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NGOs want Hissène Habré extradited to Belgium
2012-01-25

The NGOs "Brot für die Welt", "Misereor" and "Human Rights Watch" asked the EU to support Belgium in its request to Senegal to extradite Hissène Habré.

Press release in German.


Irregularities in HidroAysén approval
2012-01-23

The huge dam project HidroAysén in Chilean Patagonia had been approved in summer 2011. Now a investigation found that not everything in the approval process was as it should have been...
Juan Pablo Orrego (RLA 1998) who led a campaign opposing the project said they had been sure that the dam couldn't pass the environmental impact assessment.
Read more.


Senegal refuses to extradite Hissène Habré
2012-01-17

Jacqueline Moudeina asked Senegal to "stop playing games" as yet another request to extradite Hissène Habré to Belgium was declined on grounds of formal "irregularities".
More information here.


Huang Ming interviewed
2011-12-07

Swedish TV channel TV4 interviewed Huang Ming when he was in Stockholm to receive his Award.

The interview is in English, so it is just the introduction that is in Swedish. You can watch the short interview here.


Indigenous chief killed by gunmen
2011-11-25

Brazil's indigenous people are being pushed from their ancestral lands by farmers, cattlers and ranchers. Last week, indigenous leader Nisio Gomes was shot and his body dragged away by about 40 gunmen. His tribe had returned to their ancestral lands after earlier having been evicted by ranchers.

A member of the tribe told the Catholic Indigenous Missionary Council that the tribe would stay and rather die than give up their home land.

The Pastoral Land Commission, CPT (RLA 1991), and Survival International (RLA 1989) condemned the killing and expressed their support for the Indigenous' cause.

Read more on BBC.


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