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Oct 14, 2008Tripoli, (Reuters): Libya freed a dissident who was jailed last year for trying to hold a demonstration in Tripoli after a Libyan charity intervened to secure his release, the charity said on Tuesday. Idris Boufayed was arrested in February 2007, charged with trying to overthrow the government and sentenced to 25 years in prison, according to New York-based Human Rights Watch. It

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Being Muslim in India By Samina Mishra New Delhi, INDIA.   (This is a piece Samina wrote for India Today but the version that has appeared in the magazine is an edit that she did not agree to. It's not clear as to how that happened since she said she edited the longer article down to this final version and sent it in to the magazine. But now with the magazine out she is both angry

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New Delhi, Oct 9, PTI: The Supreme Court of India has ruled that an individual has a right to move apex court or high court for violation of the "principles of natural justice" even if there are alternative remedies available under the statute. For instance, if the statute says that a person should approach a designated tribunal for relief, he or she can still approach the High

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All Tribal Students' UnionManipur Camp, DelhiOctober 8, 2008 INVITATIONLeaders of All Tribal Students' Union Manipur (ATSUM) were arrested and jailed on October 6, 2008 at Imphal, Manipur, when they were demanding for redressing the educational rights of the tribals in Manipur. In extending our solidarity to the demands of ATSUM for justice and equality and in condemnation of the brutality of the

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September 30, 2008Source: Sify.ComNew Delhi: A young woman producer of a news channel was shot dead in the wee hours of Tuesday at a posh area of south-west Delhi while she was on her way back from work.Soumya Viswanathan, 27, who worked as a producer with Headlines Today, was found dead in her car on Nelson Mandela Road in Vasant Kunj locality at around 3:30 am, a senior police official said.

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By Emma Shaw Crane September 25, 2008Upsidedownworld.com Lori BerensonAmerican activist Lori Berenson was pulled off a bus in Peru in November of 1995, detained by anti-terrorist police, and tried for treason against the Peruvian state by a hooded military tribunal. A gun was held to her head as she received her sentence: life in prison. Accused of being a leader of the MRTA (Tupac Amaru

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Stockholm, Agencies: Indian couple Krishnammal and Sankaralingam Jagannathan and their organisation Land for the Tillers Freedom (LAFTI) have been awarded the Alternative Nobel Prize 2008 for social justice and sustainable human development, an official said here.They have been given the award "for two long lifetimes of work dedicated to realising in practice the Gandhian vision of social

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Source: The ScotsmanSeptember 30, 2008 Women in Afghanistan are being murdered simply for going out to work. Those in high-profile jobs are particularly at risk, as the assassination of a high ranking policewoman this week brutally reiterated, writes Emma Cowing. LIKE MANY working mothers, Malalai Kakar followed a routine most mornings. She would get her six children up and dressed, cook them a

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Source: Kashmirwatch.ComSrinagar, September 29: Jammu & Kashmir Government has decided only to release the detenues involved in militancy related cases. There is no good news for the families who were waiting the release of the innocent prisoners arrested in the mass uprising protests during the last two months including the leaders and acitivists of All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC).As

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Burmese monks lead a march during the Saffron Revolution; Sep. 2007.© racoles (flickr)Bangkok, Sep 26 (IPS): Burma's military leaders have signaled the start of a new political era with the release of 9,002 prisoners, including several key political detainees. The mass amnesty for the prisoners appeared timed for the anniversary, this week, of last year's brutal crackdown on the monk-led

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A provincial police chief says militants have released 148 Afghan labourers who were held hostage for almost a week in western Afghanistan. Militants last Sunday stopped three buses carrying labourers and abducted everyone on board.The labourers were working on a military base for the Afghan army in the city of Farah.Khalilullah Rahmani says 118 of the workers were released on Friday and that

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After two decades behind bars, Win Tin tells of life in one of the world's toughest jails He spoke against a noisy background of friends celebrating his release, but the Burmese journalist Win Tin – freed after spending more than 19 years in one of the world's most notorious jails – said he was thinking of those he left behind. "I am free, but I would like to say that I feel very sorry for my

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China, Sept 16, 2008: Reporters Without Borders calls on the Chinese authorities to release Dhondup Wangchen, who made a documentary about Tibet, and Jigme Gyatso, his friend and camera assistant. They have been unjustly detained since March 2008 for filming interviews with Tibetans, above all in the Amdo region of Tibet"The case of Wangchen and Gyatso is a tragic example of what happens when

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San Juan(Puerto Rico), Sept 2 (AP): The U.S. military has released three more prisoners from its prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.The Defense Department said Tuesday it transferred one prisoner to Pakistan and two to Afghanistan. It did not disclose their names or any details about the men.Their release brings the total still held at Guantanamo to about 255.The U.S. has released more than 500

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Source: Philippine Daily InquirerPosted On: 09/22/2008 Los Banos,Laguna: He was punched, beaten with a big plastic bottle of mineral water, kicked on his stomach and sex organ. His face was covered with a plastic bag making him lose consciousness and urinate in his pants. His tormentors repeatedly threatened to kill, burn, or bury Pastor Berlin Guerrero, whom they also called "

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Mr Win TinMyanmar, Wednesday: The release of Myanmar's longest-serving political prisoner, 79 year-old journalist Win Tin, has been welcomed around the world. The United States and organisations such as Reporters Without Borders expressed their satisfaction at the move, but stressed that many more political prisoners remain in Burmese jails.On Tuesday, Myanmar's military regime announced it was

Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6003239611701732666.post-47438991293740960102008-09-01T04:33:00.000-07:002008-09-01T05:04:53.868-07:00

The collapsed of the Soviet Union in 1991 was one of the happiest moment for the United States and its allies as it signifies the end of their hatred for the bi-polar world system. The West could have been more realistic by following the Russians. Instead they keep on efforts to enlarge NATO and began posting troops in the former USSR republics.As for the Russians they never wanted to accept that

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Opportunities must be created for the most deprived to have their say in issues affecting them.(This article was written by me back on November 2, 2007 and is uploaded at the website of Information & Public Relations, Govt. of Mizoram)The game: 'Building Mizo Society'. At first, at the creation of Mizoram, a large number of closely related ethnic linguistic groups came to form the Mizo state.

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For some the Indian Independence Day is a day for celebration, for some it's a time to lost their dear ones and for the United Liberation Front of Assam, which is accused of trigging the bomb blasts, it is a time for them to make 'strong political' statement that they meant business when it comes to dealing with the Union government at the Centre.Whether we like it or not violence is in no way

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Martin Luther King

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Sanjay Dutt was on Tuesday sentenced to six years rigorous imprisonment for possessing arms illegally thus bringing to an end the 13-year-long TADA trial in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts, media reports from Mumbai. Mr Dutt has also been fined an amount of Rs 25000. Meanwhile, his bail bond was rejected and he was taken into custody immediately. Mr Dutt can now appeal in the Supreme Court once he

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Even as hot seat for the contry's students election process is still a month away, electioneering process in the Delhi University and Jawaharlal Nehru University is witnessing new player in the form of Northeast students. Major political parties are fully aware of the 10,000-strong student community from the region.Media reports has it that leaders from the National Students Union of India (NSUI)

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Even as the talks between the Union Government of India and the NSCN(IM) faction is said to have reached crucial stage many in the mainland of India are still not aware of the Nagas and their way of life. A friend of mine - in fact my former classmate- once told me that the Nagas "will definitely win our freedom" from India some six years back. But not much has happened even then after much

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