7481. World Children’s Day (20.9): 3000 children die every day in India of under-nourishment – the victims are for the most part original inhabitants   On the occasion of the World Children’s Day (20.9) the Society for Threatened Peoples (GfbV) has appealed to the government of India to do more for the protection and health of children of the…  

7482. World Conference Against Racism in Durban (8/31/01 – 9/7/01)   On Tuesday Gesellschaft für bedrohte Völker International (GfbV) / Society for Threatened Peoples has urged the German Government to take the protest of Indigenous Peoples planed for today seriously.…  

7483. World Cup football with signature of the President will be auctioned on ebay   At the end of March the coca farmers of Bolivia are holding a meeting. Their central demand is the removal of the coca plant from the United Nations list of addictive substances which dates from the…  

7484. WORLD ROMA DAY   "In the Third Reich we Jews were considered to be sub-humans. The gypsies are today not openly called sub-humans, but are felt to be such and are treated as such.” Ernst Tugendhat, philosopher and…  

7485. WORRIED: Plight of the Hmong   Thank you very much for your frequent reports on the Hmong. Unfortunately, worldwide there is not too much media coverage on the catastrophic situation of these people in Laos and Thailand. All…  

7486. Wortspende von Charlotte Knobloch, Präsidentin des Zentralrats der Juden in Deutschland   "Wortspende" zur Menschenrechtskampagne "Rettet Darfur" der GfbV Die Nachrichten der jüngsten Zeit aus der westsudanesischen Provinz Darfur malen ein Bild des Grauens und Schreckens. Viele tausend…  

7487. Written Statement - Item 11 (a) of the provisional agenda   CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS – TORTURE AND DETENTION IN THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION, CHECHEN REPUBLIC Civil and political rights - Torture and detention in the Russian Federation, Chechen Republic The…  

7488. Written Statement - Item 11 (c) of the provisional agenda   FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION IN THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA Freedom of expression in the People’s Republic of China China became a signatory member to the International Covenant on Civil and Political…  

7489. Written Statement - Item 11 (d) of the provisional agenda   INDEPENDENCE OF THE JUDICIARY, ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE, IMPUNITY IN TURKEY Independence of the judiciary, administration of justice, impunity in Turkey The Article 301 of the Turkish Penal…  

7490. Written Statement - Item 11 (f) of the provisional agenda   THE STATE OF EMERGENCY IN SOUTHERN THAILAND The State of Emergency in southern Thailand Violence escalated in 2005 in the three southern Thai provinces Yala, Pattani and Narathiwat. Home to most…