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PAMBAZUKA NEWS 590: LINKS AND RESOURCES The authoritative electronic weekly newsletter and platform for social justice in Africa Pambazuka News is delivered free to you with the support of donations from Friends of Pambazuka. KEEP PAMBAZUKA FREE AND INDEPENDENT! BECOME A FRIEND OF PAMBAZUKA NOW! http://www.pambazuka.org/en/friends.php Follow Pambazuka @pambazuka Pambazuka News (English edition): ISSN 1753-6839 ------------------------------------------- Dear Subscribers, Please note that there will be no Links and Resources edition of Pambazuka News next week due to staff leave. ------------------------------------------- CONTENTS: 1. Podcasts & Video, 2. Zimbabwe update, 3. African Union Monitor, 4. Women & gender, 5. Human rights, 6. Refugees & forced migration, 7. Africa labour news, 8. Elections & governance, 9. Corruption, 10. Development, 11. Health & HIV/AIDS, 12. Education, 13. LGBTI, 14. Environment, 15. Land & land rights, 16. Media & freedom of expression, 17. Conflict & emergencies, 18. Internet & technology, 19. eNewsletters & mailing lists, 20. Fundraising & useful resources, 21. Courses, seminars, & workshops, 22. Jobs /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 1 Podcasts & Video GLOBAL: NO ECONOMIC JUSTICE WITHOUT GENDER JUSTICE This is a short clip from the event 'No Economic Justice without Gender Justice: Building Inclusive Movements for Change', held at the AWID forum in Istanbul, April 2012, and organised as part of the BRIDGE Cutting Edge programme on gender and social movements. It discusses gender relations within social movements. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/podcasts/83105 ****** /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 2 Zimbabwe update ZIMBABWE: SEVEN WOZA MEMBERS BRIEFLY DETAINED AFTER BULAWAYO DEMO Seven members of the pressure group Women of Zimbabwe Arise (WOZA) were arrested and then briefly detained on Tuesday, after a ‘die-in’ protest in Bulawayo. The ‘die-in’, which saw three different groups of WOZA members lying down at main traffic intersections in the city, form part of a WOZA led campaign to pressure for a devolved system of government to be included in the draft constitution. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/zimbabwe/83092 ****** /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 3 African Union Monitor BOTSWANA: BOTSWANA CONDEMNS THE AFRICAN UNION ON SUDAN Botswana has condemned the African Union (AU) for enticing Malawi to host Sudan president Omar al Bashir at the AU summit that was supposed to be held in Malawi in July. The summit has now been relocated to Ethiopia after Malawi refused to host Al-Bashir and threatened to arrest him if he attended over crimes al Bashir committed against humanity in Darfur and is on the wanted list of the International Criminal Court. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/aumonitor/83051 ****** /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 4 Women & gender EGYPT: POTENTIAL LAW TO REDUCE MARRIAGE AID Plan International says it is deeply concerned at new proposals by the Egyptian parliament to reduce the legal age for girls to marry to 14 - just four years after a successful campaign increased the age limit to 18. 'Early marriage can have a devastating impact on girls’ lives – they are more likely to be forced out of school, live in poverty, have early pregnancies and endure health complications or die during childbirth.' http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/wgender/83094 ****** EGYPT: TOUGH CHOICES FOR WOMEN Egyptian women's rights activists have only bad options in the current power crisis. If the Islamists in parliament hold power, they could erase years of legal gains for women. But if the military has its way, a police state could re-emerge, reports http://www.womensenews.org http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/wgender/83101 ****** GLOBAL: COMMUNICATIONS PROCEDURE OF THE COMMISSION ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN This page provides information for the communications procedure of the Commission on the Status of Women. 'Any individual, non-governmental organization, group or network may submit communications (complaints/appeals/petitions) to the Commission on the Status of Women containing information relating to alleged violations of human rights that affect the status of women in any country in the world. The Commission on the Status of Women considers such communications as part of its annual programme of work in order to identify emerging trends and patterns of injustice and discriminatory practices against women for purposes of policy formulation and development of strategies for the promotion of gender equality.' http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/wgender/83125 ****** GLOBAL: WOMEN-LOVING-WOMEN IN AFRICA AND ASIA This report is the result of the work of an amazing group of women from Asia and Africa who came together to research into the conditions of women in same-sex relations in their countries. 'With great determination and courage this group of women set about revealing the many obstacles, humiliations and indignities these women face. They uncovered not only pain, invisibility and silence, but also the pleasures of bonding and the beauty of love,' says the preface. Major themes in the research were female masculinity, the silencing and invisibility of Women-Loving-Women (WLW), and attempts at organizing on the basis of non-normative sexualities. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/wgender/83062 ****** /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 5 Human rights ANGOLA: ATTACKS AGAINST ACTIVISTS INCREASE Activist Adolfo Campos André, aged 32, survived an attack on 15 June. Two Toyota Landcruisers blocked his car, a Chevrolet Spark, in Petrangol Road in Luanda. According to his statement, two of the individuals struck him on the face with the ends of their guns at the same time, leaving him with injuries next to his right eye. Adolfo André has organised youth demonstrations against the long tenure of president José Eduardo dos Santos, who has been in office since 1979. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/rights/83049 ****** RWANDA: COMMUNITY GENOCIDE COURTS OFFICIALLY CLOSED Rwanda on Monday officially closed the 'gacaca' community courts, the controversial tribunals both credited with easing tensions and criticised for possible miscarriages of justice. 'Today's event is not simply to mark the closure of the courts, but also to recognise the enduring value of the process,' President Paul Kagame said at the closing ceremony in Kigali. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/rights/83069 ****** SENEGAL: NEW GOVERNMENT MUST END DECADES OF IMPUNITY FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS The new Senegalese government must demonstrate its commitment to safeguarding human rights by addressing the rampant impunity which undermines the judicial system and the rule of law, Amnesty International said. In a report entitled ‘Senegal: An agenda for human rights’, Amnesty International highlights key challenges the new government must overcome to ensure human rights are enforced, respected and protected. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/rights/83093 ****** SUDAN: ACTIVISTS REPORT UNPRECENDENTED VIOLENCE BY POLICE Sudanese activists said the security forces have dealt with protesters over the last three days with unprecedented violence, saying that Sunday was the bloodiest day in Sudanese street history. Sudan’s capital Khartoum has seen mass protests, which started on Friday, when hundreds of students took to the streets in protest of high costs of living and plans to cancel fuel subsidies. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/rights/83063 ****** SUDAN: POLICE, PROTESTERS CLASH OVER AUSTERITY CUTS Sudanese riot police armed with batons and tear gas fought with students protesting for a fourth day against tough austerity measures the finance minister set out in detail on Wednesday 20 June. Student groups, inspired by the Arab Spring uprisings, have led rallies in Khartoum against planned government spending cuts and sought to galvanise anger over price rises into a wider movement to topple military ruler Omar Hassan al-Bashir who has been in power since a 1989 bloodless coup. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/rights/83089 ****** SWAZILAND: ARMY FIRE AT OPPOSITION LEADER'S HOME Swaziland soldiers sprayed the house of the kingdom’s main opposition leader with bullets in what pro democracy activist believe was a planned attack. The home of Mario Masuku, President of the banned People’s United Democratic Movement (PUDEMO), at Makhosini near Nhlangano was hit by bullets fired by members of the kingdom’s army, known as the Umbutfo Swaziland Defence Force. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/rights/83061 ****** /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 6 Refugees & forced migration AFRICA: DONOR FATIGUE FORCES WFP TO CUT REFUGEE RATIONS The UN World Food Programme (WFP) has halved food rations to refugees living in camps in at least four African countries citing a funding shortfall. The cuts have already affected 16,000 refugees in Malawi’s Dzaleka camp who have been on half rations since March, while a further 120,000 refugees in Uganda began receiving half rations of cereals in May. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/refugees/83073 ****** AFRICA: DONOR FATIGUE FORCES WFP TO CUT REFUGEE RATIONS The UN World Food Programme (WFP) has halved food rations to refugees living in camps in at least four African countries citing a funding shortfall. The cuts have already affected 16,000 refugees in Malawi’s Dzaleka camp who have been on half rations since March, while a further 120,000 refugees in Uganda began receiving half rations of cereals in May. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/refugees/83112 ****** LIBYA: HOUNDING OF MIGRANTS CONTINUES An investigation in Libya by multiple human rights organisations paints an alarming picture of the treatment inflicted on the migrant population, in the confusion that currently reigns in the country. With rich oil reserves and a small population, Gaddafi’s Libya relied heavily on migrant labour to serve the economy. During the conflict hundreds of thousands of migrants fled to Tunisia, Egypt and neighbouring countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, fearing for their lives. More than six months since the conflict’s end, migrants and refugees in Libya continue to be victims of grave violations of their human rights. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/refugees/83102 ****** SENEGAL: IMMIGRANTS ROUNDED UP Senegalese security agents have arrested over a hundred illegal immigrants in the capital Dakar and its suburbs in a major operation at the weekend. The round up was sparked by the killing of a Nigerian national allegedly by three Senegalese over fake currency notes. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/refugees/83071 ****** SOUTH AFRICA: ‘MEANINGLESS’ SYSTEM FOR ASYLUM-SEEKERS AT MERCY OF POOR RULINGS South Africa is getting two-thirds fewer applications for asylum than a few years ago, but researchers say officials make such bad decisions that the whole system is now meaningless. Department of Home Affairs (DHA) officials are so biased and administratively unfair that asylum-seekers are systematically rejected, resulting in an asylum system which 'functions solely as an instrument of immigration control', according to a report by researcher Dr Roni Amit, of the African Centre for Migration and Society at Wits University. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/refugees/83065 ****** SOUTH SUDAN: AID TO REFUGEES 'RACE AGAINST TIME' Aid agencies working in northern South Sudan are worried about refugees from Sudan's war-torn Blue Nile State who are reaching under-resourced camps in increasingly poor health. In recent weeks over 35,000 people have flocked to a site 50km from the border known as Kilometre 18 (KM18) by aid agencies - the distance to the nearest refugee camp (Jamam) holding over 30,000 people. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/refugees/83111 ****** SOUTH SUDAN: RETURNEES COMPLAIN OF HARSH TREATMENT IN ISRAEL The first batch of 700 South Sudanese have returned to Juba from Israel, as part of a policy to deport Africans and protect the state's Jewish identity. Israel and its military ally South Sudan, which gained independence in July 2011 after decades of civil war, both claim that the process has been one of 'voluntary repatriation'. While some among the first planeload of 124 people were very guarded about their feelings of returning to their new but still extremely impoverished nation, several people said the South Sudanese are being forced out. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/refugees/83072 ****** /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 7 Africa labour news GLOBAL: 90 MILLION UNSKILLED WORKERS WILL BE UNNEEDED BY EMPLOYERS GLOBALLY BY 2020, STUDY SAYS Tens of millions of people worldwide will be condemned to long-term joblessness unless global leaders make significant changes to address unemployment and worker training, according to a new study. Between 90 and 95 million low-skill workers - or 2.6 percent of the global workforce - will not be needed by employers by 2020 and will be vulnerable to permanent joblessness, according to a report released by the McKinsey Global Institute. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/labour/83079 ****** SOUTH AFRICA: STATE WORKERS DEMAND 'BARE NECESSITIES' The government is insensitive to the needs of the poor and does not understand the economic plight faced by many state employees. This is the sentiment of many public sector workers as the state and unions wrangle through wage negotiations, and while unions haven’t explicitly threatened to strike, their members are already preparing themselves for industrial action. The government suspended talks with unions last week, claiming they had no more money to put on the table. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/labour/83052 ****** /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 8 Elections & governance ALGERIA: ELITE AT LOGGERHEADS OVER NEXT PRESIDENT Algeria's government has been paralysed by arguments over who should be anointed as favourite to be the next president, exposing divisions within the ruling elite that could shatter the country's fragile stability. The cohesion and control with which Algeria's establishment runs the energy exporting former French colony has kept it steady even as its neighbours were buffeted by the 'Arab Spring' upheavals over the past 18 months. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/elections/83091 ****** ANGOLA: PARTIES PRESENT CANDIDATES' LISTS The Angolan Constitutional Court has received lists of candidates from 27 political formations for the parliamentary elections scheduled for 31 August. Making the announcement, court boss Onofre dos Santos said the 19 parties and eight coalitions now had 10 days to correct their nomination irregularities or inadequacies. Mr Santos said the irregularities or inadequacies would include replacement of candidates. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/elections/83110 ****** ANGOLA: RHYTHMS OF RESISTANCE, PAST AND PRESENT Global Voices reports on the crackdown on political activists in Angola. On 11 June, Luaty Beirão, also known as Ikonoklasta or Brigadeiro Mata Frakuxz, was arrested at the airport of Lisbon, for allegedly carrying cocaine in his luggage. 'On social media, many people commented that the real reason behind #Ikonoklasta's detention was political. In recent times, the rapper's voice of dissent has become more and more visible, as he openly lent support to the frequent street protests in Luanda.' http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/elections/83096 ****** LIBYA: CAMPAIGNING KICKS OFF FOR LIBYA ELECTIONS Campaigning for Libya's first national election in a generation has kicked off ahead of July 7 polls to choose an national assembly which will re-draw the autocratic system of rule put in place by ousted leader Muammar Gaddafi. In a statement published on its website, Libya's electoral commission said that candidates will have 18 days to campaign, from June 18 until July 5, with 2,501 independents and 1,206 political association candidates eligible to stand. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/elections/83103 ****** TOGO: VIOLENT POLICE CLASH WITH ‘SAVE TOGO' PROTESTERS A peaceful march by the ‘Save Togo‘ collective on 12 June 2012, degenerated into a stand off with security forces. Around 120 injured were recorded during clashes over 12-13 June. The ‘Save Togo' collective brings together several political and human rights organisations. It was created on 4 April in Lomé and totals 17 groups, including seven organisations dedicated to the defense of human rights. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/elections/83097 ****** /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 9 Corruption ANGOLA: DIAMOND BATTLE GETS LONDON COURT AIRING Reuters reports on a London court case that 'has been given a glimpse into the opaque world of Angolan diamonds, in a battle between a Russian-Israeli tycoon and his one-time partner that has also thrown up how modern-day buccaneers are building fortunes from Africa's resources.' Reuters suggests Angolan officials have tried to stop the case because of the embarrassment it may cause in an election year. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/corruption/83050 ****** GLOBAL: ‘CONTRACT MONITORING COALITION’ KICKS OFF WITH WORLD BANK SUPPORT After a year-long incubation process supported by the World Bank Institute, 19 Ugandan civil society organisations this week formally established a ‘contract monitoring coalition’ that aims to involve local communities in the oversight of government-funded projects - including those related to oil - awarded to private sector contractors. 'There have in the past been incidents of alleged collusion between contract parties,' Gilbert Sendugwa, who chaired the coalition in its formative stages, told Oil in Uganda. 'Our coming on board is going to minimise that possibility and also improve the flow of information.' http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/corruption/83060 ****** /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 10 Development AFRICA: VOGUE ITALIA’S 'REBRANDING AFRICA' DISASTER Everybody’s trying to rebrand Africa, and it isn’t going so well, reports this piece on the blog Africa is a Country. 'Vogue Italia’s latest issue - boosted by great billowing gusts of editorial hot air from both the New York Times and the Guardian - is called 'Rebranding Africa', and as you’d expect the whole thing is an embarrassing and insulting shambles...First: you’re re-branding the continent of Africa - as one does - so who do you pick as your cover star? Well, it was the obvious choice. What self-inflating fashion magazine wouldn’t lead their Africa edition with a picture of a South Korean diplomat sitting behind a desk in Manhattan?' http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/development/83067 ****** GLOBAL: NEW REPORT TO EXPOSE HOW CORPORATIONS ‘CAPTURE’ THE UN On the eve of a key United Nations Summit in Rio De Janeiro, Friends of the Earth International launched a new report exposing the increasing influence of major corporations and business lobby groups within the UN. 'Governmental positions have been increasingly hijacked by narrow corporate interests linked to polluting industries and business sectors seeking to profit from the environment, the climate and the financial crises,' said Nnimmo Bassey, chair of Friends of the Earth International. The report presents a number of cases that clearly expose how UN policies and agencies have been excessively influenced by the corporate sector. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/development/83066 ****** GLOBAL: QUESTIONS MOUNTING OVER G20 ACCOUNTABILITY As leaders of the Group of 20 (G20) countries head into a second day of talks at the grouping's seventh summit this week in Los Cabos, Mexico, calls are strengthening for a new debate around the group's lack of accountability. 'The G20 has liberally imposed itself over other institutions to mandate those other institutions to take on its agenda,' Gawain Kripke, a researcher with Oxfam America, said in Washington. 'That's potentially a problem, when you have this fundamentally unauthorised organisation setting the agenda and work plans for other institutions that do at least have bylaws and so forth.' http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/development/83078 ****** GLOBAL: UN FUNDING FALLS SHORT OF GLOBAL TASKS Governments have tasked the United Nations with a growing number of global mandates, but they have provided it with very few resources to carry out the work, according to this article on Worldwatch Institute's website. 'UN funding is minuscule in contrast with that of other public bodies. The regular budget of the organization - $2.2 billion in 2011 - is less than the total annual spending of the Tokyo Fire Department. The small UN budget is striking in view of the multiplying global crises that need commonly decided international solutions - including climate change, financial instability, resource limits, transborder disease, and poverty.' http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/development/83099 ****** SOUTH AFRICA: ZUMA COMMITS $2-BILLION TO BOLSTER IMF 'FIREWALL' South Africa has agreed to contribute around R16,6-billion to an International Monetary Fund 'firewall' meant to prevent future financial crises. President Jacob Zuma committed some of South Africa’s reserves at the G20 summit, a meeting of the world’s greatest economies, in Los Cabos, Mexico, spokesperson Jabulani Sikhakhane said. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/development/83053 ****** ZAMBIA: THE MYSTERY OF ZAMBIA'S MINING MILLIONS Zambia's government estimates that some unscrupulous mining companies may owe the country up to $1 billion in unpaid taxes. What difference could that make to Zambia? A staggering one when we consider that Zambia’s external debt in 2011 was $1.6 billion. Countries like Zambia need fairer international tax rules to stop companies from dodging the taxes they owe, says this Christian Aid blog post. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/development/83056 ****** /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 11 Health & HIV/AIDS SOUTH AFRICA: TAC STILL FIGHTS FOR MEDICINES The Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) has vowed to mobilise more communities to fight for quality health should the Gauteng Health Department not deliver on their demands. Angry TAC members marched to the office of the Gauteng Health MEC, Ntombi Mekgwe, this week, demanding an end to the drug shortage in health facilities. Health services in Gauteng have been dealt a severe blow due to drug stock outs which have been ongoing for months. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/hivaids/83095 ****** /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 12 Education NIGER: FOOD CRISIS EMPTIES SCHOOLS Since December 2011, the food crisis in Niger has displaced large numbers of people from areas of scarcity to parts of the country that enjoyed better harvests. The social impacts for these internal migrants are serious, not least in terms of disruption of education. According to estimates from the Ministry of Education, around 45,000 children have left school this year for reasons linked to the food crisis. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/education/83106 ****** /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 13 LGBTI GLOBAL: UNESCO JOINS GLOBAL FIGHT AGAINST ANTI-GAY BULLYING A new report by UNESCO has revealed the extent of homophobic bullying worldwide, recognizing the problem as a human rights issue. The UN agency’s first ever international consultation on the issue brought together experts from NGOs, ministries of education and academia from more than 25 countries around the world. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/lgbti/83059 ****** KENYA: BARS IN KENYA CLAMP DOWN ON GAYS It is reported that several bars and clubs in the major cities have declared an all out war against persons who are perceived as gay, lesbian or transgender. From reports gathered in Nairobi, Nakuru and Mombasa, popular drinking joints are now enforcing a strict no-entry rule on men who are deemed too effeminate or women seen as too ‘masculine’ or ‘butch.’ http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/lgbti/83057 ****** UGANDA: NGOS ACCUSED OF PROMOTING GAY RIGHTS TO BE BANNED Uganda said on Wednesday 20 June it was banning 38 non-governmental organisations it accuses of promoting homosexuality and recruiting children. Ethics Minister Simon Lokodo told Reuters the organisations being targeted were receiving support from abroad for Uganda's homosexuals and accused gays and lesbians of 'recruiting' young children in the country into homosexuality. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/lgbti/83090 ****** UGANDA: POLICE RAID WORKSHOP ON GAY RIGHTS, ARREST LGBT ACTIVISTS Police in Kampala, Uganda on Monday raided a gay rights meeting and arrested several LGBT activists gathered at the Essela Hotel in Najjeera, a Kampala suburb, accusing the participants of 'propagating gay issues in Uganda'. East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders Project, the organization behind the workshop, said that police interrupted the meeting and began questioning attendees at the event, including activists from Canada, Kenya, Tanzania and Rwanda. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/lgbti/83058 ****** /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 14 Environment GLOBAL: ALARM BELLS RING OVER ACTIVIST DEATH TOLL The death toll of campaigners, community leaders and journalists involved in the protection of forests, rivers and land has risen dramatically in the past three years, said Global Witness. Brazil – the host of the Rio+20 conference on sustainable development – has the worst record for danger in a decade that has seen the deaths of more than 737 defenders, said the briefing, which was released on the eve of the high-level segment of the Earth Summit. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/environment/83054 ****** GLOBAL: CLIMATE CHANGE, TECHNOLOGY AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS This new South Centre research paper discusses recent negotiations in technology transfer, sustainable development and climate change. In terms of proprietary rights, the author categories technologies and related products into three domains: the public technologies; patented technologies and future technologies. After revealing the effects of patents on access to climate-related technologies, a number of measures are discussed to address problems arising should patents become a barrier to the transfer of climate related technologies. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/environment/83087 ****** GLOBAL: COUNTRIES ANNOUNCE AGREEMENT ON RIO+20 OUTCOME DOCUMENT Members States 19 June announced that they have reached an agreement on the outcome document of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20). The agreed outcome document spells out action points such as the need to establish sustainable development goals and mobilize financing for sustainable development, as well as the promotion of sustainable consumption and production, among others. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/environment/83098 ****** MOZAMBIQUE: BRAZIL DENIES ACTIVIST ENTRY A participant of the UN Summit in Rio de Janeiero was denied entry into Brazil by the Brazilian authorities. Jeremias Vunianhe, a journalist and member of Friends of the Earth Mozambique, was denied entry at the airport of Rio de Janeiro on 13 June. Vunjanhe was expected to expose the negative impacts of Brazilian mining corporation Vale at the Peoples Summit, a parallel event of the UN Rio+20 Summit. Vale is one of the official sponsors of the UN Summit. Friends of the Earth Mozambique supported hundreds of Mozambican families which were resettled by Brazilian company Vale in the Moatize district and carried out demonstrations in recent months to reclaim their rights. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/environment/83055 ****** /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 15 Land & land rights MOZAMBIQUE: FARMLAND IS PRIZE IN LAND GRAB FEVER Nobody can actually buy land in Mozambique. The government owns it all. But the government will give companies exclusive rights to land for 50 or 100 years, and it's really cheap. Mozambique's government, in fact, has been encouraging investors to come and take advantage of this land. Dozens of companies, both foreign and local, have lined up to seize the opportunity. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/land/83070 ****** /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 16 Media & freedom of expression GLOBAL: TWO SPECIAL RAPPORTEURS BOTH CALL FOR THOSE WHO VIOLATE JOURNALISTS’ RIGHTS TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE ARTICLE 19 has welcomed the unusual event of two reports concentrating on the same issue being presented at the twentieth session of the UN Human Rights Council on Tuesday 19 June 2012. The reports, by the UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of opinion and expression and the UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, both focus on the issue of impunity for violations of journalists’ human rights. Both reports urge relevant state and non-state actors to secure journalists’ rights by implementing international human rights law and monitoring this implementation. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/media/83081 ****** MOROCCO: BLOGGER GETS TWO-YEAR JAIL SENTENCE ON TRUMPED-UP DRUG CHARGES Reporters Without Borders has strongly deplored the two-year jail sentence that a Marrakech court imposed on well-known blogger Mohamed Sokrate on trumped-up charges of drug possession and trafficking. He was also fined 5,000 dirhams (450 euros). Arrested on 29 May as he was leaving an Internet café, Sokrate was tried and convicted with unusual speed. The trial began on 7 June but was adjourned at the defence's request. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/media/83064 ****** /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 17 Conflict & emergencies NIGERIA: CURFEWS AS FRESH UNREST ROCKS TWO NIGERIAN CITIES Gunfire and rioting rocked two northern Nigerian cities Tuesday in a fresh round of unrest, prompting authorities to slap curfews on both after weekend violence killed 52 people. The unrest broke out in the cities of Kaduna and Damaturu, adding to fears of spiralling violence in the country's north, where Islamist group Boko Haram's insurgency has been concentrated. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/conflict/83068 ****** NIGERIA: VIOLENCE IN NORTHERN NIGERIA KILLS AT LEAST 80 At least 80 people have been killed since Monday 18 June in clashes in northern Nigeria triggered by Islamists waging an insurgency against the government, figures from police and the Red Cross showed on Wednesday. The violence - some of which was sparked by church bombings over the last three Sundays - has heightened sectarian tensions in Africa's most populous country, which is evenly split between Christians and Muslims. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/conflict/83088 ****** /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 18 Internet & technology GLOBAL: NO REST FOR CYBER ACTIVISTS One and a half years since the beginning of the Arab Spring, activists who guided their fellow citizens through the relatively unchartered terrain of social media activism feel their fight for human rights, democracy and transparency is only just beginning. Many of the leading social media activists in Tunisia, birthplace of the ongoing wave of revolutions in the Middle East and North Africa, are not satisfied with the results of the uprising and have set their sights on more ambitious goals: transparency in government actions, monitoring of electoral processes and abolition of laws limiting internet freedom. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/internet/83104 ****** /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 19 eNewsletters & mailing lists SOUTH BULLETIN: RIO+20 SUMMIT, THE KEY ISSUES This issue of the South Bulletin focuses on the Rio Plus 20 Summit to be held in 20-22 June in Brazil. Twenty years after the Earth Summit the world faces even more serious crises in the environment and the economy. Will Rio+20 do better in rising to the challenge of tackling the global crises? This issue of the Bulletin analyses the key issues to be decided at Rio, including reaffirming the Rio commitments, the Green Economy, sustainable development goals, finance and technology. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/enewsl/83086 ****** /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 20 Fundraising & useful resources GLOBAL: RESILIENT NGOS WANTED This article gives some pointers for NGOs experiencing a funding crisis. 'In recent years, NGOs nationally have faced dire circumstances due to the reduction of funding by, or the exit of, key funders both local and international, inadequate funding and, in numerous cases, delayed disbursement of funds by the South African government. These funding shocks - financial challenges with deep negative impact - have resulted in many NGOs downsizing staff, services and branches, or closing altogether.' http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/fundraising/83109 ****** /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 21 Courses, seminars, & workshops AMANDLA! COLLOQUIUM 2012 Call for Papers The colloquium will discuss the topic 'The Reproduction of Cheap Labour in Post-Apartheid South Africa' according to two themes: I. The low wage regime problem in South Africa II: Strategies towards a wage-led and sustainable growth path. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/courses/83126 ****** /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 22 Jobs INTERNATIONAL CAPACITY BUILDING COORDINATOR Amnesty International Fixed-term contract of one year in duration London £41,124 per annum If we’re to improve human rights in over 150 countries, we must always strive to improve ourselves. Our Organizational Development professionals make us more effective in the countries that need our help the most. And you’ll make sure those professionals are equipped to deliver the best solutions possible. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/jobs/83043 ****** ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT COORDINATOR Amnesty International Dakar, Senegal XOF 42,877,548 We bring change for the better worldwide. But to improve human rights in over 150 countries we must always strive to improve ourselves. Our Organizational Development professionals make us more effective in the countries that need our help most. In this consultative role, you’ll strengthen our operations in the global south. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/jobs/83113 ****** PROGRAMME OFFICER CONFLICT PREVENTION AND PEACEBUILDING Goree Institute The Programme Officer, as member of Goree Institute’s programme team, will be responsible for the successful delivery of Goree Institute’s programme of work on conflict prevention and peacebuilding, and developing and establishing new areas of engagement for Goree Institute in West Africa. He/she will be responsible for conceptualizing and implementing projects and will work in close cooperation with partners to develop and implement Goree Institute’s programme and projects. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/jobs/83077 ****** /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ Fahamu - Networks For Social Justice http://www.fahamu.org Pambazuka News is published by Fahamu Ltd. © Unless otherwise indicated, all materials published are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 Unported License. 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