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Human Rights · November, 2006
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Stories about Human Rights from November, 2006

28 November 2006

Syria: 8 Syrian Students Face Trial for Starting Discussion Group

Written by Haitham Sabbah · Quick Reads · Middle East & North Africa

Lebanon: Minister Pierre Gemayel Assassinated

Written by Moussa Bashir · Middle East & North Africa

Lebanon witnessed this week the brutal assassination of its minister of industry and trade. This terrorist act overshadowed all other events and topics in the Lebanese blogosphere. Nevertheless, the posts...

Ethiopia's bloggers disappear again

Written by Andrew Heavens · Sub-Saharan Africa

The bulk of Ethiopia's bloggers disappeared from Ethiopian computer screens for the second time in seven months this week. All sites hosted by the popular Blogspot platform stalled when internet...

Iran:Clashes at AmirKabir University

Written by Fred Petrossian · Quick Reads · Middle East & North Africa

Kazakhstan: Video & Image

Written by Nathan Hamm · Quick Reads · Central Asia & Caucasus

27 November 2006

India: Caste and reservations

Written by Neha Viswanathan · Quick Reads · South Asia

Belarus: Kozulin Turns 51 in Jail

Written by Veronica Khokhlova · Quick Reads · Eastern & Central Europe

Russia: Image Abroad

Written by Veronica Khokhlova · Quick Reads · Eastern & Central Europe

Ukraine: Was the Famine Genocide?

Written by Veronica Khokhlova · Quick Reads · Eastern & Central Europe

Arabisc: Bahraini Elections, Dying Children and Confusing Freedom!

Written by Amira Al Hussaini · Middle East & North Africa

Bahrain held its second Parliamentary elections in its modern history this week, with about 300,000 voters going to the polls. Amongst them was Bahraini blogger Haythoo, who hoped his ‘party’...

Libya: A Dutch letter to Gheddaffi, “We burn migrants.”

Written by Haitham Sabbah · Quick Reads · Middle East & North Africa

Palestine: Border still closed!

Written by Haitham Sabbah · Quick Reads · Middle East & North Africa

China: Chen Guangcheng's case re-opened

Written by Oiwan Lam · Quick Reads · East Asia

26 November 2006

Ethiopia: pro-democracy websites and blogs blocked

Written by Ndesanjo Macha · Quick Reads · Sub-Saharan Africa

The Week That Was in Bahrain

Written by Amira Al Hussaini · Middle East & North Africa

More than 300,000 Bahrainis went to the polls on Saturday to elect 40 Municipal Councillors and another 40 Members of Parliament. This is the second time Bahrainis vote in their...

Kenya: mistreatment of Kenyan novelist

Written by Ndesanjo Macha · Quick Reads · North America

Sudan: Southern Sudanese are trapped

Written by Ndesanjo Macha · Quick Reads · Sub-Saharan Africa

25 November 2006

Zimbabwe: Zimbabwean film-maker wins first prize

Written by Ndesanjo Macha · Quick Reads · Sub-Saharan Africa

Palestinian Still Waiting to Return Home

Written by Amira Al Hussaini · Quick Reads · Middle East & North Africa

24 November 2006

Guyana: Little progress on eradicating homophobia

Written by Georgia Popplewell · Quick Reads · Caribbean