Uzbek president urged to free activists
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An international group of intellectuals urged the president of Uzbekistan on Thursday to release three women jailed for their human rights advocacy amid a sweeping crackdown on government critics.
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U.S. President George W. Bush on Friday demanded the immediate release of Myanmar activists and called on the ruling junta to stop "assaulting pro-democracy activists.
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai called on Muslims to unite against "tyrants" carrying out a wave of suicide attacks in the region under the name of Islam.
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Chilean President Michelle Bachelet, who was imprisoned and tortured during the dictatorship of Gen. Augusto Pinochet, urged the top U.N. human rights monitoring agency to preserve the independence of its investigators in a key upcoming vote.
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Rights group Amnesty International on Friday urged Russia to provide proper treatment for a jailed oil executive who has AIDS and says he could die if he is not moved to a specialized hospital.
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LONDON: Britain&#39;s former ambassador to Uzbekistan, pulled out of Tashkent for &quot;operational reasons,&quot; said yesterday he was a &quot;victim of conscience&quot; for having dared to speak out against human rights outrages.
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President Hamid Karzai is concerned about a death sentence handed down to a journalist in Afghanistan accused of insulting Islam
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26 December 2004 -- Uzbek President Islam Karimov has lashed out at Europe&#39;s top election watchdog for criticizing today&#39;s parliamentary vote.
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Foreign monitors accuse Uzbekistan of holding a presidential election without any genuine choice.
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CAIRO -- International human rights groups urged Iran yesterday to immediately release four Iranian-American scholars and activists being held on suspicion of spying.
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MAZAR-I-SHARIF, Afghanistan  - Dozens of Afghan journalists and activists on Saturday sought the release of a journalist detained by security officials for allegedly making blasphemous comments.
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Authorities in Uzbekistan have granted amnesties to two prominent rights activists in what could be part of government efforts to mend frosty ties with the West.
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A death sentence handed to a reporter in Afghanistan has prompted the United Nations and several press freedom organizations to urge the Afghan president, Hamid Karzai, to intervene in the case.
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A top opponent of President Hugo Chavez demanded the release of jailed protesters Wednesday as university students poured into the streets for a third day to protest the removal of a leading opposition TV station from the air.
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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad calls for liberal and secular university lecturers to be removed.
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The commander of U.S. forces in Central Asia met with Uzbek President Islam Karimov on Thursday, the first visit by a high-level U.S. military officer since the authoritarian leader evicted American troops amid Western criticism of a bloody government crackdown.
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Bangladesh's two main political parties have demanded the release of their leaders, Sheikh Hasina and Begum Khaleda Zia, saying the move was necessary to ensure a free and fair election expected late next year.