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October 2009

Over 1 million people added their face to a petition calling for an Arms Trade Treaty.
30.10.2009 A majority of governments today agreed a timetable to establish a "strong and robust" Arms Trade Treaty with the "highest common standards" to control international transfers of conventional arms.
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From: Amnesty International - International Secretariat, Oxfam International
Image: Over 1 million people added their face to a petition calling for an Arms Trade Treaty. © Amnesty International USA
Diamonds in the Rough: Human Rights Abuses in the Marange Diamond Fields of Zimbabwe
30.10.2009 The Kimberley Process Certification Scheme should immediately suspend Zimbabwe for continuing human rights abuses and widespread smuggling in the Marange diamond fields, says a leading interenational rights group.
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Related topics/regions: [Zimbabwe]
Image: Diamonds in the Rough: Human Rights Abuses in the Marange Diamond Fields of Zimbabwe
Campagna Antinucleare inglese
29.10.2009 If just one of the subsidies for nuclear power were to be withdrawn, the price of electricity from new nuclear power stations would rise to about 41 US cents per kWh, a level that would make it deeply unattractive to investors, says a new report.
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Image: Campagna Antinucleare inglese
28.10.2009 Primark opens its new London store next month amid claims that Britain's leading cheap fashion retailer is expanding by exploiting overseas garment workers.
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From: War on Want
Related topics/regions: [United Kingdom] [Bangladesh]
28.10.2009 Ending the needless death and suffering of women during pregnancy is one of the greatest moral, human rights and development challenges of our time, an international conference in Addis Ababa agreed.
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27.10.2009 Kayapó Indians are to hold a protest against a huge hydro-electric dam planned for Brazil’s Xingu River, one of the Amazon’s main tributaries.
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Related topics/regions: [Brazil]
27.10.2009 The world's biggest mining company, Billiton, is accused of human rights abuses and environmental destruction in a report launched today.
+ Where is the Church of England’s heart invested?
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Related topics/regions: [Australia] [Canada] [Chile] [Colombia] [Papua New Guinea] [Philippines] [South Africa]
27.10.2009 A handful of companies are showing progress in their commitments to buy and use sustainable palm oil, yet the majority - contrary to their commitments - are failing to buy the product in spite of its availability, according to a Palm Oil Buyers’ scorecard.

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From: WWF International
Related topics/regions: [United Kingdom]
26.10.2009 Lasting respite seems to have returned to Nigeria's oil-rich Niger Delta with the declaration of an "indefinite ceasefire" by the main militant group, the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta.
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Related topics/regions: [Nigeria]
Crops: Stopping the losses
26.10.2009 More than half of crops planted in developing countries are destroyed by pests and diseases, and by inadequate storage or transport, a global food summit has heard.
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From: SciDev.Net
Image: Crops: Stopping the losses © FAO
23.10.2009 The massive scale of global corruption resulting from bribery, price-fixing cartels and undue influence on public policy is costing billions and obstructing the path towards sustainable economic growth, says a report by Transparency International.
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23.10.2009 Islamic Conference proposals for UN protection of religions - rather than protection of individuals for their religious beliefs - should be rejected, say a coalition of international human rights organisations.
+ ASEAN rejects rights NGOs and creates human rights commission
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From: Asian Human Rights Commission
Related topics/regions: [Africa]
Using mobile phones in Bunyala, remote village in Western Kenya
23.10.2009 Mobile phone subscriptions have grown faster in Africa since 2003 than in any other region of the world, says a UN report - but most African nations are failing to keep up with global trends in the use of broadband Internet.
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Related topics/regions: [Africa]
Image: Using mobile phones in Bunyala, remote village in Western Kenya © Peter Armstrong
Boys at a UNICEF-supported health centre in Niger
22.10.2009 Reversing a downward trend, immunization rates are now at their highest ever and vaccine development worldwide is booming, according to a new UN assessment.
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From: United Nations Children's Fund
Image: Boys at a UNICEF-supported health centre in Niger
Displaced woman and child, from an earlier phase of the Iraq operation
22.10.2009 Iraq remains the top country of origin of asylum applicants (13,200 claims) in industrialised countries for the fourth consecutive year, according to the UN refugee agency. Afghans (12,000) and Somalis (11,000) are the next largest groups as security conditions continue to deteriorate in large parts of their home countries.
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Related topics/regions: [Afghanistan] [Iraq] [Somalia]
Image: Displaced woman and child, from an earlier phase of the Iraq operation © IRIN
21.10.2009 The European Union is contradicting world trade rules by putting the interests of big drug companies before the 2 billion people in the world who cannot access essential medicines, according to a new report.
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From: Oxfam International
21.10.2009 A £2 billion research programme to help achieve worldwide food crop production rises of at least 50 per cent by 2050 has been called for by the UK's national academy of science.
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Related topics/regions: [United Kingdom]
21.10.2009 The illegal cross-border timber trade between Burma and China continues to be widespread and the authorities in China should do more to clamp down, according to a new review.
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Related topics/regions: [China] [Myanmar]
Stop Private Armies: War on Want demo (Photo: Guy Smallman)
20.10.2009 The British government was condemned today for giving UK private military and security companies a licence to kill by refusing to regulate the industry.
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From: War on Want
Related topics/regions: [United Kingdom]
Image: Stop Private Armies: War on Want demo (Photo: Guy Smallman)
Oil: 'Imminent crunch'
20.10.2009 Governments have failed to act on an imminent oil supply crunch, according to a new report.
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Image: Oil: 'Imminent crunch' © Global Witness
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20.11.2009 Lord Mandelson seems hellbent on stifling online creativity, says Bill Thomspon.
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Related topics/regions: [United Kingdom] [Law] [Internet]
Barbed wire fence around Campsfield Immigration Detention Centre, UK
19.11.2009 Migrants' rights have to be addressed on two fronts, says Walden Bello: end the neoliberal policies that are responsible for creating poverty in their home countries, thus forcing them to emigrate, and demand that they are given full rights in their host countries.
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From: Transnational Institute
Related topics/regions: [Migration]
Image: Barbed wire fence around Campsfield Immigration Detention Centre, UK © Close Campsfield Campaign
16.11.2009 Judging by his recent statements, British Justice Secretary Jack Straw seems to expect a “thank you” note from Susan Alexander in the next few days. But Parliament has allowed the principle of open justice to be seriously undermined - which is why Alexander will not be writing a “thank you” note.
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Related topics/regions: [United Kingdom] [Justice and crime] [Freedom of expression]
15.11.2009 Kenyans must embrace and own the Truth, Justice and Reconciliation Commission, argues Dr Godfrey Musila.
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Related topics/regions: [Kenya] [Justice and crime] [Politics]
13.11.2009 The theft of West Papua's mineral wealth must end. The province's courageous resistance movement deserves nothing less, says John Pilger.
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Related topics/regions: [Indonesia]