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Feb 14 2010 3:51PM
Iranian trade unionists speak out as Iran investigated by UN

This week, Iran is before the UN human rights review, and trade union rights are one of the abuses that will be investigated. Iranian trade unionists have released the following statement. Owen Tudor February 10, 2010 To: Human Rights...

Feb 14 2010 12:24PM
Maternal mortality: a children's rights issue?

I was flicking through a copy of the New Internationalist when I came across a 'country profile' of Sierra Leone. Amnesty's Demand Dignity campaign is active on the issue of maternal mortality in the west African country, home to 5.6...

Feb 13 2010 8:27PM
Moving Towards Universal Suffrage: Functional Constituencies Must Be Abolished in Hong Kong

Please join in Signature Campaign: Moving Towards Universal Suffrage

Feb 12 2010 3:24PM
Asylum seekers, protest, Yarls Wood

Below is a statement from a woman currently being detained in Yarls Wood. This week a number of detainees protested about their conditions. Mojirola Daniels – Speaks Out Full summary of the treatment that I received at Yarl's wood...

Feb 12 2010 3:14PM
Upsurge in fighting in Somalia.

This is from the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, with regards to an upsurge in fighting in Somalia. Upsurge in fighting drives more Somalis from Mogadishu Clashes between government forces and the Al-Shabaab militia in the Somali capital...