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Minneapolis condemns Uganda\'s Anti-Homosexuality Bill while confusion reigns in Rwanda

Opposition to Uganda's Anti-Homosexuality Bill continues, with the City Council of Minneapolis, America passing a resolution condemning the bill.Minneapolis is a sister city of Kampala, the Ugandan ca…

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Somalian Mohamed Abukar Ibrahim stoned to death for adultery by insurgent group: Disturbing online reaction

Last week, the Daily Mail reported on the stoning to death of 48-year-old Mohamed Abukar Ibrahim by Hizbul Islam, an Islamist insurgent group, as well as the shooting of an (unnamed) man accused of mu…

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Mockery of ginger people must be condemned

Tesco, as mentioned on Have I Got News For You last night, has removed a rather unpleasent card laughing at ginger people after customer complaints.The card's "joke" was "Santa loves all kids. Even gi…

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Adnan Hajizade and Emin Milli to attend appeal hearing in Baku,Azerbaijan on Tuesday

Azerbaijan bloggers Adnan Hajizade and Emin Abdullayev, who were jailed for several years on a variety of charges in November, have been granted a hearing at the Baku Court of Appeal on Tuesday 22 Dec…

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BBC Two\'s Newsnight on Trafigura

The law firm Carter Ruck has forced the BBC to remove a video report from the site of the alleged dumping of toxic waste by commodities trading company Trafigura.The alleged dumping is said to have le…

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Human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell to stand down as Green Party candidate for Oxford East

Tireless human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell, who is one of my heroes,is standing down as Green Party candidate for Oxford East, Pink News.co.uk reports.In a statement, Tatchell said that brain inj…

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Nigerian police accused of carrying out extrajudicial killings

Amnesty International has accused the Nigerian police of carrying out extrajudicial killings in a report released this week entitled Killing at Will.The report includes cases of people being executed…

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Online platform Azad Tribune launched to encourage free expression in Iran

Yesterday, on Human Rights Day, Article 19 launched Azad Tribune, an online platform that will host articles from writers based in and outside Iran.The platform is intended to encourage debate about f…

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Protest outside Ugandan High Commission this Thursday opposing the Anti-Homsexuality Bill

Harry's Place reminds me of a demonstration in London this Thursday opposing the Anti-Homsexuality Bill (PDF).The even is from 12pm until 2pm and takes place at the Ugandan High Commission,58-59 Tra…

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Celebrate Human Rights Day this Thursday

What is happening in your city for Human Rights Day this Thursday?Human Rights Day In Sheffield:In Sheffield,there will be lunch-time rallies at Barkers Pool (12.30) and Hallam Square with readings fr…

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Spain apologies to homosexual man for jailing him in the 1970s

Antoni Ruiz, a gay Spaniard, has recieved a letter of apology from Spain's justice minister and an offer of financial compensation amounting to 4,000 euros (£3,600), relating to his imprisonment for…

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Public meeting hosted by London Guantánamo Campaign: Torture In Our Times

December 10th will be Human Rights Day, the 25th anniversary of the UN General Assembly adopting the text of the Convention Against Torture.This convention bans the use of torture (already illegal on…

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Oppression of journalists in Tunisia continues: Zouhair Makhlouf jailed for three months

Zouhair Makhlouf, the editor of opposition daily El-Mawkif, has been sentenced to three months in prison for allegedly publishing photos without content, AfricaNews reports.On October 21st, Makhlouf w…

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Images of boys wanted for homophobic assualt released by Merseyside Police: Can you identify them?

CCTV images of four boys wanted for the homophobic assualt of a gay student on Lord Street, Liverpool, have been released by police.The attack took place on November 18th after 7pm, when the victim pa…

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Saddam Hussein tribute channel launched

The BBC reports that a television channel has been launched celebrating former dictator Saddam Hussein.It is not known who runs the channel, which can be seen on Arab satellite networks including Bahr…

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Film released to mark the birthday of hate crime victim Sophie Lancaster

A film has been released to mark what would have been the twenty-third birthday of Sophie Lancaster, who was kicked to death for being a Goth in August 2007 whilst with her boyfriend Robert Maltby.The…

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Sudanese teenager Silva Kashif flogged for "indecent" skirt

Silva Kashif, a sixteen year old teenager from Khartoum, Sudan, has been given fifty lashes for wearing an "indecent" knee length skirt.A Khartoum judge ruled the garment was inappropriate, and ordere…

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British high street banks are lending to cluster bomb producers

British banks such as Lloyds TSB, Barclays and the Royal Bank of Scotland are lending or providing investment banking services to cluster bomb producers, according to a report released last month by I…

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Fijian government removes all broadcasting licences

The Fijian government has has removed all broadcasting licences and given Attorney-General Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum the power to renew or redistribute, Medianetwork recently reported.The action was carried…

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British high street banks are lending to cluster bomb produers

British banks such as Lloyds TSB, Barclays and the Royal Bank of Scotland are lending or providing investment banking services to cluster bomb producers, according to a report released last month by I…

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Youtube: BBC\'s The Big Questions: Antisemitism from 15th November

Via Harry's Place, parts one and two of The Big Questions: Antisemitism, broadcast on Sunday 15th November on BBC One.You can also read comments on the program by panalist Tony Greenstein and Jewish C…

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Hugo Chavez defends three tyrants and a terrorist during speech

Venezulan leader Hugo Chavez has been reported by the BBC as having defended Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe, Iran's Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Ugandan dictator Idi Amin during a televised speech to various s…

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Slave rescuer Aaron Cohen interviewed in the Observer

Today's Observer magazine has a fascinating interview by Carole Cadwalladr with Aaron Cohen, the founder of the Abolish Slavery Coalition.Cohen, whose book Slave Hunter: One Man's Global Quest to Free…

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Russian antifascist activist Ivan Khutorskoy murdered in eastern Moscow

Ivan Khutorskoy, one of the key figures in the Russian antifascist movement Antifa, was shot dead in eastern Moscow on Monday 16th November. Many believe his killers were neo-nazis.According to Schnew…

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Iranian web crime unit set up to locate "insults and lies"

A special unit of the Iranian justice system has been set up to police the Iranian internet.While senior Iranian police officer Brigadier General Esmail Ahmadi-Moqaddam claims that the "cyber police d…

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Soft sentences make a mockery of the right to be safe

The right to be safe is a basic phyiscal human right. I would question how much British justice protects this right, given two recent cases.In Rochdale, Greater Manchester, three people who attacked t…

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Rwandan milita leaders arrested in Germany over Democratic Republic of Congo war crimes

The BBC reports that Ignace Murwanashyaka, the leader of the Forces Democratiques de Liberation du Rwanda (FDLR), and his aide Straton Musoni have been arrested by German police on suspicion of war cr…

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American demonstrations against homophobic Ugandan laws on Thursday 19th November

This Thursday, 19th November, two demonstrations are taking place in America opposing the Anti-Homosexuality Bill of 2009, which allows Ugandan courts to sentence homosexuals to life imprisonment.In N…

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Alleged anti-semitism by group of Romford scouts

The Scouting movement is usually something Britain can be proud of, so it was surprising to read of a group of Explorer Scouts shouting anti-semitic abuse at members of the Association of Jewish Ex-se…

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Azerbaijan bloggers Adnan Hajizade and Emin Milli given long prison sentences

Adnan Hajizade and Emin Milli, two bloggers in Azerbaijan who were charged with hooliganism in July after being attacked in a resturant, have been sentenced today.Hajizade was sentenced to two years i…

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Nigerian gay rights activist Davis Mac-Iyalla writes to Archbishop of Canterbury over Uganda\'s Anti-Homosexuality Bill 2009

Gay rights activist Davis Mac-Iyalla has written to Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams and primates of the Anglican Communion regarding Uganda's anti-homosexuality bill.In the letter, which was a…

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Lesbian student in Alabama, USA, now allowed to bring girlfriend to prom (subject to usual screening)

Cynthia Stewart, a student in Tharptown High School, Alabama, America, is now allowed to take her girlfriend to the school prom in March, subject to the usual screeing process, following a reversal of…

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Cuban blogger Yoani Sanchez attacked on way to march

Cuban blogger Yonai Sanchez has been attacked while on her way with three friends to a march of young Cubans opposed to the Communist regime.It is presumed that the attackers, who tried to force them…

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Twenty years since the Berlin Wall fell

Twenty years ago on this day, the Berlin Wall was brought down, removing the division between Communist East Germany and Capitalist West Germany.Shortly afterwards, the Communist regime in East German…

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Disability hate crime in Cornwall

While the motives for the recent murder of Mary Fox in Bodmin, Cornwall, are not yet known, it is fairly clear that her son Raum Fox has been a victim of hate crime in the past.According to The Times,…

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Tunisian blogger Fatma Riahi released from police custody

Tunisan blogger Fatma Riahi, who is known online as Arabicca, has been released by police investigating whether she is the author of Blog de Z, according to a posting on the Free Arabicca blog.Accordi…

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Argentina\'s ex-President Reynaldo Bignone is on trial for torture and mass murder

The trial of former President of Argentina Reynaldo Bignone has begun in Argentina, according to the BBC.Also on trial are five of his former army officers, including intelligence chief General Santia…

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Global Day of Solidarity with Iran on November 4th (13 Aban)

Demonstrations will take place across the world on November 4th 2009 in support of those calling for democratic reform in Iran.In London, there will be a demonstration outside the Iranian Embassy, 16…

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Labour plans to cut costs of elections abandoned

It is not often I say this, but well done Jack Straw.The Justice Secretary has announced that plans to close polling stations,replace polling cards with e-mail or call centre contacts and limit the nu…

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Death threats for Sri Lankan journalists who reported on alleged executions of Tamil rebels

Two newspaper editors recieved deaths threats last week after reporting on alleged video footage of Sri Lankan government soldiers executing Tamil prisoners.Frederica Jansz and Munza Mushataq, editors…

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Phil Woolas is wrong on Zimbabwe

Immigration Minister Phil Woolas has announced that the Home Office will begin removing 10,000 failed asylum seekers from Zimbabwe, according to Alan Travis in the Guardian.Repatriation packages worth…

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Large turnout for vigil against hate crime in Trafalgar Square

Tonight's vigil against hate crime had an excellent turnout, with Trafalgar Square packed with people holding candles.Held in response to the murder of Ian Baynham, those present heard speeches from a…

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Rwandan milita leader Desire Munyaneza convicted of genocide

The first case brought under Canada's 2000 War Crimes Act has seen former milita leader Desire Munyaneza sentenced to life without the prospect of parole for 25 years for genocide committed in 1994.Ac…

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Vigil against hate crime in Trafalgar Square on Friday 30th October in memory of Ian Baynham

A candelit vigil will be taking place in Trafalgar Square, Central London on Friday 30th October opposing hate crime.Ian Baynham, from south-east London was attacked there last month in a homophobic a…

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Taliban threaten to attack voters in Afghanistan elections

The Taliban has contacted news agencies with a statement warning of violence against those taking part in the Afghanistan elections on November 7th.According to the BBC, Taliban forces fired rockets a…

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At least a dozen honour killings a year in Britain, many more unreported to police

According to police estimates, at least twelve people are murdered each year by relatives who have accused the of "dishonouring" them.Many of these cases have involved forced marriages, but according…

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Former Bosnian President Radovan Karadžić to be tried tommorow for war crimes

Radovan Karadžić, the former President of Bosnia, will go on trial tommorow at the International Criminal Court, located in the Netherlands.Karadžić is charged with eleven counts of genocide, war…

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Britain criticised over attempts to send back asylum seekers to central Iraq

The United Nations refugee agency has criticised European countries for sending asylum seekers back to central Iraq, according to the BBC.Unlike the relativly safe Kurdish region in Northern Iraq, whe…

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Taliban threaten to attack voters in Afghanstian elections

The Taliban has contacted news agencies with a statement warning of violence against those taking part in the Afghanistan elections on November 7th.According to the BBC, Taliban forces fired rockets a…

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Southeast Asian nations launch new human rights commission

A new human rights commission was launched by Southeast Asian nations today at a summitt in Hua Hin, Thailand, according to Al Jazeera.The Asean Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights will be ab…

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