http://uk.oneworld.net/article/archive/1997 en_GB_uk http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/86005 Lord Mandelson seems hellbent on stifling online creativity, says Bill Thomspon. http://uk.oneworld.net/article/view/164062/1/1997 A group of NGOs has lodged a legal complaint claiming that one of the world's leading timber wholesalers bought timber from Liberian companies that provided support to Charles Taylor's brutal regime. http://uk.oneworld.net/article/view/164060/1/1997 The proposed Energy Bill that would allow the British Government to raise money to fund carbon capture and storage demonstration projects "does nothing to prevent new large coal plants being built with only a small fraction of their emissions being captured," a leading environmental group warned today. http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/85971 As Index on Censorship and English Pen launch Free Speech is Not For Sale, a damning report on English libel laws, John Kampfner highlights the pressing need for reform. http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/85428 Oxfam traces the lessons learned from a rare success in progressing legislative action against domestic violence in Africa. From Poverty to Power http://uk.oneworld.net/article/view/163108/1/1997 Joe Berlinger describes making Crude as “heartbreaking and inspiring”. That will surely also be the verdict of most viewers. http://uk.oneworld.net/article/view/163088/1/1997 Laws to protect children from sexual abuse in the UK are advanced and actively implemented. The absence of such laws in many developing countries is a major concern to human rights campaigners. http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/85020 UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has appealed to Sudan to urgently reconsider its decision, taken after an international court’s indictment of the country’s president, to expel 13 groups aiding some 4.7 million people in Darfur. + MSF Protests Expulsions + Oxfam GB pulls back international staff to Khartoum + Save the Children UK's statement + International Criminal Court 'working to protect African victims' http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/85007 Some of President Barack Obama's decisions on Bagram, the US prison in Afghanistan, have "quietly signaled support for many of Bush's 'war on terror' policies," says Stacy Sullivan. http://uk.oneworld.net/article/view/161684/1/1997 A San Francisco jury begins deliberations today in a precedent-setting civil case that seeks to hold oil giant Chevron liable in the US for human rights abuses in Nigeria. + OneWorld's Nigeria Guide http://uk.oneworld.net/article/view/161271/1/1997 Ten years since its establishment - despite major human rights crises in Darfur, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Zimbabwe - the landmark African court of human rights has yet to hear a single case, says a new report. http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/84299 The UN Children's Fund has welcomed the British government's decision to grant children seeking asylum, migrant children and those who have been trafficked into the UK the same rights as British children, including their right to education, health care and social services. http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/83881 European governments are dodging the truth about the US practice of kidnapping and illegally sending terrorism suspects for interrogation in countries with a reputation for torture, a leading rights group says in a new report. http://uk.oneworld.net/article/view/160702/1/1997 Take a Taxi to the Dark Side. It’s a grim documentary, and you may think you know already that you oppose the use of torture on prisoners on the “war on terror” and that there’s therefore no need to see a film about it. But the more light shone on the political double-talk that led us into this moral dead-end, the better. http://southasia.oneworld.net/article/view/160402/1/1997 Indian government has decided to table the contentious Women’s Reservation Bill in Rajya Sabha on May 6. Earlier in an interview with OWSA, Dr Ranjana Kumari, Director, Centre for Social Research spoke on the whole gamut of issues concerning the need for women in governance.