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UN, EU failing to protect civilians in Chad – Oxfam

Brussels, Sept 9 (Reuters).– The United Nations and the European Union have failed to protect civilians from violence in eastern Chad and should urgently strengthen policing operations there, international charity Oxfam said on Tuesday.

The U.N. Security Council decided in September last year to deploy an EU peacekeeping force in eastern Chad and Central African Republic, as well as a U.N. mission known as MINURCAT to train and support Chadian police to guard U.N.-run refugee camps.

Since early this year, more than 3,000 European soldiers from over a dozen countries have begun a one-year mission to protect refugees, civilians and aid workers in east Chad from conflict spilling over from Sudan's war-torn Darfur region.

"One year on, this mission is incapable of effectively protecting civilians in eastern Chad and should be urgently adapted," Oxfam said in a report published on Tuesday.

"Almost half a million vulnerable people who fled their homes due to the conflict in Darfur and Chad are not adequately protected and are exposed daily to attacks, thefts, rape and forced recruitment," Oxfam said ...

Predatory practices deplete Amazonian forests and hurt natives

Aug. 25.– President Lula da Silva, of Brasil, just signed a Decree to station troops permanently on all designated Indigenous Territories on the Amazonian border areas of this vast country. Contrary to the expectations that such a move would be to protect the indigenous peoples from predatory settlers, the Brazilian Armed Forces are more concerned about a perceived "foreign meddlings" in these border region conflicts and their assessment that national sovereignty might be at risk.

According to Catarina Vianna, a member of Makunaima Grita --a Brazilian group dedicated to helping the indigenous people at Raposo Serra do Sol--, the Brazilian Military "are against the demarcation of continuous indigenous lands near the border because they want to control what happens, and they're afraid that what they call «foreign interests» will use the Indians to then exploit the Amazon.".

The practically unrestricted exploitation of the Amazon basin is destroying the largest forest remaining on Earth, its ecological balance and the basic habitat for people living in areas that were theirs for millennia. Brazilian authorities proclaim a "victory" in their so called "forest conservation efforts" because instead of destroying 27,379 sq. kilometers of forest at the peak of the deforestation disaster in 2004 (an area the size of El Salvador and Puerto Rico together), they expect a loss of "only" 12,000 sq. kilometers this year (just 50% larger than Puerto Rico). But even if we lack any concern for this natural treasure as our heritage for all of humanity, we certainly must be ready to oppose the abuse and human rights violations the Amazonian people suffer from the predatory practices of human ambitions and shadowy economic interests.

Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi detention extended

Aug.11.– The junta's decision will keep Aung San Suu Kyi under detention for more time than the county's law allows. She has already been under house arrest for four and a half years, and the maximum limit is five years without charges being filed.

The pro-democracy leader met with her attorney Sunday to discuss legal issues, the source told CNN.

Aung San Suu Kyi won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1991. She has become the face of the pro-democracy movement in Myanmar and the focus of a global campaign to free her.

The junta has confined Aung San Suu Kyi in her home for 12 of the last 18 years. Her latest house arrest began in 2003 and has been periodically renewed.

Reprimen violentamente a 22 disidentes en Cuba

Ago. 1.- Veintidós activistas de derechos humanos fueron violentamente reprimidos por las autoridades cubanas durante una manifestación a favor de cuatro prisioneros políticos en huelga de hambre, según relataron el jueves testigos del incidente.

Los activistas se concentraron en horas de la mañana del jueves frente a la prisión provincial de Holguín, en el oriente de Cuba, para abogar por los prisioneros de conciencia Juan Carlos Herrera Acosta, Alfredo Rodolfo Domínguez Batista, Orlando Zapata Tamayo y Luis Mariano Delís Utria.

La protesta se originó luego de que Herrera Acosta, condenado a 20 años en la Causa de los 75, fuera trasladado a la enfermería del penal seriamente afectado tras diez días de ayuno. El prisionero se cosió la boca para demandar su tralado a una prisión cercana a su casa, en la provincia de Guantánamo.

Opositores cubanos apelan a la opinión pública y al Canciller Pérez Roque

Jul.20.– Una carta firmada por 11 opositores cubanos ha sido entregada a los medios de comunicación internacionales para que llegue a la opinión pública mundial, en la que se le exige al Canciller Felipe Pérez López que les respete el derecho a entrar y salir libremente de su país.

El alegato se basa en la firma reciente por parte del gobierno cubano del Pacto Internacional de Derechos Civiles y Políticos y en el compromiso ostensible que ha contraído con la Unión Europea de respetar las libertades fundamentales de los cubanos para concretar el fortalecimiento de las relaciones de Cuba con el continente europeo.

Según afirman los signatarios de esta carta, “el gobierno cubano está violando nuestro derecho a salir del país” y se refieren a los derechos que les asisten de conformidad con la Declaración Universal y su Pacto Internacional correspondiente.

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