In response to the second report by the Council of Europe’s Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights, which confirms that the CIA has operated secret detention centres in Poland and Romania, and perhaps in other Council of Europe member states, Amnesty International said:
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The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) today said the use by gunmen in Gaza of a vehicle marked with the words ?TV? in an attack on Israeli forces was an outrageous violation of rights that puts journalists everywhere at risk.
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(Washington, DC, June 11, 2007) ? The Chinese government is forcibly
relocating Tibetan herders to urban areas and farmland, destroying their
livelihoods and way of life, and denying them access to justice for
violations of their rights, Human Rights Watch said in a report released
today.
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MANILA — A Catholic archbishop said over the weekend that killings such as those that occurred in Hacienda Velez-Malaga in Barangay Robles, La Castellana, Negros Occidental underscores the need to fully implement the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP).
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MANILA — Sweden has donated P100 million to beef up the government?s revenue collection programs, including its campaign against tax cheats.
Swedish Ambassador to the Philippines Annika Markovic disclosed her government?s donation during her farewell call on President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo at Malacanang?s Music Room this afternoon.
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