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Kosovo - Center for Children`s Theatre Development
Friday the 9th of May The Guardian published an article about the work carried out by Center for Children`s Theatre Development, one of The Palmecenters partner organisations in Kosovo. Read the article on The Guardian´s webbsight.
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Years to reconstruct Rangoon
According to experts, it will take years to reconstruct Rangoon and other towns as all infrastructures are collapsed now.
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Union Day Protest in Rangoon
More than 30 protesters dressed in the blue uniforms worn by prison inmates staged a protest in Rangoon on Tuesday, demanding the release of political prisoners and respect for UN resolutions on Burma.
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Textile worker's leader charges with anti terrorist laws
Textile workers in Faisalabad blocked the main roads of city for seven hours today on 24 April. They were protesting against the arrest of a textile workers leader and leveling charges of anti terrorism laws. The maximum sentence is death under 7 Anti Terrorist Act. The workers leader, Lala Niaz Kamoka was arrested a week ago.
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Mass reactions on the Bhutto Assassination
After the assassination of Benazir Bhutto, unprecedented mass reactions have taken place in Pakistan. Read the report of Farooq Tariq, one of the founders of the educational organisation Labour Education Foundation i Lahore ans also Secretary General of the Labour Party of Pakistan (LPP).
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Western Balkans network meeting in Tirana, Albania
The Olof Palme International Center organized its fourth annual Western Balkans network meeting in Tirana, Albania from October 31st-November 2nd, 2007. Forty-seven of the Palme Center’s partner NGOs from Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, and Serbia gathered to discuss methods of results assessment; evaluation and monitoring in Chateau Linza
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Women against Martial Law - LPP Women Protest demo in Lahore
Labour Party Pakistan women staged a protest demonstration against Martial Law by General Musharaf at Laxshmi Chowk, Lahore on Monday, 19th November, 2007.
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Philippines: AKBAYAN condemns Batasan bombing
AKBAYAN Rep. Risa Hontiveros condemned in the strongest terms the bombing that took place inside the Philippine Congress complex, calling the attack a horrible assault on the institution itself.
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Crackdowns, arrests, repression, state violence - This is Pakistan
Since the very moment of imposition of Emergency on November 3, 2007, heavy crackdown is going on against the lawyers, media and civil society in Pakistan. No fundamental rights, just crackdowns, arrests and repression and state violence is law of the land right now.
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ITUC calls on Companies to End Business Links with Burma
ITUC calls on Companies to End Business Links with Burma. Burmese Trade Union Federation Asks Companies to Disinvest
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Reality for a political activist
Farooq Tariq is a political and union activist living in Lahore, Pakistan. He has cooperated with The Olof Palme International Centre within The Labour Education Foundation. On several ocations we have received dramatic reports on his situation. This is yet another one.
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They are killing Again!
Khin Omar, works with one of the womens organizations in Chang Mai in northern Thailand. She describes the latest development in Burma and givs us suggestions of how to keep updated.
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Brutal crackdown against peaceful demonstrators
Altsean-Burma (One of The Palmecenters partners in Thailand) strongly condemns the SPDC's brutal crackdown against peaceful demonstrators and urges the UN Security Council (UNSC) to convene an emergency meeting to examine the deteriorating political situation in Burma.
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The ETU AIDS project
– We have taken up the fight against AIDS because it impacts so deeply on the lives of poor people. We also see it as a new front of struggle and feel that the way one conducts this struggle can help to build civil society, people’s power and accountable and responsive local government, says Beatie Hofmeyr national manager at The Education and Training Unit (ETU).
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Jobs Jobs Jobs: Decent Work for Development
Jobs Jobs Jobs is a three-year project which aims to demonstrate that Decent Work is fundamental for development and the eradication of poverty. A key component of the project has been the elaboration of 8 case studies in countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America. These provide examples of the link between Decent Work and the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals.
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Political cost of abusing anti-terror law very high
- Abusing the Human Security Act will be very costly on the part of an administration whose dismal human rights record has caused international embarrassment. Manipulating the military to advance political ends has proven to be very costly, especially for this administration, Akbayan Rep. Risa Hontiveros said.
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Seven voices on migrant workers' conditions
On 26 April, the Palme Centre arranged the conference about the growing group of migrant workers. Many people are living under very difficult conditions and are being exploited by unscrupulous employers. Read the interviews with those who took part as speakers at the Conference.
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Migration – a positive force
There are far less migrants in the world than what we are led to believe in the debate about migration. Only 3% of the world's population has migrated from their countries of origin. There are about 200 million migrants in the world as a whole- but the number increases every year. The bulk of migrants are labour migrants who toil to send back to their home countries 250 billion dollars a year.
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