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Thursday, May 26, 2005 Repression mar rights progress in Asia, says AI LONDON: Amnesty International said Wednesday that Asia had recorded some progress on human rights but warned that "pockets of repression" remained, with many abuses committed in the name of the "war on terror." In its annual report, the London-based human rights watchdog singled out for "grave human-rights violations" the long-festering conflicts in Nepal, northeast India and Indonesia's Aceh province. It also voiced concern about the newly emerged conflict that has flared in southern Thailand, where at least 78 demonstrators suffocated inside army lorries and 500 people had been killed by the end of last year. Human-rights abuses were also frequent in Asian conflicts where both sides were working on a resolution-in Kashmir, Sri Lanka and the Philippines-and in little-watched nations, such as the 30-year-old conflict in Laos. Islamist terrorists, meanwhile, had killed civilians in bomb attacks on the Australian Embassy in Jakarta and a ferry in Manila Bay. Amnesty International noted some positive developments for human rights and peace in Asia, including the diplomatic thaw between nuclear rivals India and Pakistan. Human rights had been debated at large meetings in Mumbai, Seoul and Kath-mandu and had "shaped many political agendas" in elections in Afghanistan, Australia, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, the Philippines and South Korea. --AFP [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> DonorsChoose. A simple way to provide underprivileged children resources often lacking in public schools. Fund a student project in NYC/NC today! http://us.click.yahoo.com/EHLuJD/.WnJAA/cUmLAA/TySplB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
