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The European Federation of Journalists (EFJ), the regional group of the International Federation of Journalists, today condemned the brutal attack by police officers on Emil Ivanov, a well-known Bulgarian photojournalist who was assaulted as he was covering a criminal hearing at the National Palace of Justice in Sofia.
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Refugees Have Right of Return, but Should Be Free to Choose Other Options
(Kathmandu, May 17, 2007) ? A US offer to resettle 60,000 Bhutanese
refugees has given hope to many of the 106,000 refugees living in Nepal
for more than 16 years, but has also heightened tensions in the camps,
Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. Refugees who insist
on repatriation as the only acceptable solution have been threatening and
intimidating those who voice support for resettlement in the US.
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The International Federation of Journalist (IFJ) today called on the Government of Sudan to release two imprisoned journalists and reopen their newspaper Al-Sudani after a defamation complaint by the Justice Minister shut down the paper and put the editor and a columnist in jail.
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MANILA — As part of its ongoing and dynamic dialogue with the Philippine Government on issues of human rights, rule of law, and law enforcement, the U.S. Embassy recently organized a seven-day seminar for investigators and prosecutors working on cases of suspected unlawful killings.
MANILA — The National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) and the Mindanao State University-Maguindanao (MSU-Maguindanao) recently signed an agreement to implement pilot productivity enhancement projects in the Liguasan Marsh River basin. The project is part of NEDA’s Productivity Enhancement Program under the RP-Japan Grant Assistance for Underpriviledged Farmers formerly known as the KR2 Grant.
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