Thursday 13 May 2010

Update on Recent News Stories

Apologies for the slight delay in posting but here a a selection of recent published news stories....:

UK News Stories

The Times Online (13/05/2010): Detention of asylum-seeker children to be scrapped

The Guardian Online (13/05/2010): A welcome move on child detention

The Guardian Online (12/05/2010): Bike scheme for asylum seekers is saddled with success

Refugee Council (12/05/2010): Refugee Council response to coalition agreement to end detention of children

The Guardian Online (09/05/2010): UK policy on gay and lesbian asylum seekers challenged in supreme court

The Guardian Online (09/05/2010): Election 2010: Stoke rejected the BNP, but immigration is still the issue

The Guardian Online (07/05/2010): Oakington immigration centre loses safety award after detainee's death

The Guardian Online (07/05/2010): Hideously Diverse Britain: The London Roma take a stand

Bristol No Borders (06/05/2010): Missed Appointments: The Nigerian prince and the UK failed immigration system by Corporate Watch

BBC News (05/05/2010): What illegal migrants think about the general election

The Guardian Online (05/05/2010): Iranian civil rights protester is spared deportation

The Guardian Online (05/05/2010): I'm not British, but I deserve my vote

The Daily Telegraph (02/05/2010): Rochdale: One town's story of immigration

The Guardian Online (29/04/2010): Polish immigration to the UK: wild claims don't add up

The Daily Telegraph (28/04/2010): Immigrant holds on to coach gearbox for four hours


World News Stories

Minority Rights Group International (13/05/2010): High rates of violence against women from Africa’s indigenous Batwa community – new research

The Independent Online (11/05/2010): 250 ethnic Albanians found in mass grave

Human Rights Watch (10/05/2010): Hope and Humanitarian Space in Burma

Human Rights Watch (10/05/2010): UN: Demand Improvements by Human Rights Council Candidates

Human Rights Watch (07/05/2010): Sri Lanka: Government Proposal Won’t Address War Crimes

ICRC (06/05/2010): Philippines: 60,000 displaced people in Mindanao fear to return home

ICRC (05/05/2010): Central African Republic: aid hampered by unsafe conditions

The Independent Online (05/05/2010): Army to be sued for war crimes over its role in Fallujah attacks

Human Rights Watch (04/05/2010): Remembering Iran's Rights Abuses

Human rights Watch (04/05/2010): Iraqis Torturing Iraqis

ICRC (29/04/2010): Clarifying fate of Georgians, Ossetians and Russians missing in connection with 2008 hostilities

Human Rights Watch (28/04/2010): Middle East/Asia: Partial Reforms Fail Migrant Domestic Workers

Indigenous Portal (28/04/2010): CEDAW Country and Shadow Reports

Human Rights Watch (27/04/2010): Malaysia: Earn Seat on UN Human Rights Council

Human Rights Watch (27/04/2010): Iraq: Detainees Describe Torture in Secret Jail

Human Rights Watch (26/04/2010): Sudan: Flawed Elections Underscore Need for Justice

Human Rights Watch (23/04/2010): Rwanda: Allow Human Rights Watch to Work

Human Rights Watch (20/04/2010): Somalia: International Group Should Press All Sides to End Abuses

Human Rights Watch (19/04/2010): Human Rights Watch UPR Submission on Croatia

Human Rights Watch (14/04/2010): Australia: Promptly Process All Refugee Claims

Human Rights Watch (13/04/2010): Barring the Bahais

Human Rights Watch (12/04/2010): Universal Periodic Review: Liberia

Human Rights Watch (31/03/2010): Universal Periodic Review: United States

Human Rights Watch (05/11/2009) Universal Periodic Review: Guinea

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