Latest Refworld Updates

• 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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