt Against the Media and NGOs

Posted 4 hours ago

(New York) - The Sri Lankan government should end its harassment of journalists and activists and take steps against those making threats, Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International said in a joint statement today.

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» Azerbaijan: Appeal Court Leaves Bloggers in Jail

Posted 4 hours ago

(New York) - The Azerbaijani government should release two bloggers who have been detained since July 2009 as the result of a staged fight designed to frame them, Human Rights Watch said today. The bloggers, Emin Milli and Adnan Hajizade, lost their appeal against their conviction today.

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» Burma: Election Laws May Shut Down Opposition Parties

Posted 4 hours ago

(New York) - Newly issued laws in preparation for 2010 elections in Burma are designed to exclude the main opposition party and ensure a victory for the ruling military, Human Rights Watch said today.

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» Burma: Election Laws May Shut Down Opposition Parties

Posted 4 hours ago

(New York) - Newly issued laws in preparation for 2010 elections in Burma are designed to exclude the main opposition party and ensure a victory for the ruling military, Human Rights Watch said today.

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» Azerbaijan: Appeal Court Leaves Bloggers in Jail

Posted 4 hours ago

(New York) - The Azerbaijani government should release two bloggers who have been detained since July 2009 as the result of a staged fight designed to frame them, Human Rights Watch said today. The bloggers, Emin Milli and Adnan Hajizade, lost their appeal against their conviction today.

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» Burma: Election Laws May Shut Down Opposition Parties

Posted 4 hours ago

(New York) - Newly issued laws in preparation for 2010 elections in Burma are designed to exclude the main opposition party and ensure a victory for the ruling military, Human Rights Watch said today.

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» Sri Lanka: End Witch Hunt Against the Media and NGOs

Posted 7 hours ago

(New York) - The Sri Lankan government should end its harassment of journalists and activists and take steps against those making threats, Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International said in a joint statement today.

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[Link]

» Sri Lanka: End Witch Hunt Against the Media and NGOs

Posted 7 hours ago

(New York) - The Sri Lankan government should end its harassment of journalists and activists and take steps against those making threats, Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International said in a joint statement today.

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[Link]

Tibet Custom » The Dalai Lama's March 10 message to Tibetans - "Truth will prevail."

Posted 8 hours ago

His Holiness the Dalai Lama today delivered his annual March 10 statement to the Tibetan people from Dharamsala, India, stressing openness, transparency and the free flow of information within China as the means for building greater understanding of the true situation in Tibet and greater trust between the Tibetan and Chinese …

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VOA News: Tibet » Dalai Lama Expresses 'Little Hope' for Progress with China on Tibetan Issue བོད་སྐད།

Posted 8 hours ago

The spiritual leader leveled the accusations Wednesday in a speech in Dharmsala, India, the seat of his government in exile, marking the 51st anniversary of the failed Tibetan uprising against Chinese rule. [Link]

VOA News: Tibet » Surviving The Dragon: Arjia Rinpoche’s story རྒྱ་འོག་ཏུ་འཚོ་ཐབས།

Posted 8 hours ago

Kunleng invites Arjia Rinpoche, to discuss his new book entitled ‘Surviving The Dragon’ in which he recounts his experience of living under Chinese rule for four decades, and the pressures that finally led him to escape to the United States. [Link]

» Saudi Arabia: Drop Charges for Publicizing Bureaucratic Failures

Posted 8 hours ago

(New York) - Saudi Arabia's Bureau of Investigation and Public Prosecutions should immediately drop "cybercrimes" charges against Nasir al-Subai'i for writing about his bureaucratic ordeal as he tried to get the government to pay for his brother's medical care, Human Rights Watch said today.

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» Saudi Arabia: Drop Charges for Publicizing Bureaucratic Failures

Posted 8 hours ago

(New York) - Saudi Arabia's Bureau of Investigation and Public Prosecutions should immediately drop "cybercrimes" charges against Nasir al-Subai'i for writing about his bureaucratic ordeal as he tried to get the government to pay for his brother's medical care, Human Rights Watch said today.

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» Saudi Arabia: Drop Charges for Publicizing Bureaucratic Failures

Posted 9 hours ago

(New York) - Saudi Arabia's Bureau of Investigation and Public Prosecutions should immediately drop "cybercrimes" charges against Nasir al-Subai'i for writing about his bureaucratic ordeal as he tried to get the government to pay for his brother's medical care, Human Rights Watch said today.

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» Uzbekistan: UN Review Should Highlight Atrocious Record

Posted 10 hours ago

(New York) - A UN review of Uzbekistan's human rights record on March 11 and 12, 2010, is a rare opportunity to highlight the government's abysmal record and to urge specific steps to end abuses, Human Rights Watch said today. The government's persecution of human rights defenders, rampant torture and ill-treatment, …

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» Uzbekistan: UN Review Should Highlight Atrocious Record

Posted 10 hours ago

(New York) - A UN review of Uzbekistan's human rights record on March 11 and 12, 2010, is a rare opportunity to highlight the government's abysmal record and to urge specific steps to end abuses, Human Rights Watch said today. The government's persecution of human rights defenders, rampant torture and ill-treatment, …

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» Uzbekistan: UN Review Should Highlight Atrocious Record

Posted 10 hours ago

(New York) - A UN review of Uzbekistan's human rights record on March 11 and 12, 2010, is a rare opportunity to highlight the government's abysmal record and to urge specific steps to end abuses, Human Rights Watch said today. The government's persecution of human rights defenders, rampant torture and ill-treatment, …

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Phayul Latest News » Hundreds of Czech town halls hoist Tibetan flag

Posted 11 hours ago

The total of 364 town halls in the Czech Republic today hoisted Tibetan flags, one more than a year ago, the Internet information system on Tibet said. [Link]

TIBETSPACE » TIBETAN INDEPENDENCE DAY: FOUR OBSERVATIONS

Posted 13 hours ago

Marking the 51st anniversary of the Tibetan uprising in Lhasa, Tibet activists around the world today are waving flags, posting their support, making mo-mo's, and otherwise showing their support for His Holiness and the Tibetan people. Significantly, the mayor of Saint Paul, Chris Coleman opposed Chinese pressure and issued a …

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Phayul Latest News » Dalai Lama honours martyrs on Tibet anniversary

Posted 13 hours ago

Exiled Tibetan leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama paid homage and offered prayers to Tibetan martyrs here Wednesday as Tibetan exiles and their supporters around the world marked the 51st Anniversary of the Tibetan National Uprising in 1959 [Link]

VOA News: Tibet » Tibetan Activists to Protest Chinese Rule བོད་སྐད།

Posted 15 hours ago

In New Delhi Tuesday, Tibetan activists tried unsuccessfully to enter the Chinese embassy. Indian police detained nearly two dozen protesters before they entered the building. [Link]

» Afghanistan: Repeal Amnesty Law

Posted 15 hours ago

(New York) - The Afghan government should urgently act to repeal a law that provides an amnesty to perpetrators of war crimes and crimes against humanity, Human Rights Watch said today.

The law was published unannounced in the official gazette, bringing it into force, despite repeated promises by President Hamid Karzai …

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» Afghanistan: Repeal Amnesty Law

Posted 15 hours ago

(New York) - The Afghan government should urgently act to repeal a law that provides an amnesty to perpetrators of war crimes and crimes against humanity, Human Rights Watch said today.

The law was published unannounced in the official gazette, bringing it into force, despite repeated promises by President Hamid Karzai …

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Monkey Mind » Remembering James Reeb

Posted 17 hours ago

On this day in 1965 James Reeb lay in an Alabama hospital, his life slipping away.

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