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- Activists seek fresh ban on Sierra Leone timber exports
- FREETOWN AFP — The Environmental Forum for Action, one of the most influential activist groups in Sierra Leone, called Monday on the government to reimpose the ban on timber exports that was lifted in July. "With less than five percent of forested areas left in the country, the decision...
- Research articles 2008-09-01
- Syrian rights group urges Assad to free economist
- DAMASCUS AFP — A human rights organisation on Saturday called on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to grant an amnesty to activist Aref Dalila from his 10-year prison term, saying his health had deteriorated. Dalila, a 68-year-old economist, was arrested in September 2001 along with nine other opposition activists and...
- Research articles 2008-07-26
- S.Korea activists launch US beef boycott
- SEOUL AFP — South Korean activists on Thursday launched a nationwide campaign to boycott US beef as President Lee Myung-Bak issued a fresh warning against violent protests. At least four protest groups including two national women's associations denounced the government for allowing the distribution of US beef despite unabated...
- Research articles 2008-07-03
- Beirut's architectural heritage erased by modern towers
- BEIRUT AFP — The Ottoman-style mansions, with Venetian windows, arches and lavish gardens that once epitomised Beirut are being levelled one after the other as high-rises mushroom across the capital. "Now everyone is looking for towers, because they realise that above the tenth floor you can see the sea,"...
- Research articles 2008-06-28
- Arab rights groups urge Saudi to free jailed reformist
- DUBAI AFP — More than two dozen Arab human rights groups urged Saudi Arabia on Thursday to release a prominent reformist who has been jailed since May, saying they feared for his health. "Signatories to the present statement, call upon the Saudi authorities to put an end to their...
- Research articles 2008-06-12
- First Greek gay marriages spark judicial battle
- ATHENS AFP — A heated debate on gay rights opened in Greece on Tuesday hours after the country's first same-sex civil marriages were held on the small Aegean island of Tilos, sparking an immediate judicial reaction. Greek Justice Minister Sotiris Hatzigakis quickly declared the marriages "non-existent" and accused the...
- Research articles 2008-06-03
- Kangaroo cull begins in Australia: animal welfare group
- SYDNEY AFP — A controversial kangaroo cull began at an Australian military site in the national capital Canberra Monday, an animal welfare group said. The RSPCA said its inspectors had confirmed the killings were being carried out in accordance with appropriate guidelines. "Our inspectors were on site this...
- Research articles 2008-05-19
- Australian activists urge Paul McCartney to save kangaroos
- SYDNEY AFP — Former Beatle Paul McCartney will be asked to to help save hundreds of kangaroos from being killed in Australia, animal rights activists said Monday. The campaigners are hoping the multi-millionaire star, who is a member of an animal rights group that has opposed the cull, will...
- Research articles 2008-05-18
- Sarkozy praise for Tunisian rights 'progress' sparks outrage
- PARIS AFP — French President Nicolas Sarkozy's remark that "the sphere of liberties" in Tunisia is improving sparked outrage Tuesday among human rights groups and the Socialist opposition in France who accuse the North African state of torturing dissidents and blocking press freedoms. "His unacceptable declaration has led him...
- Research articles 2008-04-29
- New arrests as Yemen government and socialists trade charges
- SANAA AFP — Yemeni authorities arrested more activists in the south on Thursday as they traded charges with the southern-based Yemen Socialist Party YSP over protests that led to deadly clashes with security forces. Two security men and a civilian were injured during arrests in the province of Lahj,...
- Research articles 2008-04-03
- Release of Libyan Prisoner Fathi El-Jahmi.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-1 April 2008-US Department of State: Release of Libyan Prisoner Fathi El-JahmiC1994-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:31032008 Press Statement Tom Casey, Deputy Spokesman Washington, DC -- We urge the Libyan government to fulfill their promise to release without condition...
- Research articles 2008-04-01
- Bhopal tragedy survivors reach Delhi after 37-day protest march
- NEW DELHI AFP — Fifty survivors and victims of the 1984 Bhopal gas leak arrived in New Delhi on Friday after a 37-day march and demanded to meet the premier to seek a clean-up of toxic waste at the site. It was the second such 800-kilometre (500 mile) trek...
- Research articles 2008-03-28
- Activists vow to block kangaroo cull in Australia
- SYDNEY AFP — Australian animal rights activists vowed Wednesday to prevent the planned killing of more than 400 kangaroos on defence department land after the government refused to intervene. "We are going to blockade the gates 24 hours a day from Saturday so they can't get in and kill...
- Research articles 2008-03-12
- Tibetan marchers arrested in India: police official
- DEHRA, India AFP — Indian police Thursday arrested a group of 100 Tibetan exiles trying to walk to their homeland as part of a major protest ahead of the Beijing Olympics, although the demonstrators vowed their march would go on. The marchers were rounded up as they approached the...
- Research articles 2008-03-12
- Kuwait appeals for unity over Hezbollah tensions
- KUWAIT CITY AFP — Kuwait's government appealed for unity on Monday amid rising sectarian tension in the Gulf state following demonstrations in support of the slain commander of Lebanon's Hezbollah. The government has become increasingly concerned after hundreds of people took part in a rally last month to mourn...
- Research articles 2008-03-10
- Kuwait detains Shiite ex-MPs, cleric
- KUWAIT CITY AFP — Kuwait's public prosecutor ordered two former MPs and three activists of the Shiite minority remanded in custody on Sunday on suspicion of membership of an alleged underground opposition group, a lawyer said. Police also arrested prominent Shiite cleric Sheikh Hussein al-Maatuq on the same accusation...
- Research articles 2008-03-09
- Marrakesh snake charmers' spell fails to work on activists
- MARRAKESH, Morocco AFP — The men working in Marrakesh's Djemma el Fna square may be able to charm the snakes and tourists, but their magic fails to work with the animal rights activists pushing to have the practice banned as cruel. Long one of the city's main attractions, the...
- Research articles 2008-02-17
- Activists warn China's Olympic PR woes set to deepen
- BEIJING AFP — China's public relations woes over the Olympics are just beginning, activists have warned, after a torrid stretch of headlines highlighted by Steven Spielberg ending his links to the Games. The international leg of the torch relay during April is set to be a target for protests...
- Research articles 2008-02-16
- Thailand to keep generic drugs scheme: minister
- BANGKOK AFP — Thailand's new health minister said Friday he would keep the country's controversial generic drugs programme but stopped short of saying whether the new government would expand the scheme. "My position is that I am not going to cancel CL," Public Health Minister Chiya Sasomsub said, referring...
- Research articles 2008-02-08
- Under-fire Bahrain to present rights report to UN
- MANAMA AFP — Bahrain, under fire from opposition activists over alleged abuses, said Tuesday it will present a report on the human rights situation in the country to the United Nations next month. "The government report will be presented before February 25 ... The working team is currently sounding...
- Research articles 2008-01-29
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