Iraqi Refugees Turn to Desperate Means
May 31st, 2007 | by Ian Brown
The UN estimates that 1.2 million Iraqi refugees have entered Syria since the beginning of the Iraq war. However,
Monthly Archives: May 2007
No Changes in Somalia
May 31st, 2007 | by kmtsudama
By Myriam Clerge Impunity Watch, Africa “Once again Somalia has failed to emerge from the upheaval[s].” This thought sums up
Emergency Contraception Debated in South America
May 31st, 2007 | by Ian Brown
In Ushuaia, Argentina a judge recently restricted access of poor women and adolescents to emergency contraceptive pills. The ruling suspended
Yemen Closes Two Rivals of the State News Network
May 31st, 2007 | by Ian Brown
Yemen has closed two independent news networks. The networks www.al-shoura.net and www.aleshteraki.net were shut down because they did not
UN Imposes Sanctions on Sudan
May 30th, 2007 | by kmtsudama
By Impunity Watch Africa President George Bush announced yesterday the imposition of new economic sanctions against Sudan targeting government-run companies
Paramilitary groups a dangerous, influential force in Colombia
May 30th, 2007 | by Ian Brown
In early May, Kenneth Roth, the executive director of Human Rights Watch, wrote a letter to Colombian President álvaro Uribe,
Birth Control Subsidized in Brazil
May 29th, 2007 | by Ian Brown
Just weeks after Pope Benedict spoke against government sponsored birth control measures; Brazil announced on Monday that they will subsidize
Myanmar lengthens Nobel winner’s sentence
May 29th, 2007 | by Ian Brown
Suu Kyi, winner of the 1991 Nobel Peace Prize, will spend another year under house arrest in her Myanmar home,
Rwandan Hutu Rebels Suspected of Killing 29 in DRC
May 28th, 2007 | by kmtsudama
By Meryl White Impunity Watch Reporter In Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, between Saturday night to Sunday morning, more than
Justice in Rwanda
May 28th, 2007 | by kmtsudama
By Myriam Clerge Impunity Watch, Africa Francois-Xavier Byuma, a prominent civil rights activist, was sentenced for 19 years in prison
Chavez closes “threatening” TV station
May 28th, 2007 | by Ian Brown
By Christopher Gehrke Impunity Watch Senior Desk Officer, South America Radio Caracas Televisión (RCTV), Venezuela’s oldest television station, was taken
Birth control crackdown in rural China sparks riots
May 28th, 2007 | by Ian Brown
China launched its one-child per couple policy in 1980 to try to maintain swift economic growth and feed and control
Pope makes first visit to Brazil, angers Indians
May 27th, 2007 | by Ian Brown
Pope Benedict made his first visit to Brazil convening a 19 day conference of Latin American Bishops. Brazil is the
Iran Charges Iranian-American Scholar
May 27th, 2007 | by Ian Brown
Haleh Esfandiari was prevented from returning to the US in December 2006, arrested on May 8, and recently accused
A rival political party in Egypt
May 27th, 2007 | by Ian Brown
Egypt has allowed for the creation of a new political party to rival the President Mubarak’s National Democratic Party.
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