http://uk.oneworld.net/article/archive/1969 en_GB_uk OneWorld UK - UK/English/Topics/Human rights/Civil rights Supreme Court Voter ID Decision Widely Denounced http://us.oneworld.net/article/view/160296/1/1969 WASHINGTON, Apr 30 (OneWorld) - The mainstream League of Women Voters lashed out at the U.S. Supreme Court this week, calling its decision on voter identification "a disgraceful decision by a court that has no credibility on election issues." The middle-path is the best approach to democracy: Dalai Lama http://southasia.oneworld.net/article/view/159662/1/1969 Even in his criticism of the Chinese authorities in handling the current standoff in Tibet, the Dalai Lama never lost his composure. In a recent interview, the Tibetan spiritual leader has reiterated his stand that he wants a ‘meaningful autonomy’ for the protection and preservation of Tibetan ecology and culture. Protestors sentenced by Myanmar junta http://southasia.oneworld.net/article/view/159366/1/1969 Amnesty International has released details of prison sentences handed out by the Myanmar junta to 40 protestors. Three have been sentenced for giving water to monks on streets. The action is politically motivated and negates people’s peaceful exercise of their human rights, says the international rights body. Consultation on Bhutanese refugees http://southasia.oneworld.net/article/view/159207/1/1969 South Asians for Human Rights is organising a consultation on the Concerns of the Bhutanese Refugees in South Asia on March 31, 2008, in New Delhi, India. The consultation will provide a forum to deliberate on the present state of the Bhutanese refugees in India and Nepal and the recently held elections to the National Assembly. MN Police Racial Brutality http://tv.oneworld.net/article/view/158859/1/1969 UN to U.S.: Reverse Racist Policies http://us.oneworld.net/article/view/158738/1/1969 NEW YORK, Mar 12 (OneWorld) - The United States government is facing new international scrutiny for its treatment of racial minorities. Radical restructuring of judiciary requires people’s movement http://southasia.oneworld.net/article/view/158532/1/1969 Forget that judicial system is not accessible to the vast majority of people in India, even worse is the fact that it is increasingly acquiring an elitist and anti-poor character. A recently held convention in New Delhi talked of reclaiming and reinventing the judiciary for the poor. A guide to advocacy strategies http://southasia.oneworld.net/article/view/158514/1/1969 ICIMOD’s latest resource manual, Advocacy Strategies and Approaches has been developed for effective advocacy of mountain development issues and themes in the Himalayan region. It also serves as a useful guide to facilitate mountain people’s participation in mainstream policy making. Slow march to the gallows finally halted http://southasia.oneworld.net/article/view/158437/1/1969 Found guilty of espionage, Kashmir Singh, an Indian national was awarded capital punishment by a Pakistan court in 1973. Having remained on death row for 35 long years, he has been recently granted clemency by President Pervez Musharraf. He is now all set to return and reunite with his family. Politics of intimidation http://southasia.oneworld.net/article/view/158419/1/1969 Amnesty International’s new report titled: Sri Lanka: Silencing Dissent, says clamping down on media freedom corrodes free speech and strangles debate, and prevents a true assessment of human rights abuses. Journalists, actors, writers, filmmakers have been targeted both by the government and rebels alike. Bangladesh: People suffering due to Emergency http://southasia.oneworld.net/article/view/158300/1/1969 It’s been more than a year now since the State of Emergency was imposed in Bangladesh. More than 250,000 people have faced arrests during this period. The Asian Legal Resource Centre has documented numerous cases of arbitrary arrests, often carried out at a scale that is difficult to fathom in many other countries. Release Dr Binayak Sen, says IAWS http://southasia.oneworld.net/article/view/158248/1/1969 The Indian Association for Women’s Studies (IAWS) has appealed for the release of Dr Binayak Sen, a human rights activist and a pediatrician, who has been in jail for the past nine months. In its resolution the IAWS has also demanded the repeal of Chhattisgarh Special Public Security Act. UN Plans to Resume Capital Punishment Debate http://www.oneworld.net/article/view/158216/1/1969 UNITED NATIONS, Feb 25 (IPS) - The contentious debate on the death penalty -- which split the 192-member UN General Assembly last December -- is refusing to die. 21 February, The Glory of Language http://tv.oneworld.net/article/view/158128/1/1969 Guantanamo Trials Face Fairness Concerns http://www.oneworld.net/article/view/158063/1/1969 NEW YORK, Feb 19 (IPS) - As the United States moves towards holding death-sentence trials for six Guantanamo Bay detainees alleged to have plotted the Sep. 11 attacks, legal scholars and human rights advocates are questioning not only the six-year-long process and timing of the charges, but also whether the accused could ever receive fair trials.