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Apr 27 2010 1:18PM
Iraq is getting back to normal, and other flights of fantasy

Wow. We’ve gone from Britain being an ash-infested no-fly-zone, to British airspace opening up again, even for planes from that former no-fly-zone – Iraq. The fact that a passenger flight flew from Bahgdad to Britain for the first time...

Apr 27 2010 11:49AM
Iran is about to join UN Commision on the Status of Women!

The Islamic Republic of Iran, whose record of gender discrimination and abuse of the rights of its female citizens is a well-documented and well-known fact is about to join the Un Commision on the Status of Women (CSW). The ECOSOC...

Apr 27 2010 9:38AM
Nearly 93% of the vote in the south of Sudan

Sudan has held elections. The percentages can only be dreamed of by Brown, Cameron and Clegg as polls here in the UK show support for the three main parties almost evenly split. In the south of Sudan Salva Kiir took 92.99% of the vote...

Apr 27 2010 8:54AM
The environment for human rights advocacy in China has deteriorated substantially in the past year 2009

(Chinese Human Rights Defenders, April 26, 2010) – In its Annual Report on the Situation of Human Rights Defenders in China (2009) , released today, Chinese Human Rights Defenders (CHRD) findsthatthe environment for human rights...

Apr 27 2010 8:36AM
AI URGENT ACTION: HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER AT RISK OF TORTURE

Chinese human rights defenderMao Hengfeng is at risk of being tortured or otherwise ill-treated in policecustody. She is believed to be held incommunicado in Yangpu District policedetention centre in the port city of Shanghai. She is a...