The Beijing Olympic Games are on and more than twenty thousand journalists from around the world are reporting on the games. At the same time, these journalists have an opportunity to depict the true face of the Chinese regime, a regime that continues to torture and kill its own people under the guise of denials and glitter.

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PAKISTAN: The people defeat Pakistan’s military dictator, General Musharraf

The Asian Human Rights Commission salutes and congratulates the people of Pakistan for their resilient and determined struggle to oust the dictator, General (Ret.) Pervez Musharraf from the post of president. This completely non-violent struggle of various sections of society which included lawyers, judges, the ordinary folk, the media as well as the legislators is a clear example of the development of democracies on the basis of consensus. In the recent years there was clear consensus that the people did not want a military regime but instead a democratic government.

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Release and repatriation of Omar Khadr, Canadian citizen imprisoned in  Guantánamo Bay. 

Lawyers Against the War and the undersigned, call on the government of Canada:

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Society of American Law Teachers—SALT—Statement:

U.S. Officials Should Be Held Accountable for Torture, Using Domestic Criminal Prosecution

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Nobody will shed a tear as the political career of Ehud Olmert grounds to its end. In the two years he had at the helm of the Israeli ship of state, he has failed to perform even a single worthy act.

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A few days ago, we alerted you to Attorney General Michael Mukasey's demand that Congress issue a new declaration of war. This would make the entire globe -- including the United States itself -- a "battlefield" where the president gets to decide who is an "enemy combatant" and lock that person up forever.

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Letter to Eutelsat:

I am a concerned Canadian resident and I pray that my message reaches the heart of sensible and honest executives at Eutelsat [satellite broadcaster of New Tang Dynasty Television (NTDTV)]. I am writing about the fact that Eutelsat is closing the broadcasting of NTDTV to China and canceling the contract unilaterally. I’m sincerely hoping that my plea will make a difference before making your final decision.

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The Judiciary Committee, we held a full day of hearings that focused entirely on the crimes of George W. Bush and Dick Cheney, and featured testimony by Rep. Dennis Kucinich regarding his Articles of Impeachment against President Bush.

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