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 Khm/UN - The United Nations and Cambodia agreed on a $56 million budget for a special
court to try Khmer Rouge leaders. [ENG] (UN News Service; Craig Etcheson). Radio
Nizkor with the collaboration of the Schell Center for International Human Rights at Yale Law
School, 29Dec04
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Icc/Usa - President Bush signs anti-ICC Nethercutt Amendment and sanctions countries that
support the ICC. [ENG] (American Non-Governmental Organizations Coalition for the ICC; Citizens for
Global Solutions). Radio Nizkor with the collaboration of the Schell Center for International Human
Rights at Yale Law School, 20Dec04
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Usa - Attorneys representing several Guantanamo detainees challenge the Administration's
effort to undermine Supreme Court's decision in Rasul v. Bush.
[ENG]. (Center for Constitutional Rights). Radio Nizkor with the collaboration of the Schell Center for
International Human Rights at Yale Law School, 20Dec04
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Ind - Man dies in jail after prison wardens set him on fire. [ENG]. (World
Organization Against Torture - OMCT). Radio Nizkor, 09Dec04.
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Grc - OMCT denounces the disappearance of 502 children from a state institution in Greece
between 1998 and 2002. [ENG]. (World Organization Against Torture - OMCT). Radio Nizkor, 09Dec04.
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Usa - A coalition of civil liberties groups filed a "friend of the court" brief to
overturn a controversial ruling on e-mail privacy. [ENG] (Electronic Privacy Information Center -
EPIC). Radio Nizkor with the collaboration of the Schell Center for International Human Rights at Yale
Law School, 08Dec04.
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Usa - Eight U.S. soldiers filed a federal lawsuit challenging the Armed Services'
so-called "stop loss" policy. [ENG]. (Center for Constitutional Rights). Radio Nizkor, 08Dec04.
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Hti - Rev. Gérard Jean-Juste released after almost seven weeks of illegal
detention. [ENG]. (Institute for Justice and Democracy in Haiti). Radio Nizkor with the collaboration
of the Schell Center for International Human Rights at Yale Law School, 08Dec04.
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Usa - US District Judge rules in Hamdan v. Rumsfeld that the Geneva Conventions
protect those incarcerated at Guantánamo. [ENG]. Radio Nizkor with the collaboration of the
Schell Center for International Human Rights at Yale Law School, 07Dec04.
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Esp - Response to the President of the Inter-Ministerial Commission to Study the Victims
of the Civil War and Francoism. [ENG]. (Equipo Nizkor). Radio Nizkor, 15nov04
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Usa - US District Judge rejected the government's increasing move toward secret and
coercive investigatory tactics in the post-9/11 environment.
[ENG]. Radio Nizkor with the collaboration of the Orville H. Schell, Jr. Center for International Human
Rights at Yale Law School, 13Nov04
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Hti - Special program on the situation of violence in Haiti.
[ENG]. Radio Nizkor with the collaboration of the Orville H. Schell, Jr. Center for International Human
Rights at Yale Law School, 12Nov04
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Gtm - The environment of attacks against social and human rights movements deteriorates in
Guatemala. [ENG]. Radio Nizkor, 07nov04
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Escr - Experts say corruption is one of the main obstacles to development in Central
America. [ENG]. ("Terraviva Europe" IPS). Radio Nizkor, 29Oct04.
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Esp - Victims' and human rights organizations object to the conduct of the Minister for
Defence, José Bono with respect to the parade on 12Oct04. [ENG]. Radio Nizkor, 22Oct04
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Usa - ACLU Declines Ford and Rockefeller Grants Due to Restrictive Funding Agreement.
[ENG]. (American Civil Liberties Union). Radio Nizkor, 22Oct04
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Esp - A military parade cannot constitute a response to the issue of the civil war
victims. [ENG]. Radio Nizkor, 15Oct04
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Usa - U.S. Southern Command (SouthCom) Struggles to Justify its Role in the War on
Terror. [ENG]. (Council On Hemispheric Affairs - COHA). Radio Nizkor with the collaboration of the
Orville H. Schell, Jr. Center for International Human Rights at Yale Law School, 11Oct04.
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Usa - Update on the situation of the detainees in Guantanamo Bay and the current status of
legal issues relating to this matter. [ENG]. (By Richard Wilson). Radio Nizkor, 02oct04
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Esp - Statement of human rights and victims organisations on the creation of a commission to study the situation of the victims of Francoism. [ENG]. Radio Nizkor, 21Sep04
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EU - Privacy groups warn that proposed retention of personal data resulting from
communications is necessarily an invasive act. [ENG]. (Privacy International and European Digital
Rights). Radio Nizkor with the collaboration of the Orville H. Schell, Jr. Center for International Human
Rights at Yale Law School, 18sep04.
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Icc/Cpi - Update on the works of the Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute of the
ICC. [ENG]. Radio Nizkor with the collaboration of the Orville H. Schell, Jr. Center for
International Human Rights at Yale Law School, 17sep04
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Col - Salvatore Mancuso's appearance before the Colombian Parliament is a milestone in the
control of the state by organized crime. [ENG]. Radio Nizkor, 31jul04. (English version posted on
10sep04)
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Khm/Onu - Update on the establishment of a Tribunal to prosecute former Khmer Rouge
leaders. [ENG]. (Audio report on the negotiations and the "state of the art" regarding the
establishment of this "hybrid" tribunal). Radio Nizkor, 30jul04
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Usa - Riggs Bank account managers took actions consistent with helping Mr. Pinochet to
evade legal proceedings. [ENG]. (Money Laundering and Foreign Corruption: Enforcement and
Effectiveness of the Patriot Act. Case Study Involving Riggs Bank. Report prepared by the Minority
Staff of the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations of the US Senate). Radio Nizkor, 30Jul04
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EU - European asylum policy is leading to dismantling of refugee protection in the EU.
[ENG]. (StateWatch Analysis). Radio Nizkor, 27Jul04
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Usa - Homeland Security Secretary has stated that the second generation of CAPPS (Computer
Assisted Passenger Prescreening System) has been discontinued. [ENG]. (Electronic Privacy Information
Center - EPIC). Radio Nizkor, 27Jul04
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EU - President of the European Parliament asked EU court to annul EU-US passenger data
deal. [ENG]. (StateWatch / e-Government news from European Communities). Radio Nizkor, 23Jul04
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EU - The Trans Atlantic Consumer Dialogue issued a resolution opposing the EU-US agreement
on transfer of air passenger data. [ENG]. (StateWatch). Radio Nizkor, 21Jul04
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Col - "Manifesto for Truth, Justice and Full Reparation". [ENG]. National Meeting of
the Victims of Crimes Against Humanity and Violations of Human Rights in Colombia. (Translated into
English from its original Spanish version by Equipo Nizkor). Radio Nizkor, 16Jul04
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Usa - The attorneys representing nine Guantanamo detainees file five Habeas Corpus
petitions on their behalf. [ENG]. (Center for Constitutional Rights). Radio Nizkor, 14Jul04
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Usa - U.S. Supreme Court recognizes that non-U.S. citizens may continue to sue their
abusers in U.S. federal court under the Alien Tort Claims Act. [ENG]. (Earth Rights International /
Center for Constitutional Rights). Radio Nizkor, 14Jul04.
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Usa - Supreme Court rules that foreign terrorism suspects may use the US legal system to
challenge their detention. [ENG]. (Center for Constitutional Rights). Radio Nizkor, 07Jul04
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Esp - Several human rights and victims organizations present the document "The Question of
Impunity in Spain and Crimes under Franco. [ENG]. (Equipo Nizkor). Radio Nizkor, 06jul04
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Esp - Several organizations propose a "Plan of Action" on behalf of the victims of the
Francoist repression. [ENG]. (Equipo Nizkor). Radio Nizkor, 06jul04
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Col - Interview with William Spindler -Regional Public Information Officer for the UN High
Commissioner for Refugees - on the work of this agency and the Colombian humanitarian crisis. [ENG].
Radio Nizkor, 20Jun04 (Posted on 05Jul04).
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Esp - Communiqué about the parliamentary debate on historical memory in Spain.
[ENG]. (Association of Relatives and Friends of the 2nd. Republic Victims of Reprisals by the Franco
Regime). Radio Nizkor, 11jun04
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Usa- Center for Constitutional Rights files lawsuit against US corporations involved in
torture in Iraq. [ENG]. Center for Constitutional Rights). Radio Nizkor, 11Jun04
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Usa - American Librarians and the ACLU oppose the Patriot Act and the Bush
administration’s claim that it should be made permanent. [ENG]. (American Library Association /
American Civil Liberties Union). Radio Nizkor, 06Jun04
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Bol - Violent attack of heavily armed gunmen against landless families. [ENG]. (Center
for Judicial and Social Studies - CEJIS, Sta. Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia). Radio Nizkor, 06jun04
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Ind - Brutal attack on a Dalits settlement in Tamil Nadu. [ENG]. (People's Watch-Tamil
Nadu and Dalits Human Rights Monitoring through the Asian Human Rights Commission). Radio Nizkor, 06Jun04
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Cod - Breach of cease-fire raises fears for security of civil population and MONUC
personnel. [ENG]. (Equipo Nizkor). Radio Nizkor, 02Jun04
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Interview with Benjamin Ferencz, former Nuremberg Prosecutor and peace advocate.
[ENG]. Radio Nizkor, 30May04
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EU - EU/US agreement on passenger data denounced by human rights and civil liberties
groups. [ENG]. (StateWatch). Radio Nizkor, 27May04.
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Usa - Torture scandal is "predictable result" of US detention policies and the related information must be disclosed. [ENG]. (Federation of American Scientists / American Civil Liberties Union). Radio Nizkor, 13may04.
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Ind - Delhi authorities have forcibly evicted 200,000 people.
[ENG]. (Hazard Centre, Habitat International Network, World Organisation Against Torture). Radio Nizkor,
13may04.
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EU - Draft data protection legislation contrary to European convention on human
rights. [ENG]. (StateWatch). Radio Nizkor, 08may04.
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Col - Presidential communique offers impunity to organised crime. [ENG]. (Equipo
Nizkor). Radio Nizkor, 07may04
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Irq - The World Organisation Against Torture calls for effective investigation into acts
of torture in Iraq. [ENG]. (OMCT). Radio Nizkor, 06may04
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Sdn - Attacks on villages result in the execution of 45 civilians near Nyala, Sudan.
[ENG]. (World Organisation Against Torture - OMCT). Radio Nizkor, 30Apr04.
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Gbr/Irq - British senior officer says US soldiers view Iraqis as "untermenschen".
[ENG]. (The Daily Telegraph). Radio Nizkor, 30Apr04.
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Onu/Col - Acting UN High Commissioner for Human Rights introduces report on the situation in Colombia to the UN Human Rights Commission. [SPA/ENG/FRA]. (UN Commission on Human Rights, 60th. session. The debate on Colombia was held on 13Apr04). Radio Nizkor, 20Apr04
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Irq - Former UN weapons inspector, Hans Blix, says that the Iraq war was illegal.
[ENG]. (The Independent, UK). Radio Nizkor, 27Mar04.
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Icty/Ictr - Un Security Council asks the international tribunals to conclude their
work. [ENG]. Radio Nizkor with UN press releases, 27Mar04
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Gtmo - Resolution of the International Federation of Human Rights on the Guantanamo Bay detainees. [ENG]. Radio Nizkor, 27Mar04.
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Corporate Responsibility for Human Rights Violations. [ENG]. Joachim Genge, Equipo Nizkor's collaborator from Berlin, interviews Naomi Roht-Arriaza, human rights activist and Professor of Human Rights and Environmental Law at UC Hastings College of Law. Radio Nizkor, 22Feb04.
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Human Rights and Peace Negotiations: The Filipino Peace Negotiation Model.
[ENG]. Prof. Richard Wilson interviews Rey Claro Casambre, Executive Director of the Philippine Peace Center, Convenor of Pilgrims for Peace. Radio Nizkor, 25Feb04
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European Court of Human Rights condemns the State of Turkey in the case of Ipek v. Turkey. [ENG]. Press release issued by the Registrar of the European Court of Human Rights [ 079a(2004) - 17.02.2004]. Radio Nizkor, 21Feb04.
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US policy after 9/11: The situation of Detainees at Guantanamo Bay and the Inter-American
Human Rights Commission Response. [ENG]. By Richard Wilson, Professor of Law and Director of
the International Human Rights Law Clinic, American University Washington, D.C. Radio Nizkor, 13Feb04
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