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RefugeesAustralia appears before UN over human rights
By London correspondent Rachael Brown Source Australia has appeared before a United Nations panel in Geneva, accused of human rights violations against Aboriginal people and asylum seekers. The UN panel is investigating whether the Australian...
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Pakistan and the rest of Asia PacificArcheologists’ efforts to discover 300 meter Statue of Bamyan recumbent/asleep Buddah
BAMYAN, August 10th, 2010: It has been nine and half years since the Taliban regime demolished two ancient, giant Buddha statues carved into a hillside in heart of Afghanistan, Bamiyan. The demolition took place over...
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RefugeesRally against refugee deportations
9.30am Tuesday August 24 Outside Law courts bldg, Cnr Phillip St and King Sts, City Refugee Action Coalition Sydney The Australian government is preparing to deport hundreds of asylum seekers back to danger. The refugee...
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NewsAmnesty International, Human Rights Groups Ask Wikileaks To Censor Civilians’ Names
LONDON — Human rights groups said Tuesday they’ve asked WikiLeaks to censor secret files on the Afghanistan war to protect civilians who’ve worked alongside the U.S. and other foreign forces from reprisals. The Afghan Independent...
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Women RightsI hate the snow
Mehdi’s Story Twelve-year-old Mehdi witnessed the death of his mother during childbirth in the winter of 2007. The family lives in Shahristan District in the central province of Daykundi. Their village, like most in the...
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Human RightsAFGHAN CIVILIAN CASUALTIES RISE 31 PER CENT IN FIRST SIX MONTHS OF 2010
10 August 2010 – Tactics of the Taliban and other Anti-Government Elements (AGEs) are behind a 31 per cent increase in conflict-related Afghan civilian casualties in the first six months of 2010 compared with the...
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Refugees57 Iranian and Afghan asylum seekers arrive at Christmas Island
THE first asylum boat intercepted in 13 days has arrived at Christmas Island. The group of 57 Afghans and Iranians were brought ashore by Customs at Flying Fish Cove between 8am and 9am local time...
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VideosHazara medical worker killed by Pashtu Taliban
This undated handout photo provided by the International Assistance Mission office in Kabul shows Hazara Mahram Ali, 50, who was killed in Afghanistan. Gunmen killed 10 medical workers, including eight foreigners, in Afghanistan’s remote northeast,...
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NewsTaliban execute Afghan woman in public: police
By Sharafuddin Sharafyar. HERAT | Mon Aug 9, 2010 5:47am EDT Afghanistan (Reuters) – Taliban insurgents publicly flogged and executed an Afghan woman for alleged adultery, a police official said Monday, in a reminder of...
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NewsHazara parliamentary candidate killed by Taliban in Ghazni Province
Hazara parliamentary candidate Najibullah Golistani has been killed by Taliban in Ghazni province, local authorities said Saturday. He was kidnapped on July, 24, 2010. Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahed took responsibility for the death of Najibullah...
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