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Nawec: Going back to bad ways

Tuesday, December 04, 2007

Kindly allow me space in your illustrious paper to express my humble views on a very pertinent issue. Your readers will all agree with me, I am sure,...

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As Another Legal Year Opens

africa » gambia » banjul

The Point

Monday, December 03, 2007

President Jammeh Dwells on Judiciary’s Challenges, Objectives The President of the Republic of The Gambia, Dr, Alhagie Yahya Jammeh, yesterday...

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Attorney General, Chief Justice speak

africa » gambia » banjul

Monday, December 03, 2007

Marie Saine Firdaus, attorney general and secretary of state for Justice, has said that the Gambian judiciary has been successful in prosecuting...

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UGANDA: Sexual abuse survivors in north denied justice - Amnesty

africa » uganda » kampala

IRIN

Monday, December 03, 2007

Amnesty International has accused Uganda's justice system of "tacitly condoning and protecting suspected perpetrators” of rape and other sexual...

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Rwanda: Genocide suspects must not be transferred until fair trial conditions met

africa » rwanda

Amnesty International

Wednesday, November 07, 2007

Amnesty International today urged governments worldwide not to transfer people suspected of crimes during the 1994 genocide to Rwanda for trial. The...

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Sierra Leone: Mass rally in support of survivors of conflict's sexual violence

africa » sierra leone

Amnesty International

Tuesday, November 06, 2007

At a mass rally held in Makeni in the Northern Province of Sierra Leone today, Amnesty International members and hundreds of other local activists...

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LIBERIA: Trial by ordeal makes the guilty burn but "undermines justice"

africa » liberia » monrovia

IRIN

Monday, November 05, 2007

About 50 people in the village of Klay, northwestern Liberia, recently gathered to watch a man apply red-hot metal to the limbs of four youths...

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RWANDA: Genocide justice system prompts row with Amnesty

africa » rwanda » kigali

IRIN

Sunday, November 04, 2007

Rwanda has dismissed as unfounded a claim by Amnesty International that its justice system was unsuitable for trying genocide suspects currently...

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SUDAN: Unarmed Darfur groups demand role at peace talks

africa » sudan

IRIN

Tuesday, October 30, 2007

SIRTECivil society representatives from Darfur have called for a greater role in ongoing peace efforts and uniting the parties to the conflict in the...

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BURUNDI-RWANDA: Omar Sabimana: "We are like prisoners in this camp"

africa » burundi » bujumbura

IRIN

Tuesday, October 23, 2007

Omar Sabimana, 25, a Rwandan refugee in Burundi, was transferred to Giharo in the southeastern province of Rutana in 2006. He finds camp life...

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