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04/24/2008 Asian governments' attempts to manage skyrocketing food prices by restricting rice exports is actually aggravating food shortages in the region, says Peter Timmer in this interview.
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From: Center for Global Development
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04/24/2008 Whatever happens to the Chinese arms shipment destined for Zimbabwe, the case highlights the urgent need for the UN to work towards an Arms Trade Treaty at a meeting in New York later this month, says a leading development group.
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From: Oxfam International
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04/18/2008 An urgent application has been made to suspend a transport permit allowing arms from China -- currently anchored in a South African harbor -- to be conveyed to the government of Zimbabwe.
From: Business Day
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The protest was part of 'Play Fair,' a major international campaign pushing for respect for workers' rights in the global sportswear industry.
04/17/2008 While Darfur and Tibet activists took center stage as the Olympic torch passed through North America last week, anti-sweatshop advocates were also protesting against labor practices in Chinese factories making official Olympics garb.
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From: Global Exchange
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Image: The protest was part of 'Play Fair,' a major international campaign pushing for respect for workers' rights in the global sportswear industry. © fairolympics.org
04/15/2008 Saudi Arabia had the highest number of executions per capita, followed by Iran and Libya, according to a new Amnesty survey that says 88 per cent of all known executions took place in China, Iran, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and the US.
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From: Amnesty International - International Secretariat
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04/14/2008 Kiinan vastaus maailmaa koettelevaan ruokakriisiin on paluu omavaraiseen maataloustuotantoon. Nopea kaupungistuminen kuitenkin kutistaa peltopinta-alaa ja imee työvoimaa pois maataloudesta.
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From: Suomen IPS
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04/10/2008 Between 2000 and 2006, carbon dioxide emissions from the burning of fossil fuels grew 3.1 percent a year -- more than twice the rate of growth during the 1990s, says a new study from an environmental think tank.
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From: Earth Policy Institute
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04/10/2008 China is worried that the recent resentment and resistance among the Tibetans could spread to other major minorities whose traditional territories have been colonised and exploited by the majority Han Chinese. The Tibetans clearly want some form of autonomy, which they will not get, says Mathieu Vernerey.
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From: Le Monde diplomatique
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04/08/2008 The incarceration of prominent Chinese rights activist Hu Jia reflects the increasingly repressive nature of the Chinese government ahead of the summer 2008 Olympic Games, says a human rights watchdog.
From: Human Rights Watch
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04/07/2008 Security measures for the Olympic torch relayÂ’s passage through Paris are "shameful", according to an international media freedom group.
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From: Reporter Senza Frontiere
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04/07/2008 Amnesty International vaatii vankeuteen tuomitun kiinalaisen toisinajattelijan Hu Jian vapauttamista. Amnesty vetoaa myös valtionpäämiehiin ja Kansainväliseen olympiakomiteaan, jotta ne vaatisivat Hun vapauttamista.
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From: Amnesty International Suomen osasto
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04/06/2008 Police had to bring in reinforcements to marshal the Olympic torch relay through London after a series of protests along the 31-mile route by critics of China's human rights record.
+ IOC memo minimises events in Tibet
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From: Guardian Unlimited
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04/03/2008 The International Olympic Committee must insist that Beijing ensure freedom for the press to report in the run-up to and during AugustÂ’s Olympic Games, an international media freedom group said.
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04/02/2008 Kiinan valmistautuminen Pekingin olympialaisiin ei ole ainakaan toistaiseksi kohentanut maan ihmisoikeustilannetta. Joiltain osin tilanne on kisojen takia pikemminkin heikentynyt, kertoo ihmisoikeusjärjestö Amnesty Internationalin julkaisema raportti.
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From: Amnesty International Suomen osasto
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04/02/2008 NEW YORK, Apr 1 (OneWorld) - The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has drawn fire from one of the world's most prominent rights advocacy groups for not speaking out about the human rights situation in China.
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From: OneWorld US
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04/01/2008 Lehtileikkeet, julisteet ja banderollit täyttävät intialaisen Dharamsalan kaupungin seinät. Kaupungissa asuvat 20 000 Tiibetin pakolaista seuraavat tarkasti kotimaansa tapahtumia, vanhemmat seinille liimattujen lehtileikkeiden avulla, nuorempi sukupolvi netistä.
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