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31.07.2007 MAPUTO, July 30 (IPS) - Over 1,000 Mozambicans, including children, are trafficked to South Africa every year where they are forced into prostitution or to provide free or cheap labour. In response, Mozambique's government last week approved a new law which will make human trafficking a crime punishable with long prison sentences.

25.07.2007 SIDAn tutkimuksen mukaan vajaa puolet Saharan eteläpuolisen Afrikan maista kohtaa heikkouksia matkapuhelinverkkojen kattavuudessa. Tilanteen kohtentamiseksi tutkimus ehdottaa muun muassa vapaata pääsyä infrastruktuuriin sekä operaattorin maantieteelliseen sijaintiin liittyvän lainsäädännön kehittämistä.

24.07.2007 SAN FRANCISCO, Jul 23 (OneWorld) - Human rights organizations are reacting coldly to President George W. Bush's executive order forbidding the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) from torturing, humiliating, or abusing detainees in its once-secret interrogation program.

13.07.2007 Women are branded as witches in villages across India, often in a move to gain access to property, land or seek revenge. The desert state of Rajasthan is considering an Anti Witchcraft Bill after a recent spurt of cases where women were subjected to violence.

10.07.2007 The balance of voting in the United States Supreme Court is not quite as predictable as conservatives hope and liberals fear, says Godfrey Hodgson.
From openDemocracy

03.07.2007 Social Watch India – a broad network of CSOs and communities – monitors governance processes to push forward the national democratic agenda. Its recent report analyses the performance of four key bodies: the parliament, judiciary, the executive and the panchayats, with particular focus on new policies like the NREGA, SEZ, etc.

02.07.2007 SAN FRANCISCO, Jul 2 (OneWorld) - Marine Corps reservist Todd Bowers was half-way through his degree in Middle Eastern Studies at George Washington University when the Pentagon pulled him out of school and sent him on two combat tours to Iraq.