Around the World (Apr 12, 2008)

[Kamal_Farran]

DARFUR:
Childhood at Risk After Five Years of War
http://hrw.org/english/docs/2008/04/11/sudan18528.htm

EGYPT:
Investigate Police Use of Force at Protests
Security Forces Arrest Pro-Democracy Movement Leader
http://hrw.org/english/docs/2008/04/11/egypt18517.htm

ETHIOPIA:
Repression Sets Stage for Non-Competitive Elections
Opposition Candidates, Voters Silenced Ahead of Local Polls
http://hrw.org/english/docs/2008/04/10/ethiop18510.htm

IRAN:
SADRA shipbuilding workers go on strike again
http://www.iwsn.org/labour/sadra-strike1.htm

THAILAND:
Migrants’ Deaths Spotlight Exploitation
Government Should End Discriminatory Policies and Improve Protection
http://hrw.org/english/docs/2008/04/11/thaila18527.htm

US:
Release Iraqi News Photographer
Court Ruling Ends Case Against Bilal Hussein
http://hrw.org/english/docs/2008/04/11/iraq18521.htm

VENEZUELA:
Venezuela Six Years after the Coup
http://www.marxist.com/venezuela-six-years-after-coup.htm
SIDOR: multinational resists nationalisation - workforce moves towards workers' control
http://www.aporrea.org/trabajadores/n112272.html
Venezuela nationalises cement industry
http://www.marxist.com/venezuela-nationalises-cement.htm