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March 20 , 2008

Olympic Torch Ignites Trouble on Coast 20/03-2008 11:16 (The New York Sun)

With Chinese troops engaged in a violent confrontation with protesters in the restive region of Tibet and elsewhere across China, the visit of the Olympic torch to San Francisco next month could leave the city by the bay with a black eye rather than the worldwide publicity bonanza local officials were expecting.

U.N. says Sudan targeted civilians in Darfur 20/03-2008 09:54 (Xtra News)

GENEVA (Reuters) - Sudanese forces targeted civilians in air and ground attacks on villages in Darfur this year, the United Nations human rights office and the U.

Darfur Activists Plan Beijing Protest 20/03-2008 07:24 (Washington Post)

BEIJING -- Activists will demonstrate in Beijing during the Olympics to press China to help end bloodshed in Darfur, a group said Thursday, adding to the government's public relations headaches as it tries to quell protests in Tibet.

Attacks on Darfur villages were deliberate military strategy: UN 20/03-2008 06:14 (Yahoo! Canada)

GENEVA (AFP) - Attacks on four villages in West Darfur in January and February by the Sudanese armed forces amounted to a 'deliberate' military strategy, the United Nations said in a report on Thursday.

Activists and Fidelity Spar Over Genocide 19/03-2008 20:55 (Wall Street Journal Template)

Activists trying to block mutual-fund investments that may be linked to genocide in places such as Sudan's Darfur region lost when shareholders of two Fidelity Investments funds rejected their proposal.

EU force chief in Chad warns ready to fight aggressors 19/03-2008 19:08 (Yahoo! Canada)

NDJAMENA, Chad (AFP) - The commander of the European Union force in Chad and the Central African Republic warned Wednesday that his troops will hit back at the first hint of attack.

Fidelity Funds Reject Genocide - Linked Proposal 19/03-2008 16:12 (The New York Times)

Filed at 3:35 p.m. ET BOSTON (Reuters) - Shareholders in two Fidelity Investments funds on Wednesday rejected a proposal to block investments in companies linked to genocide and human rights abuses.

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Action Professionals Association for the People

Aegis Trust Rwanda

African Centre for Democracy and Human Rights Studies

African Center for Development

African Center for Justice and Peace Studies

Africa Internally Displaced Persons Voice (Africa IDP Voice)

African Security Dialogue and Research (ASDR)

African Women's Development and Communications Network (FEMNET)

The Ahueni Foundation

Alliances for Africa

Amman Centre for Human Rights Studies

Andalus Institute for Tolerance

Anti-Slavery International

Arab Coalition for Darfur

Arab Program for Human Rights Activists

Association Africaine de Defense des Droits de l'Homme (ASADHO)

Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies

Centre for Minority Rights Development (CEMIRIDE)

Centre for Research Education and Development of Freedom of Expression and Associated Rights (CREDO)

Citizens for Global Solutions

Conscience International

Conseil National Pour les Libertés en Tunisie

Darfur Alert Coalition (DAC)

Darfur Centre for Human Rights and Development

Darfur Leaders Network (DLN)

Darfur Reconciliation and Development Organization (DRDO)

Darfur Relief and Documentation Centre

East Africa Law Society

Egyptian Organization for Human Rights

Femmes Africa Solidarité

La Fédération Internationale des Droits de l'Homme (FIDH)

Forum of African Affairs (FOAA)

Human Rights First

Human Rights Institute of South Africa (HURISA)

Institute for Human Rights and Development in Africa

Institute for Security Studies

Inter-African Union for Human Rights (UIDH)

Interights

International Commission of Jurists (ICJ Kenya)

International Refugee Rights Initiative

Justice Africa

Justice and Peace Commission

Lawyers for Human Rights

Lebanese Association for Democratic Elections

Legal Resources Consortium-Nigeria

Ligue Tunisienne des Droits de l'Homme

Makumira University College, Tumaini University

Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA)

Minority Rights Group

National Association of Seadogs

Never Again International

Open Society Justice Initiative

Pan-African Movement

Rencontre Africaine Pour la Defense des Droits de l'Homme (RADDHO)

Sierra Leone STAND Chapter

Sisters' Arabic Forum for Human Rights (SAF)

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP)

Sudan Organization Against Torture (SOAT)

Syrian Organization for Human Rights

Unitarian Universalist Service Committee (UUSC)

Universal Human Rights Network

WARIPNET

Women Initiative Nigeria (WIN)