UNHCR | Refworld | Latest Updates http://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/refworld/rwmain Latest updates on www.refworld.org en-gb Tue, 09 Feb 2010 18:48:16 GMT UNHCR Refworld 2010 60 <![CDATA[Uzbekistan: Drugs planted and worshippers beaten up?]]> Publisher: Forum 18 - Document type: Country News http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/4b718e600.html http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/4b718e600.html Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:33:36 GMT <![CDATA[Media watchdog urges Tajik officials to end media harassment]]> Publisher: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty - Document type: Country News http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/4b71897923.html http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/4b71897923.html Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:12:41 GMT <![CDATA[Kyrgyz protesters defy ban to rally for jailed politician]]> Publisher: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty - Document type: Country News http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/4b718979c.html http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/4b718979c.html Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:12:41 GMT <![CDATA[Iranian human rights activist arrested]]> Publisher: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty - Document type: Country News http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/4b71897823.html http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/4b71897823.html Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:12:40 GMT <![CDATA[Banned candidates allowed to take part in Iraqi election]]> Publisher: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty - Document type: Country News http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/4b718978c.html http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/4b718978c.html Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:12:40 GMT <![CDATA[Kazakh police detain opposition activists]]> Publisher: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty - Document type: Country News http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/4b71897728.html http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/4b71897728.html Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:12:39 GMT <![CDATA[Iran to execute nine more protesters, as opposition leader denounces 'dictatorship']]> Publisher: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty - Document type: Country News http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/4b718977c.html http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/4b718977c.html Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:12:39 GMT <![CDATA[Armenian police drop charges against opposition activists]]> Publisher: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty - Document type: Country News http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/4b7189761e.html http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/4b7189761e.html Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:12:38 GMT <![CDATA[Ahmadinejad's budget hikes funding for hard-line think tanks]]> Publisher: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty - Document type: Country News http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/4b718976c.html http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/4b718976c.html Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:12:38 GMT <![CDATA[Suicide bomber kills 41 Shi'ite pilgrims in Iraq]]> Publisher: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty - Document type: Country News http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/4b7189752d.html http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/4b7189752d.html Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:12:37 GMT <![CDATA[Kyrgyz protesters seek protection for migrants in Kazakhstan]]> Publisher: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty - Document type: Country News http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/4b718975c.html http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/4b718975c.html Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:12:37 GMT <![CDATA[Bosnia Muslim ex-commander arrested for war crimes]]> Publisher: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty - Document type: Country News http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/4b7189742d.html http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/4b7189742d.html Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:12:36 GMT <![CDATA[Yemen clashes continue, cease-fire offer rejected]]> Publisher: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty - Document type: Country News http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/4b718974c.html http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/4b718974c.html Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:12:36 GMT <![CDATA[Moscow police break up anti-Kremlin protest]]> Publisher: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty - Document type: Country News http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/4b71897323.html http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/4b71897323.html Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:12:35 GMT <![CDATA[Iran puts 16 more protesters on trial]]> Publisher: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty - Document type: Country News http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/4b718973c.html http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/4b718973c.html Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:12:35 GMT <![CDATA[Tajik weekly charged with libel by ministry]]> Publisher: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty - Document type: Country News http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/4b71897223.html http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/4b71897223.html Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:12:34 GMT <![CDATA[Supreme court judges file lawsuits against three Tajik newspapers]]> Publisher: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty - Document type: Country News http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/4b718972c.html http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/4b718972c.html Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:12:34 GMT <![CDATA[Kyrgyz officials ban rally by supporters of jailed opposition leader]]> Publisher: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty - Document type: Country News http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/4b71897128.html http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/4b71897128.html Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:12:33 GMT <![CDATA[Iranian cleric urges more executions of protesters]]> Publisher: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty - Document type: Country News http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/4b718971c.html http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/4b718971c.html Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:12:33 GMT <![CDATA[Russian newspaper owners, editor arrested for publishing 'ordered' stories]]> Publisher: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty - Document type: Country News http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/4b71897036.html http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/4b71897036.html Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:12:32 GMT <![CDATA[Iraq takes on channels 'inciting violence']]> Publisher: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty - Document type: Country News http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/4b7189701a.html http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/4b7189701a.html Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:12:32 GMT <![CDATA[Hong Kong: Lawmakers resign, call for suffrage]]> Publisher: Radio Free Asia - Document type: Country News http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/4b7189638.html http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/4b7189638.html Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:12:19 GMT <![CDATA[Thailand: Karen said to face danger]]> Publisher: Radio Free Asia - Document type: Country News http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/4b7189621e.html http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/4b7189621e.html Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:12:18 GMT <![CDATA[China: What not to cover]]> Publisher: Radio Free Asia - Document type: Country News http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/4b7189622.html http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/4b7189622.html Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:12:18 GMT <![CDATA[Burma: Junta frees boy soldier]]> Publisher: Radio Free Asia - Document type: Country News http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/4b7189611a.html http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/4b7189611a.html Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:12:17 GMT <![CDATA[With 47 journalists in jail, Iran sets notorious records]]> Publisher: Committee to Protect Journalists - Document type: Country News http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/4b71895328.html http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/4b71895328.html Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:12:03 GMT <![CDATA[Vietnamese writer jailed for spreading 'propaganda']]> Publisher: Committee to Protect Journalists - Document type: Country News http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/4b718953c.html http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/4b718953c.html Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:12:03 GMT <![CDATA[Tajik judges seek millions from weeklies in civil libel case]]> Publisher: Committee to Protect Journalists - Document type: Country News http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/4b71895223.html http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/4b71895223.html Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:12:02 GMT <![CDATA[Saudi operator Arabsat takes Iran's Al-Alam network off air]]> Publisher: Committee to Protect Journalists - Document type: Country News http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/4b718952c.html http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/4b718952c.html Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:12:02 GMT <![CDATA[Museveni accuses two Ugandan journalists of libel]]> Publisher: Committee to Protect Journalists - Document type: Country News http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/4b71895123.html http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/4b71895123.html Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:12:01 GMT <![CDATA[Morocco's most critical publication faces closure]]> Publisher: Committee to Protect Journalists - Document type: Country News http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/4b718951c.html http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/4b718951c.html Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:12:01 GMT <![CDATA[Mexican publisher shot to death in Guerrero]]> Publisher: Committee to Protect Journalists - Document type: Country News http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/4b71895023.html http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/4b71895023.html Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:12:00 GMT <![CDATA[Journalists in Sri Lanka face intimidation, censorship]]> Publisher: Committee to Protect Journalists - Document type: Country News http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/4b718950c.html http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/4b718950c.html Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:12:00 GMT <![CDATA[In Tunisia, critical journalist's appeal rejected]]> Publisher: Committee to Protect Journalists - Document type: Country News http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/4b71894f1c.html http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/4b71894f1c.html Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:11:59 GMT <![CDATA[Ethiopia jails editor whose paper challenged Zenawi]]> Publisher: Committee to Protect Journalists - Document type: Country News http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/4b71894f0.html http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/4b71894f0.html Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:11:59 GMT <![CDATA[Burmese government jails another DVB journalist]]> Publisher: Committee to Protect Journalists - Document type: Country News http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/4b71894d1a.html http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/4b71894d1a.html Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:11:57 GMT <![CDATA[Women's lives at risk because of Nicaragua's abortion ban]]> Publisher: Amnesty International - Document type: Country News http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/4b7121661e.html http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/4b7121661e.html Tue, 09 Feb 2010 07:48:38 GMT <![CDATA[Governments urged to condemn Nicaragua abortion ban]]> Publisher: Amnesty International - Document type: Country News http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/4b712166c.html http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/4b712166c.html Tue, 09 Feb 2010 07:48:38 GMT <![CDATA[Ukraine releases Belarusian opposition activist]]> Publisher: Amnesty International - Document type: Country News http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/4b7121651a.html http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/4b7121651a.html Tue, 09 Feb 2010 07:48:37 GMT <![CDATA[Kenya: Landmark Ruling on Indigenous Land Rights]]> Publisher: Human Rights Watch - Document type: Country News http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/4b71215bc.html http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/4b71215bc.html Tue, 09 Feb 2010 07:48:27 GMT <![CDATA[Thailand: Cease Intimidation of Karen Refugees]]> Publisher: Human Rights Watch - Document type: Country News http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/4b71215a1a.html http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/4b71215a1a.html Tue, 09 Feb 2010 07:48:26 GMT <![CDATA[Photographer who showed Uzbek reality to be tried for "insulting the people"]]> Publisher: Reporters Without Borders - Document type: Country News http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/4b7121298.html http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/4b7121298.html Tue, 09 Feb 2010 07:47:37 GMT <![CDATA[Authorities step up pressure on independent journalists]]> Publisher: Reporters Without Borders - Document type: Country News http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/4b712128c.html http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/4b712128c.html Tue, 09 Feb 2010 07:47:36 GMT <![CDATA[Did Gao Zhisheng die under torture in detention?]]> Publisher: Reporters Without Borders - Document type: Country News http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/4b7121271e.html http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/4b7121271e.html Tue, 09 Feb 2010 07:47:35 GMT <![CDATA[Writer who was assaulted gets three-and-a-half-year sentence on trumped-up assault charge]]> Publisher: Reporters Without Borders - Document type: Country News http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/4b712127c.html http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/4b712127c.html Tue, 09 Feb 2010 07:47:35 GMT <![CDATA[Independent weekly threatened with being closed for good]]> Publisher: Reporters Without Borders - Document type: Country News http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/4b71212629.html http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/4b71212629.html Tue, 09 Feb 2010 07:47:34 GMT <![CDATA[Court imposes new two-year sentence on website editor]]> Publisher: Reporters Without Borders - Document type: Country News http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/4b71212617.html http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/4b71212617.html Tue, 09 Feb 2010 07:47:34 GMT <![CDATA[Kazakhstan: Women's prayers lead to massive fine - and more?]]> Publisher: Forum 18 - Document type: Country News http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/4b71198c0.html http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/4b71198c0.html Tue, 09 Feb 2010 07:15:08 GMT <![CDATA[India: 1. Is the POTA Act still current? 2. Is the BJP still in power? Who is in opposition? 3. What is Janata Dal and which party is it aligned to, if any? 4. Please provide information about Shiva Sena. 5. Is it against the Janata Dal and/or Muslims? 6. Are Muslims subjected to harassment in India? 7. Please provide details of states where Muslims are most numerous and/or where they have the greatest percentage of the population. 8. Is there fighting amongst Muslims and Hindus at the anniversary of the Babri Mosque incident?]]> Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal - Document type: Query Responses http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/4b6fe2136.html http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/4b6fe2136.html Mon, 08 Feb 2010 09:06:11 GMT <![CDATA[India: 1. Please provide information regarding the treatment of separated Muslim women in India. 2. Please provide information regarding the employment prospects of separated Muslim women. 3. Please provide information regarding the level of state protection for separated Muslim women.]]> Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal - Document type: Query Responses http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/4b6fe212d.html http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/4b6fe212d.html Mon, 08 Feb 2010 09:06:10 GMT