---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Human Rights Watch <[email protected]> Date: Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 9:07 PM Subject: Weekly Digest [LGBT Rights Movement: Progress and Visibility Breed Backlash] To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
June 5th - 12th, 2009 Namibian Lawyer, Canadian Academic Honored for HIV/AIDS Work Sri Lanka: End Illegal Detention of Displaced Population LGBT Rights Movement: Progress and Visibility Breed Backlash China: Government Rebuffs UN Human Rights Council Italy/Libya: Gaddafi Visit Celebrates Dirty Deal Dagestan: A 'Wahhabi' village Kosovo: Protect Independent Journalist Nigeria: Abusers Reign at Midterm They killed Audette Salem twice Namibian Lawyer, Canadian Academic Honored for HIV/AIDS Work Longtime Rights Defender and Researcher Receive 2009 Awards The Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network and Human Rights Watch today will honor Michaela Clayton, a Namibian lawyer and activist, as the recipient of the 2009 International Award for Action on HIV/AIDS and Human Rights. Read more Sri Lanka: End Illegal Detention of Displaced Population Nearly 300,000 Tamils Enduring Poor Conditions in Camps (New York) - The Sri Lankan government should end the illegal detention of nearly 300,000 ethnic Tamils displaced by the recently ended conflict in Sri Lanka. Read more LGBT Rights Movement: Progress and Visibility Breed Backlash Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Rights Defenders Need Resources, Broader Support (New York) - Activists working for the rights of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender people in many countries are still under-resourced, unnecessarily isolated, and vulnerable to violent backlash even after four decades of struggle. Read more China: Government Rebuffs UN Human Rights Council Commitments to Uphold Human Rights Ignored (Geneva) - China has made a mockery of its commitment to the UN Human Rights Council's Universal Periodic Review process. Read more Italy/Libya: Gaddafi Visit Celebrates Dirty Deal Italy and Libya Join Forces to Prevent Boat Migrants From Leaving or Seeking Asylum (Washington, DC) - Libyan leader Mu`ammar al-Gaddafi will visit Italy on June 10, 2009 to celebrate the ratification of an Italy-Libya Friendship Treaty that has already resulted in joint naval patrols that run roughshod over refugee and migrant rights. Read more Dagestan: A 'Wahhabi' village by Tanya Lokshina There is never a quiet moment in Dagestan. There are all the ‘counterterrorism' operations, when entire houses are destroyed and helicopters fire away into mountain gorges. Read more Kosovo: Protect Independent Journalist Government Should Condemn Threats and Defend Press Freedom (Brussels) - Kosovo's president and prime minister should forcefully condemn recent threats against the independent journalist Jeta Xharra in a newspaper that receives substantial advertising revenues from the government. Read more Nigeria: Abusers Reign at Midterm Ten Steps for Yar’Adua to Improve Human Rights Record (Dakar) - President Umaru Yar'Adua of Nigeria, halfway through his presidential mandate, has undermined the country's foremost anti-corruption body, done little to rein in an abusive police force, and failed to address the root causes of the escalating crisis in the Niger Delta. Read more They killed Audette Salem twice by Nadim Houry Lebanese flags and candles decorate pictures of Lebanese civilians,who went missing in Lebanon's 1975-1990 civil war, during a ceremony to honor them at the steps of the Lebanese Museum. Read more To prevent mailbox filters from deleting mailings from Human Rights Watch, add [email protected] to your address book. Remove yourself from this mailing. Remove yourself from all mailings from Human Rights Watch. Modify your profile. -- http://venukm.blogspot.com/ --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Green Youth Movement" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth?hl=en-GB -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
