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SOUTH KOREA: Miryang villagers maltreated by government

Wed, 16 Oct 2013 17:44:46 +1300 | Asian Human Rights Commission

The situation in Miryang is deeply alarming and appears to be deteriorating. The police are carrying out arbitrary arrests and detention, threat and harassment towards villagers and human rights defenders including violence and indiscriminate photo-taking ...More >>

SRI LANKA: Claims that prison death inquiry will cause riot

Wed, 16 Oct 2013 17:41:00 +1300 | Asian Human Rights Commission

The case of Ganeshan Nimalaruban, a Tamil prisoner whose death in prison evoked local and international expressions of concern last year was taken up on October 14 before the Supreme Court and the de facto Chief Justice, Mohan Peiris, refused to grant ...More >>

New Zealander and Arctic Sunrise captain refused bail

Wed, 16 Oct 2013 17:36:45 +1300 | Greenpeace

New Zealander David Haussmann, along with the captain of the Greenpeace International ship Arctic Sunrise and one other activist, has been refused bail in Russia. The Greenpeace International activists appeared this morning before a court in Murmansk.More >>

Appointment of High Commissioner to Niue a great honour

Wed, 16 Oct 2013 17:32:14 +1300 | New Zealand Police

Commissioner Peter Marshall says the announcement that Superintendent Ross Ardern will become the next High Commissioner to Niue is a great honour both for Mr Ardern and New Zealand Police.More >>

Daily Press Briefing - October 15, 2013

Wed, 16 Oct 2013 17:13:22 +1300 | US State Department

We, of course, have all been focused on the impacts of the shutdown. I know you all have been writing and reporting on it frequently. No one should mistake the fact that the shutdown is damaging to the State Department today and destructive to our ...More >>

Death of Peacekeepers in Darfur

Wed, 16 Oct 2013 17:08:11 +1300 | US State Department

On Sunday morning, unidentified gunmen attacked and killed three Senegalese peacekeepers participating in the joint United Nations-African Union Hybrid Mission in Darfur (UNAMID). One other peacekeeper from Senegal was injured.More >>

John Banks resigns as he faces electoral fraud trial

Wed, 16 Oct 2013 17:05:22 +1300 | BusinessDesk

Oct. 16 (BusinessDesk) – The Act Party’s leader and sole Member of Parliament, John Banks, has resigned as a Minister after an Auckland District Court judge sent Banks for trial over the handling of political donations.More >>

PM accepts John Banks’ resignation as Minister

Wed, 16 Oct 2013 17:02:24 +1300 | New Zealand Government

Prime Minister John Key today announced that he has accepted John Banks’ offer to resign as a Minister. More >>

South Asia Media Solidarity Network Bulletin - October 2013

Wed, 16 Oct 2013 17:02:07 +1300 | International Federation of Journalists

Welcome to the e-bulletin of the South Asia Media Solidarity Network (SAMSN) for the month of October 2013. The next bulletin will be sent on November 15, 2013, and inputs are most welcome.More >>

John Banks Resigns As Minister

Wed, 16 Oct 2013 16:41:12 +1300 | ACT New Zealand

ACT Leader John Banks today confirmed that he has stood down from his Ministerial positions following today’s decision at the Auckland District Court. More >>

Charles Taylor Transferred to UK for Enforcement of Sentence

Wed, 16 Oct 2013 16:23:43 +1300 | Special Court for Sierra Leone

Charles Ghankay Taylor, the convicted former President of Liberia, was transferred today from the Netherlands and the custody of the Special Court to the United Kingdom, where he will serve the remainder of his 50-year sentence for war crimes and crimes ...More >>

Information sought on Ashburton aggravated robbery

Wed, 16 Oct 2013 16:20:07 +1300 | New Zealand Police

Ashburton Police are appealing for information in relation to an aggravated robbery last night. More >>

Vehicle fire near Brynderwyn summit - lane blocked

Wed, 16 Oct 2013 16:14:36 +1300 | New Zealand Police

Police and Fire are attending an incident on SH1 near the summit of the Brynderwyn's. A vehicle towing a caravan is on fire. Both lanes of the Road are currently blocked and there are large delays to the traffic.More >>

Benny Wenda Concerned at Tomorrow’s Events in West Papua

Wed, 16 Oct 2013 16:13:49 +1300 | Free West Papua Campaign

Tomorrow, 16th October 2013, marks the 5th anniversary of the founding of two important groups in the struggle for West Papuan self-determination: International Parliamentarians for West Papua, and International Lawyers for West Papua.More >>

PM must stand Banks down and not allow his vote on SkyCity

Wed, 16 Oct 2013 15:44:42 +1300 | Green Party

The Prime Minister must stand John Banks down as minister and demand he abstains from voting on the NZ International Convention Centre Bill because of criminal charges he now faces over SkyCity donations to his mayoral campaign, the Green Party said ...More >>

MSG must let West Papuans to claim their Melanesian identity

Wed, 16 Oct 2013 15:40:26 +1300 | The East Timor Action Network ETAN

98 international and Pacific non-governmental organisations, academics, politicians and individuals have written to the leaders of the Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG), welcoming their leadership on the West Papua issue and adding their wholehearted ...More >>