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NEW YORK ? The Chinese government should
immediately lift the house arrest and travel restrictions imposed on Hu Jia
and Zeng Jinyan, a prominent husband-and-wife team of human rights
activists arrested on Friday, Human Rights Watch said today.
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MANILA — All roads lead to the Philippine International Convention Center tomorrow, May 23, as a broad array of groups continue to protest what they described as ?a rising trend of fraud favoring the administration.?
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The Black & White Movement asks the Comelec – what gives in Mindanao? We are dismayed at the accounts coming out of provinces of Maguindanao, Shariff Kabunsuan, Sulu and Lanao del Sur. What is more appalling is the slowness with which Comelec is responding to the various crises affecting the region. It is a pity that the Comelec doesn’t seem to be doing anything to restore the people’s faith.
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The European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) today welcomed a decision by European institutions to exclude violations of privacy and defamation from the draft regulation that would determine which country?s law is applicable in cross-border disputes.
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21 May 2007 ? Philippine Ambassador to Spain Joseph D. Bernardo y Medina reported to the Department of Foreign Affairs that he signed the ?Treaty on the Transfer of Sentenced Persons between the Philippines and Spain,? with the Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs Miguel Angel Moratinos on 18 May 2007.
The signing ceremony, which was held at the Palacio de Santa Cruz of the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, was attended by invited Spanish and Filipino guests, Embassy personnel, Members of the Spanish Parliament and representatives from the media.
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