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Nov 4 2010 12:09AM
Kenyan tea leaf lay offs: multinationals kill jobs while government attacks unions

The TUC has complained to the Kenyan High Commissioner about worrying developments in the Kenyan tea industry. First, multinational companies introduced tea leaf picking machines that have destroyed a staggering 80,000 jobs. Second...

Nov 3 2010 2:01PM
Ashtiani: a death foretold but still preventable

Fears are once again mounting that Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani in Iran is about to be executed. As readers of this blog will know, this 43-year-old mother has been in grave danger of execution for months. Indeed she has become the world...

Nov 3 2010 8:52AM
Iran & Saudi Arabia Might sit at the new UN Women Exedcutive Committee

Oppose Iran ’s government’s attempt to join the executive board of the newly established United Nations Women! Women of Iran , subjected to gender discrimination, oppression and imprisonment Women in Iran are deprived of many basic...

Nov 3 2010 8:48AM
Stop Iran to sit at the UN Women Executive Committee

Oppose Iran ’s government’s attempt to join the executive board of the newly established United Nations Women! Women of Iran , subjected to gender discrimination, oppression and imprisonment Women in Iran are deprived of many basic...

Nov 2 2010 6:52AM
Heavy Sentence for Elected Fujian Village Director, Leader in Fight against Illegal Land Expropriation

(Chinese Human Rights Defenders,November 2, 2010) – OnOctober 28, Jinjiang City Intermediate People’s Court in FujianProvincesentenced successful businessman-turned-village director Lü Jiangbo (吕江波) to 11 years in prison.Originally...