http://www.newstin.co.uk/uk/political-prisoners Organizing the News Copyright © 2006 I2S a.s. Copyright © 2006 I2S a.s. http://www.newstin.co.uk/tag/uk/80821346 “The right of self-determination is important because it’s part of the pure principle of democracy”, Jacob Rumbiak, foreign affairs co-ordinator of the West Papua National Authority (WPNA), explained to Green Left Weekly during... Sun, 12 Oct 2008 20:43:14 GMT http://www.newstin.co.uk/tag/uk/80821346 2008-10-12T20:43:14Z http://www.newstin.co.uk/tag/uk/81020624 Cuban human rights activist Raumel Vinajera Estive must be a very dangerous man. How else to explain the show of force by Cuban police on the afternoon of Oct. 2, when they went to Vinajera's home in Palma Soriano to... Sun, 12 Oct 2008 20:58:37 GMT http://www.newstin.co.uk/tag/uk/81020624 2008-10-12T20:58:37Z http://www.newstin.co.uk/tag/uk/80650106 At a massive, well-organized and politically radical conference called CR10, some 3,000 prison abolitionists from coast to coast gathered in Oakland, Calif., for three days of reflecting, strategizing, collaborating and... Sat, 11 Oct 2008 03:28:00 GMT http://www.newstin.co.uk/tag/uk/80650106 2008-10-11T03:28:00Z http://www.newstin.co.uk/tag/uk/80347735 Tomás Ojea Quintana, the UN special reporteur on human rights in Burma, outlined “core human rights elements” that should be put in place before the 2010 general election, in a statement released on Wednesday. The elements... Thu, 09 Oct 2008 19:55:37 GMT http://www.newstin.co.uk/tag/uk/80347735 2008-10-09T19:55:37Z http://www.newstin.co.uk/tag/uk/80105867 The arrest last week of Ohn Kyaing, a 69-year-old former journalist and member of the Burmese opposition National League for Democracy (NLD), suggests that recent hopes concerning the Burmese military regime’s willingness to... Wed, 08 Oct 2008 19:28:36 GMT http://www.newstin.co.uk/tag/uk/80105867 2008-10-08T19:28:36Z http://www.newstin.co.uk/tag/uk/79807575 Pan-Armenian movement representative Levon Zurabyan weighs up the Yerevan city council’s denial to hold a meeting on Northern Avenue as exclusive and award-winning. On September 29, “Republic” party political council president... Tue, 07 Oct 2008 14:37:05 GMT http://www.newstin.co.uk/tag/uk/79807575 2008-10-07T14:37:05Z http://www.newstin.co.uk/tag/uk/79187600 Political prisoner Aung Zaw Oo was forced to stand trial at Kyauktada township court despite his pleas to be tried at a later date, according to a friend of the detainee. Aung Zaw Oo’s friend said he was handcuffed and forced... Fri, 03 Oct 2008 19:21:55 GMT http://www.newstin.co.uk/tag/uk/79187600 2008-10-03T19:21:55Z http://www.newstin.co.uk/tag/uk/78959632 AFP - The new UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay called for the release of Myanmar's political prisoners Thursday as she launched a 'justice and dignity' week for detainees around the world. Thu, 02 Oct 2008 18:30:55 GMT http://www.newstin.co.uk/tag/uk/78959632 2008-10-02T18:30:55Z http://www.newstin.co.uk/tag/uk/78955248 “The Council of Europe made a late decision on the evident truth,” says PACE Armenian delegation member Raffi Hovhannisian referring to the Monitoring Commission’s decision today that calls on the urgent release of those... Thu, 02 Oct 2008 18:11:13 GMT http://www.newstin.co.uk/tag/uk/78955248 2008-10-02T18:11:13Z http://www.newstin.co.uk/tag/uk/77995550 By 1988, there was nothing left of the relatively free atmosphere people acquired for a short period after the Iranian revolution of 1979. The Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI)'s brutal machine of repression has uprooted a... Mon, 29 Sep 2008 20:35:29 GMT http://www.newstin.co.uk/tag/uk/77995550 2008-09-29T20:35:29Z