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Post Views: 17 The visit is the first by senior US official since mass protests led to the overthrow of president Ben Ali Dozens of Tunisians marched in Tunis under tight security to protest Clinton’s visit [REUTERS] US Secretary of
Read MoreJapan dumps water on stricken reactors 0
Post Views: 10 Military helicopters undertake aerial spraying in bid to avert meltdown in quake-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant Military helicopters in Japan have dumped water on reactors at the quake-stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station in an effort to
Read MoreEgyptian state security disbanded 0
Post Views: 7 Interior minister disbands country’s hated state security agency, which was accused of torture and human rights abuses Protesters stormed several state security buildings earlier this month, in a bid to expose officials documents [Reuters] Egypt’s interior minister has
Read MoreGaddafi tells West to stay out of Libya 0
Post Views: 11 Leader dismisses rebels as “rats” and urges supporters to confront a possible invasion of country for its oil While Gaddafi addressed loyalists in Tripoli, people in rebel-held Benghazi threw shoes at his televised image [AFP] Muammar
Read MoreState of emergency declared in Bahrain 0
Post Views: 4 MANAMA – From wire dispatches A Bahraini nurse (R) walks Monday with anti-government protesters heading onto the streets to await Saudi forces in Manama. AP photo. Bahrain state TV reported that a three-month state of emergency has
Read MoreTorture exhibition in Istanbul reveals devastated lives 0
Post Views: 10 VERC?HAN Z?FL?O?LU ISTANBULThe 20th anniversary of the Human Rights Foundation of Turkey brings together 130 Turkish artists in an exhibition titled ‘Ate?in Dü?tü?ü Yer’ (Where Fire Has Struck), highlighting torture, human-rights violations and unsolved murders in Turkey.
Read MoreRosemary Nelson: 12 anni in attesa della verità 0
Post Views: 9 Il 15 marzo 1999 poco dopo le 8 del mattino, come tutte le mattine, l’avvocata Rosemary Nelson è uscita di casa per recarsi al suo ufficio, a Lurgan (Irlanda del Nord, contea di Portadown). Salita in macchina,
Read MoreIl PRIGIONIERO POLITICO ARNALDO OTEGI E GLI ALTRI 0
Post Views: 3 Il Tribunale Europe per i Diritti Umani(TEDU) ha sanzionato lo Stato spagnolo per la condanna ad un anno di prigione inflitta dal Tribunale Supremo spagnolo ad Arnaldo Otegi, dirigente della sinistra indipendentista basca, per “ingiurie al Re”.
Read MoreBahrain under state of emergency 0
Post Views: 19 King announces emergency powers for three months following weeks of unrest on the island, state television says The emergency order came a day after a Saudi-led force entered Bahrain to help prop up the government [Reuters] The king
Read MoreEstrasburgo condena al Estado español por violar la libertad de expresión de Arnaldo Otegi al condenarle por “injurias” al rey 0
Post Views: 4 Estrasburgo condena al Estado español por violar la libertad de expresión de Arnaldo Otegi al condenarle por “injurias” al rey El Tribunal Europeo de Derechos Humanos ha condenado al Estado español por vulnerar el derecho a la
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