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· February, 2006

Stories about Human Rights from February, 2006

North Korea: Food aid argument

Scott Bruce of NKZone notes an essay by South Korean scholar Wonhyuk Lim on food aid to North Korea. “The end of the Cold War showed that even “an evil...

Written by Luisetta Mudie
27 February 2006

China: Why unenforced laws matter

Chinese Law Prof notes the appearance of a new book by Kevin O'Brien and Lianjiang Li, Rightful Resistance in Rural China, saying it shows how legal texts can be socially...

Written by Luisetta Mudie
27 February 2006

South Africa: Failed habitats

African HOUSEIT writes on “Failed Habitats” that is the thousands of homes that lack proper sewage systems and water supplies...”Thousands in the area have no private access to water, and...

Written by Sokari Ekine
27 February 2006

A Look at the Syrian Blogsphere

After a tense month of anti-violence campaigns, the Syrian blogsphere seemed to be quite calm this week… Discussions revolved about the new step from the US to give a $5...

Written by Yazan Badran
26 February 2006

Pulse of the Saudi Blogosphere

Many different and interesting topics were discussed in the Saudi blogosphere this week, so let's start our roundup right away. What is the difference between democracy and American democracy? Hassan...

Written by Ahmed Al-Omran
25 February 2006

Ukraine: Self-Immolation Attempt

David McDuff of A Step At A Time has translated a report about a Ukrainian woman's recent self-immolation attempt as a way to protest her Chechen husband's imminent deportation to...

Written by Veronica Khokhlova
24 February 2006

Nigeria: Islam & Violence

Chippla writes on Islam and Violence in Northern Nigeria which has once again escalated this time over the Danish cartoons. He wonders if the violence does not hide divisions in...

Written by Sokari Ekine
23 February 2006

Darfur: NATO deployment

Sudan-Reeves believes the presence of a NATO force in Darfur alongside the AU forces would immediately challenge the genocidal actions of the Janjaweed militia and bring security to the region.

Written by Sokari Ekine
23 February 2006

Armenia: Traffickers & Ports

Ara Manoogian is angry with the Bush Administration's support for turning over US ports to a UAE company because of the country's major ties to human trafficking.

Written by Nathan Hamm
23 February 2006

Armenia: Evictions

Christian Garbis reports on evictions for the sake of “progress” in Armenia's capital.

Written by Nathan Hamm
23 February 2006

Uganda: Child Soldiers

Uganda-CAN reports from the Northern region on the plight of child soldiers. Even after being rescued and returned home, the children still suffer from being stigmatised by their own families...

Written by Sokari Ekine
22 February 2006

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