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Cuba releases all dissidents arrested last week

Cuba releases all dissidents arrested last week

AFP - Yesterday, 04:39 am

HAVANA (AFP) - Cuba has released the last five of a group of 35 dissidents it arrested last week for demonstrating on behalf of a conscientious objector, a Cuban human rights group said. More »

  • U.S. EU fear fresh government crackdown in Iran

    Reuters - Monday, February 8 03:49 pm

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States and the European Union said on Monday they feared the Iranian government may crack down on opponents during this week's anniversary of Iran's 1979 Islamic revolution. More »

  • Shelling kills at least 9 in Somalia - group 

    Reuters - Monday, February 8 01:33 pm

    MOGADISHU (Reuters) - An exchange of mortar shells between Somali government forces and Islamist insurgents killed at least nine civilians and injured 14 others, a human rights group said Monday. More »

  • When greed and ambition dull honour

    Epolitix - Monday, February 8 11:14 am

    Lord Maginnis of Drumglass writes for ePolitix.com about what steps the government has taken to defend the human rights of Iranian refugees at Camp Ashraf. More »

  • Scrapping Human Rights Act could ruin devolution

    Politics.co.uk - Monday, February 8 12:01 am

    Replacing the 1997 Human Rights Act (HRA) with a new British Bill of Rights will impose severe complications on devolution in UK, according to a leading legal expert’s predictions. More »

  • Cuban dissidents beaten, harassed: opposition

    Cuban dissidents beaten, harassed: opposition

    AFP - Friday, February 5 10:38 pm

    HAVANA (AFP) - Cuban police harassed and briefly jailed some 35 political dissidents this week in the eastern city of Camaguey, a Cuban human rights group said Friday. More »

  • U.S. religious activist Robert Park gestures in this undated video grab released by North Korea's KCNA news agency in Pyongyang February 5, 2010. KCNA did not state when the picture was taken.

    China envoy to visit North Korea 

    Reuters - Friday, February 5 11:33 am

    SEOUL (Reuters) - A senior Chinese Communist Party official will visit Pyongyang next week in what appears to be a move to press North Korea to return to stalled nuclear disarmament talks, a South Korean news agency said on Friday. More »

  • U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon is pictured upon his arrival in Larnaca, Cyprus on Sunday Jan 31 2010. REUTERS/Andreas Manolis

    Not clear if Gaza war probes are "credible" 

    Reuters - Friday, February 5 06:34 am

    UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon cast doubt on Thursday on the credibility of Israeli and Palestinian investigations into U.N. allegations of war crimes during the 2008-2009 war in the Gaza Strip. More »

  • U.S. religious activist Robert Park gestures in this undated video grab released by North Korea's KCNA news agency in Pyongyang February 5, 2010. KCNA did not state when the picture was taken.

    China envoy to visit North Korea; U.S. activist released 

    Reuters - Friday, February 5 03:51 am

    SEOUL (Reuters) - A senior Chinese Communist Party official will visit Pyongyang next week in what appears to be a move to press North Korea to return to stalled nuclear disarmament talks, a South Korean news agency said on Friday. More »

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