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20 November 2009
Kazakh rights activist denied access to lawyer
, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, 18 November 2009
Israeli plan to build in East Jerusalem criticized
, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, 18 November 2009
Iran's Islamic militia says it will confront 'riots'
, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, 18 November 2009
Poll: Afghans see poverty, corruption as main causes of war
, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, 18 November 2009
Muslim women arrested in southern Uzbekistan
, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, 18 November 2009
Turkish-Armenian writer reports death threats
, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, 18 November 2009
Russian activists demand government investigate journalist's beating
, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, 18 November 2009
Iran says five sentenced to death in postelection unrest
, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, 18 November 2009
Moscow police detain Limonov supporters at rally
, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, 17 November 2009
Baku official slams 'bias' over blogger verdicts
, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, 17 November 2009
Civilian death toll almost trebled in Afghan attack
, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, 17 November 2009
Kazakh police arrest human traffickers, free captive women
, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, 17 November 2009
TI highlights Kremlin failures against corruption
, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, 17 November 2009
Reporters barred from Afghan leader's inauguration
, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, 17 November 2009
UN court overturns Rwandan's genocide conviction
, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, 17 November 2009
Kazakh activist, journalist complain of pressure in prison
, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, 16 November 2009
Suu Kyi seeks meeting with Myanmar junta leader
, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, 16 November 2009
Gunmen in army uniforms kill 12 Iraqi villagers
, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, 16 November 2009
Suicide bomber kills four near Pakistani air base
, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, 16 November 2009
China: Lawyers, activists denied access
, Radio Free Asia, 18 November 2009
Vietnam: Jailed priest suffers stroke
, Radio Free Asia, 17 November 2009
China: Tibetan's trial detailed
, Radio Free Asia, 16 November 2009
China: Finding common ground
, Radio Free Asia, 16 November 2009
Central Asia remains a corruption problem area, while the Caucasus registers mixed gains
, EurasiaNet, 18 November 2009
Azerbaijan: Outrage and disappointment follow bloggers' conviction
, EurasiaNet, 16 November 2009
Mongolia: Ethnic Kazakhs eye land of opportunity to the west
, EurasiaNet, 4 November 2009
Tajikistan: Cotton harvest relies heavily on child labor
, EurasiaNet, 3 November 2009
Georgia: Free-speech debate swirls in Tbilisi over patriarch parody
, EurasiaNet, 2 November 2009
Afghanistan: Karzai declared president, but is Abdullah the real winner?
, EurasiaNet, 2 November 2009
Georgia: Tbilisi tries to improve prison conditions
, EurasiaNet, 22 October 2009
Kyrgyzstan: Ethnic minority expands ties to South Korea
, EurasiaNet, 22 October 2009
Armenia: Opposition journalist trial reopens old wounds
, EurasiaNet, 21 October 2009
Kyrgyzstan: Bakiyev's reform push strives to contain corruption in Bishkek
, EurasiaNet, 20 October 2009
Afghanistan: Is power-sharing deal in the offing in Kabul?
, EurasiaNet, 15 October 2009
Kyrgyzstan: Gangs govern life in many Kyrgyz schools
, EurasiaNet, 15 October 2009
Afghanistan: Rethinking the AF-PAK strategy
, EurasiaNet, 14 October 2009
Kazakhstan: Nazarbayev president-for-life trial balloon draws lots of darts
, EurasiaNet, 24 September 2009
European Charter for Regional and Minority Languages: Application of the Charter in the Slovak Republic
, Council of Europe: Secretariat of the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities, 18 November 2009
Nigeria: No end to internal displacement
, Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC), 19 November 2009
Three more journalists arrested, relatives and lawyers subject to intimidation
, Reporters Without Borders, 17 November 2009
Were Tibetan writers' long jail sentences a pre-emptive response to Obama's comments?
, Reporters Without Borders, 16 November 2009
Two journalists arrested and expelled for covering a Greenpeace protest
, Reporters Without Borders, 19 November 2009
Newspaper reporter threatened after writing about drug trafficking
, Reporters Without Borders, 16 November 2009
Heavy fines but no jail for editor convicted of defamation
, Reporters Without Borders, 17 November 2009
19 November 2009
European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages: Application of the Charter in the Slovak Republic, 2nd Monitoring Cycle
, Council of Europe: Committee of Ministers, 18 November 2009
Uzbekistan: Free Human Rights Defender
, Human Rights Watch, 16 November 2009
Morocco/Western Sahara: Reverse New Rule on Sahrawi Activists' Contacts
, Human Rights Watch, 16 November 2009
Morocco: Endangered 'Model'?
, Human Rights Watch, 16 November 2009
Singapore: Defamation case threatens press freedom
, Amnesty International, 18 November 2009
Iranian 'web crime' unit designed to silence dissent
, Amnesty International, 16 November 2009
Amnesty International takes action for Sri Lanka displaced
, Amnesty International, 16 November 2009
Jordan must fully investigate suspected police killings
, Amnesty International, 18 November 2009
Australian government must end state-sponsored racially discriminatory measures
, Amnesty International, 18 November 2009
Pakistan: South Waziristan IDPs move further from conflict zone
, Integrated Regional Information Networks (IRIN), 17 November 2009
Afghanistan: New report highlights people's thirst for peace
, Integrated Regional Information Networks (IRIN), 18 November 2009
Kenya: Women weighed down by culture
, Integrated Regional Information Networks (IRIN), 16 November 2009
Somalia: Galkayo threatened by rising insecurity
, Integrated Regional Information Networks (IRIN), 18 November 2009
Report of the Secretary-General pursuant to Security Council resolution 1846 (2008)
, UN Security Council, 13 November 2009
Report of the Secretary-General pursuant to paragraph 6 of resolution 1883 (2009)
, UN Security Council, 11 November 2009
Statement by the President of the Security Council [made on behalf of the Security Council, at the 6219th meeting, 16 November 2009, in connection with the Council's consideration of the item entitled "The situation concerning Iraq"]
, UN Security Council, 16 November 2009
Security Council resolution 1894 (2009) [on the protection of civilians in armed conflict]
, UN Security Council, 11 November 2009
Commentary: The European Court of Human Rights - Out of step on conscientious objection
, Forum 18, 19 November 2009
Map of Settlement Outposts
, UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), November 2009
Map of Palestinian Communities Vulnerable to Settler Violence
, UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), November 2009
Map of Pakistan: South Waziristan Displacement Climbing
, United States Department of State, 2 November 2009
Map of Nepal: Reports of Security Incidents, October 2009
, UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), 9 November 2009
Map of Somalia: Population Movement Tracking
, UN High Commissioner for Refugees, 13 November 2009
Recommendations to the Eighth Session of the Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute, the Hague, 18-26 November 2009, Position Paper No. 14
, International Federation for Human Rights, November 2009
New Castro, Same Cuba: Political Prisoners in the Post-Fidel Era
, Human Rights Watch, 18 November 2009
Submission by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights' Compilation Report - Universal Periodic Review: Spain
, UN High Commissioner for Refugees, November 2009
Submission by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights' Compilation Report - Universal Periodic Review (Excerpts of Treaty Body Concluding Observations and Special Procedure Reports): Spain
, UN High Commissioner for Refugees, November 2009
Sudan: Article 19 Supports Human Rights Defenders' Quest for Justice
, Article 19, 18 November 2009
Brazil: Local Executive Undermines Preparatory Conference on Communications Reform
, Article 19, 18 November 2009
18 November 2009
Uzbekistan: Repression of Muslim and Christian religious activity continues
, Forum 18, 18 November 2009
RRT Case No. 0905553
, Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal, 16 September 2009
RRT Case No. 0905227
, Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal, 8 September 2009
Iranian court refuses to release Azerbaijani scientist
, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, 15 November 2009
Kosovars vote in first 'sovereign' elections
, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, 15 November 2009
Iran condemns man to death over unrest
, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, 15 November 2009
Rights group, parents seek pardon for Iranian Kurd
, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, 14 November 2009
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