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  • June 2008
    • Burmese Comedian Bust Not Funny: UN

      Burmese Comedian Bust Not Funny: UN

      The UN's human rights official in Burma expressed concern over the arrest of a popular Burmese comedian who’d been helping cyclone survivors, the AP reports. The comedian, known as Zarganar, was nabbed Wednesday by authorities after traveling to the hard-hit Irrawaddy Delta to donate supplies, a relative said. He had led an aid group of 400 and  had criticized the government in foreign interviews. More »

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      Burma   Myanmar   Cyclone Nargis   junta   comedian   United Nations Human Rights Council

  • April 2008
    • UN Official Defends His Comparison of Israelis to Nazis

      UN Official Defends His Comparison of Israelis to Nazis

      A UN investigator hasn't even begun his new job probing Israeli conduct in the Palestinian territories and he is already facing a firestorm of criticism. Richard Falk has been slammed for a comment he made last summer comparing Israel's actions in Gaza to Nazi policies. He defended the comments yesterday in an interview with the BBC. More »

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      Israel   United Nations   Israel and Palestinians   United Nations Human Rights Council

  • March 2008
    • Scholars Urge China to Meet With Dalai Lama

      Scholars Urge China to Meet With Dalai Lama

      A group of prominent Chinese intellectuals is challenging the government over its response to protests in Tibet, accusing Beijing of inciting ethnic tensions and demanding that it begin talks with the Dalai Lama. A petition signed by 29 writers, journalists and scholars, blasts China’s “one-sided propaganda” war and charges it with “fanning racial hatred,” reports the New York Times. More »

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      China   2008 Beijing Olympics   Tibet   Dalai Lama   petition   United Nations Human Rights Council

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