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Date: 17/04/2008
Centre-right coalition wins Friuli Regional Council elections
Renzo Tondo, of Popolo della Libertà (People of Freedom) has won the Friuli regional elections, held at the same time as the Italian general elections · There was also a shift to the right in the Province and City of Udine · We spoke to Ferruccio Clavora, a member of Friuli’s Slovenian community.
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Date: 16/04/2008
Turkey continues efforts to criminalize Northern Kurdistan’s main political party
In the space of a week the Turkish justice has convicted a group of 53 Kurdish mayors for backnig an international Kurdish-language TV station as well as the politician Layla Zana, accused of “spreading terrorist propaganda” · Ankara continues to link the DTP to the PKK.
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Date: 15/04/2008
Bolivia recognizes the autonomy of indigenous peoples
The Government’s latest move has been prompted by the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples · In some affluent areas of eastern Bolivia there are plans for a referendum on the statutes of departments and calls for complete decentralization.
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Date: 11/04/2008
The Uyghurs are keen to point out that Tibet is not the only persecuted people in China
The Chinese Government has arrested dozens of people in Uyghur territory accused of planning terrorist attacks ahead of the Olympic Games this summer · Last month several organizations called for an independent investigation into the accusations, which they believe Beijing could be exaggerating.
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Date: 10/04/2008
Ten years of peace in Northern Ireland
As a result of the Good Friday Agreement, signed on 10 April 1998, paramilitary groups on both sides were disarmed, political prisoners were released and a power-sharing government was eventually formed by republicans and unionists.
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Date: 08/04/2008
Russia’s extradition request for Murat Gasayev raises questions over the right of asylum
Several human rights organizations have formally asked the Spanish Government to respect the right to political asylum of Murat Gasayev, an Ingush man accused by the Russian Government of taking part in terrorist acts · Amnesty International has already highlighted the risks he could face if extradited to Russia.
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Date: 08/04/2008
The pro-Breton camp has criticized pro-Loire ‘propaganda’ and the lack of recognition for the ‘Breton territorial question’ · Meanwhile, the regional president has described the substitution of the regional flag for the Breton flag as an act of ‘vandalism’.
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Date: 07/04/2008
OSCE calls on governments to combat discrimination against the Roma people
To mark International Roma Day (8 April), the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) has reminded members that the Roma community still suffers discrimination at all levels and in all countries.
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Date: 03/04/2008
Symbolic step towards the reunification of Nicosia
Ledra Street, split between the Turkish and Greek-controlled areas of the Cypriot capital, reopened today · This symbolic act marks the latest step in talks between the two sides led by the UN.
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Date: 02/04/2008
Conflictes armats / Armed conflicts
The Escola de Cultura de Pau (ECP) has just published ‘2008 Alert!’ and the ‘2008 Yearbook on Peace Processes’, which lists the developments that took place last year in conflicts across the globe · The ECP has also highlighted eight conflicts which may find a peaceful resolution in 2008.
