RWANDA: Community service “inadequate punishment”, say survivors
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| Fri 30 Apr, 2010. |
Sixteen years after the Rwandan genocide, thousands of perpetrators who confessed their roles before the traditional Gacaca Courts have been released and sentenced to community service, but survivors say this is an inadequate punishment. Read more...
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SUDAN-SOMALIA: Dangerous for minorities
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| Fri 30 Apr, 2010. |
//CORRECTED// Somalia and Sudan are ranked first and second respectively among countries where minority communities face the greatest risk of violence from armed conflict, political violence, displacement and absence of the rule of law, according to a new analysis. Read more...
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ZIMBABWE: Court ruling tests patience of blood diamond activists
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| Fri 30 Apr, 2010. |
Global Witness, a leading light in establishing the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme (KPCS), a global system to prevent "blood diamonds" being sold into the market, is facing a "dilemma" now that the Zimbabwe High Court has allowed the sale of stones from the Marange diamond fields. Read more...
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GHANA: Police crackdown on migrant Fulani herdsmen
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| Thu 29 Apr, 2010. |
Security officials in Ghana are cracking down on migrant Fulani herdsmen, accusing them of rape, vandalism, destruction of farms and armed robbery, but conflict resolution specialists say the herdsmen are being manipulated and the government must abide by regional right-of-passage laws. Read more...
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CAMBODIA: Strict penalties planned for acid attacks
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| Thu 29 Apr, 2010. |
Keo Srey Vy’s brother-in-law had been planning to sell his child so he could buy a new motorbike. When she threatened to tell the police, he went to the restaurant where she worked as a cook and doused her face with acid. Read more...
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AFGHANISTAN: Kandahar violence escalates despite Karzai vow
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| Wed 28 Apr, 2010. |
Three weeks after President Hamid Karzai promised better security and government services in Afghanistan’s southern Kandahar Province, escalating armed violence has killed dozens of people, according to human rights organizations. Read more...
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PAKISTAN: Sold into sex work
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| Mon 26 Apr, 2010. |
In their two-room tin-roof house in one of the many shanty towns that dot Lahore, Ilyas and Nasim Masih and their seven daughters, aged three to 15, eke out an existence dependent on Ilyas’s meagre income as a day labourer. Read more...
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KENYA: Breaking language barriers
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| Fri 23 Apr, 2010. |
Many Somalis and Ethiopians living in Nairobi’s Eastleigh District, often after fleeing violence or persecution, are unable to speak English or Swahili, which makes everyday existence an uphill struggle. Read more...
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