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Yoaní Sanchez & other Cuban bloggers detained, beaten

Posted by Georgia Popplewell on 07/11/2009

On the evening of November 6, Babalú blog linked to a post by Penultimos Dias (es) reporting that a number of prominent Cuban bloggers, including Yoaní Sánchez and Global Voices contributor Claudia Cadelo, were detained by state security forces. An update from Penultimos Días reported that Sanc ...

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Scores made homeless by house demolitions in Nigeria

Posted on 06/11/2009

Scores of Nigerians lost their homes on Friday morning when Rivers State authorities began bulldozing buildings in Port Harcourt, Amnesty International has learned. A crew of three diggers, accompanied by 30 armed policemen, closed the Njemanze Road at both ends and began demolishing homes to mak ...

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Nicaragua's Constitutional Court must decide on legality of new abortion law

Posted on 06/11/2009

Amnesty International has expressed concern that the Nicaraguan Supreme Court continues to delay its judgment on the legality of new criminal laws on abortion which entered into force in 2008. The Court was due to issue a judgment in May 2009 on the constitutionality of a complete ban on abortio ...

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Tunisia releases prisoners held over Gafsa protests

Posted on 06/11/2009

The release of 68 prisoners, held for over a year in connection with popular protests last year against unemployment and high living costs in the resource-rich Gafsa region, has been welcomed by Amnesty International. The organization also called on the Tunisian authorities to put an end to the m ...

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Israeli and Palestinian youth use video to understand the conflict

Posted by Juliana Rincón Parra on 06/11/2009

Two different organizations in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories are using video tools to help both Arabic and Jewish youth to understand the conflict and bridge gaps between them, creating spaces for interaction and communication where they can share their dreams, concerns and though ...

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