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Date: 15/12/2010
Öcalan ready to lay down arms if Turkey takes necessary steps
The Kurdish leader says there is a “risk of a popular revolutionary war” if there is no further progress · The European Court of Human Rights deems “unfair” the decision against the banning of Kurdish party HADEP · A writer gets a 10-month sentence for publishing a book
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Date: 15/11/2010
Electoral manipulation in Burma stops the voice of minority peoples from entering Parliament
Military-backed party gets overwhelming victory in elections · The right to vote was denied to 1.5 million people from non-ethnically Burmese areas · Several parties boycott de polls and claim elections are nothing but a "cosmetic change to continue repressing the people · The dictatorship has reserved 25% of the seats for Generals
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Date: 09/11/2010
New political cycle coming up brings hope to the Basque Country
The Basque leftist pro-independence movement takes steps to urge ETA to lay down arms · Permanent ceasefire announcement expected by the Basque Socialist Party · President of the Basque socialists says the move might “grant the legalization of Batasuna”
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Date: 05/11/2010
5 Corsican activists arrested in a protest against the dispersal of political prisoners
About 200 people attended the protest · Talks between the island’s political parties and the French minister of Justice to deal with dispersal policies · The French government, committed to bring prisoners closer to their homes · Relatives condemn the Republic of France for “violating its own laws”
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Date: 29/10/2010
Quetta, capital of Balochistan
Amnesty International accuses Islamabad of allowing abuses and reproves the country for not inquiring into the Pakistani army · Lawyers, political leaders and human rights activists are the main targets of killings and tortures · The organization warns against an escalation of violence.
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Date: 25/10/2010
UN special envoy’s round of talks in Sahara held back by the death of a minor
The Sahrawi campsite. / Source: SaharaLibre.es
The kid tried to get into a camp in a car, where thousands of Saharans were protesting against the Western Sahara’s economic resources being drained by Morocco · Christofer Ross is to meet Moroccan, Saharan, Algerian and Mauritanian representatives before resuming the peace talks on November 3 · Morocco offers autonomy , whereas the Polisario Front demands a referendum for independence.
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Date: 12/08/2010
Commission to enquire into Sri Lankan strike against Tamil Tigers set up
The commission has been appointed by the Sinhalese government, which opposes an international enquire · The measure has been criticised by human rights and Tamil organizations arguing the commission is nothing but an eyewash · The UN appointed a special panel to advise the Sri Lankan commission on accountability.
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Date: 02/08/2010
Chechen Islamist leader Doku Umarov steps down and appoints successor
Self-proclaimed emir of the North Caucasus appointed a younger man, Aslambek Vadalov, as the new chief, and requested rebel leaders from Dagestan and Kabardino-Balkaria to back him · He said he is to continue to wage jihad against Moscow · Umarov had claimed last March’s attacks in Moscow’s metro.
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Date: 30/07/2010
Turkey to stop imprisonment of Kurdish minors under antiterrorist law
Hundreds of children remain in jail under accusation of belonging to terror organizations despite being arrested for throwing stones and chanting pro-Kurdish slogans in demonstrations · About 50 children have been released from prison this week after the enforcement of a new law.
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Date: 28/07/2010
Five Thai Malays killed in South Thailand
Three southern provinces were in state of emergency due to clashes between pro-independence guerrilla groups and the Thai army · Thailand’s Prime Minister ruled infiltrations by Al-Qaeda or other international organizations in the country.
