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The South African Human Rights Commission is the national institution established to entrench constitutional democracy.

2008 report on the current status of human rights practices including human freedoms, civil liberties, political rights, international investigations, discrimination, worker rights, child labor and working conditions.

Reports, background briefings, testimony, press releases and commentary on the human rights situation in the country.

2008 report on the current status of human rights practices including human freedoms, civil liberties, political rights, international investigations, discrimination, worker rights, child labor and working conditions.

Provides articles and reports on human rights violations.

Reports, background briefings, testimony, press releases and commentary on the human rights situation in the country.

Reports, background briefings, testimony, press releases and commentary on the human rights situation in the country.

Campaigning for human rights and democracy in Burma. News, reports and campaigns.

2008 report on the current status of human rights practices including human freedoms, civil liberties, political rights, international investigations, discrimination, worker rights, child labor and working conditions.

Current assessments of major conflicts in Nepal, timelines, terrorist profiles, documents, critical writings, data and daily news updates.

Reports on human rights abuses against North Korean Christians, with testimonies, news articles, reports and background material.

Reports, background briefings, testimony, press releases and commentary on the human rights situation in the country.

2008 report on the current status of human rights practices including human freedoms, civil liberties, political rights, international investigations, discrimination, worker rights, child labor and working conditions.

2008 report on the current status of human rights practices including human freedoms, civil liberties, political rights, international investigations, discrimination, worker rights, child labor and working conditions.

Documentation of human rights violations against Tamils in Sri Lanka.

Official website of University Teachers for Human Rights (Jaffna), Sri Lanka. Contains briefings, statements, bulletins and reports.

Reports, background briefings, testimony, press releases and commentary on the human rights situation in the country.

Reports, background briefings, testimony, press releases and commentary on the human rights situation in the country.

2007 report on the current status of human rights practices including human freedoms, civil liberties, political rights, international investigations, discrimination, worker rights, child labor and working conditions.

2006 report on the current status of religious freedom in the country.

The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights reviews concerns in previous reports from 1979-1992, notes human rights issues relating to the peace process, and discusses individual cases and the Truth Commission.

Collection of human rights watch news, reports and documents on Guatemala. Includes archives.

Non-governmental organization with the aim to support victims of political repressions in Belarus. Site contains information on political repressions. (en, by, ru)

2008 report on the current status of human rights practices including human freedoms, civil liberties, political rights, international investigations, discrimination, worker rights, child labor and working conditions.

Reports, background briefings, testimony, press releases and commentary on the human rights situation in the country.

2008 report on the current status of human rights practices including human freedoms, civil liberties, political rights, international investigations, discrimination, worker rights, child labor and working conditions.

Reports, background briefings, testimony, press releases and commentary on the human rights situation in the country.

2008 report on the current status of human rights practices including human freedoms, civil liberties, political rights, international investigations, discrimination, worker rights, child labor and working conditions.

Reports, background briefings, testimony, press releases and commentary on the human rights situation in the country.

Organization of Iranian refugees and asylum seekers. Newsletter, fact sheets and contact information.

2006 report on the current status of human rights practices including human freedoms, civil liberties, political rights, international investigations, discrimination, worker rights, child labor and working conditions.

Acts to uphold the Human Rights Act 1993.

Chilean Journalist Alejandra Matus prosecuted by Chilean Government (CPJ Protests)

Reports, background briefings, testimony, press releases and commentary on the human rights situation in the country.

2002 report on the current status of human rights practices including human freedoms, civil liberties, political rights, international investigations, discrimination, worker rights, child labor and working conditions.

The Church of Scientology used the Digital Millennium Copyright Act to strong-arm search engine Google into removing several pages of an anti-Scientology site from search results and directory. [Slashdot]

Letter to Google from Church of Scientology, demands the removal of clambake.org, a mirror of Operation Clambake.

"Complaints from Sony have led to the removal from the web of unauthorised computer programs that teach the Aibo robot dog to perform new tricks. However, the move has upset many Aibo enthusiasts." By Will Knight. [New Scientist]

"War3pub.net managed to get some answers out of a Vivendi rep about why they are suing BnetD and what they hope to accomplish." News and reader discussion. [Slashdot]

"A lawyer for the Web magazine 2600 urged a federal appeals court in Manhattan yesterday to find unconstitutional a 1998 law that seeks to limit the unauthorized copying of digitized material." By Amy Harmon. [New York Times] [Free registration required.]

Founded in 2000 to teach the techniques of nonviolence and peaceful conflict resolution to Canadians and to help create an international nonviolent peace force to send to conflict areas worldwide. Events, newsletter, and resources.

Includes history of the organization, peace calendar, membership and contact information.

Campaign for a U.S. Department of Peace. Includes proposed legislation, ways to get involved, resources and contact information for local chapters.

Program to end child hunger. Includes events.

History of blood libel, host desecration, and ritual murder accusations against the Jews.

Christian outreach ministry professing to teach Anglo-Saxon, Germanic, and kindred peoples of the world their true Biblical identity.

Controversial Israeli politician known under pen name Obadiah Shoher espouses political objectivism, and advocates decidedly immoral approaches to Israeli-Arab settlement. Shoher calls for peace through short, efficient, and brutal war.

Reviews and updates of book on genes and homosexuality, plus new scientific material

Information on the spread of genetic modification in the food supply as well as the politics and legal issues. Searchable index by subject and date.

UK and international news; articles; quotations by scientists.