The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) is gravely disturbed by the June 6 murder of Zakia Zaki, head of the radio station Sada-e-Sulh (Peace Radio) in the Jabulsaraj district of Parwan province.
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Three groups file lawsuit seeking information about ?ghost? detention
Amnesty International, Cageprisoners, the Center for Constitutional Rights, the Center for Human Rights and Global Justice at New York University School of Law, Human Rights Watch, and Reprieve
LONDON/NEW YORK — In the most comprehensive accounting to date, six leading human rights organizations today published the names and details of 39 people who are believed to have been held in secret US custody and whose current whereabouts remain unknown. The briefing paper also names relatives of suspects who were themselves detained in secret prisons, including children as young as seven.
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Rostock, Germany — On the second day of the G8 summit, leading
international debt cancellation advocacy groups issued a strong call that
the debt deal G8 leaders negotiated two years ago has not solved the debt
crisis of Liberia. The advocacy groups called on the G8 to take immediate
action to cancel Liberia?s debt.
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The 9.09 percent minimum wage hike announced yesterday by Premier Chang Chun-hsiung is unjust and a charade for migrant workers. As the Council of Labor Affairs (CLA) virtually offsets the increase by raising the monthly board and lodging fees of migrants to 25% or from NT$4,000 ?V NT$5,000 and by not including the 45% household service workers in the wage hike. So how could these measures protect the livelihood or income of foreign workers and increase their purchasing power, which was the basis of the Premier for the wage hike.
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The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) today said the Somalia government must put end to its policy of media harassment and intimidation after authorities shut down three radio stations in Mogadishu for the third time this year over allegations they were ?backing terrorists.?
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