Mugabe calls for friendly relations with the West and urges lifting of sanctions

Zimbabwe wants new and friendly relations with Western countries who have been critical of it in the past, President Robert Mugabe announced today.

The Guardian: Ministers under fire for locking up immigrant children

Ministers were facing accusations today that hundreds of children are being held unnecessarily in immigration detention centres as official figures revealed, for the first time, that 470 minors were being detained with their families.

Darfur: former Sudanese child warrior speaks up

Written by Meaghan McAvoy

Dinner and a movie is so cliché.

On Feb. 14, an audience gathered at Miami University’s Hall Auditorium for a nontraditional Valentine’s Day evening.

Zimbabwe ‘unity’ cash appeal poses dilemma for West

Morgan Tsvangirai will use his inauguration as Zimbabwe’s Prime Minister this week to appeal to the West to fund the rebuilding of his shattered country even though Robert Mugabe remains the President.

Statement by MorganTsvangirai on the Resolutions made by the National Council

“Therefore, in accordance with the party’s constitution, the political agreement we signed on September 15th 2008, and in the best interests of the welfare of all Zimbabweans, the MDC has resolved to form an inclusive government with Zanu PF and MDC-M” – Morgan Tsvangirai

European Parliament call to end persecution of Nobel Peace laureate Shirin Ebadi in Iran

European Parliament, in a resolution adopted by a large majority, strongly condemns the “repression, persecution and threats” against the Iranian lawyer and 2003 Nobel Peace laureate Shirin Ebadi and expresses its grave concern at the intensified persecution of human rights defenders in Iran.

Forum on free press gets off to censored start

BEIRUT: Four journalists and rights activists from Saudi Arabia, Syria and Tunisia were prevented by their governments from traveling to Beirut to attend a regional forum on Arab press freedom on Friday. Over 160 journalists, bloggers, publishers, editors and press freedom advocates came together for the first session of the two-day Third Annual Free Press Forum in Beirut.

Human Rights Defenders Take the Floor

Under the theme “The Defenders Take the Floor”, the UDHR 60 conference gathered prominent human rights advocates and representatives of human rights organizations to share their experience and to review available UN, EU and Council of Europe mechanisms supporting the work of human rights defenders.

Special Report On Human Rights In Somalia

All rights including human rights were drastically violated in the ignorant-torn Somalia. No rights were reserved for anyone – especially those who remained in Mogadishu and its surroundings after fierce war erupted between the Ethiopian and Somali government forces and the opposition groups.

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