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March 28 , 2008

Editorial: Beijing's vile actions deserve strong reply 28/03-2008 11:04 (San Antonio Express-News)

Politics is an inherent part of the Olympic Games. From the opening ceremonies to the final medal counts, the games are a pageant of national flags and political identities.

Editorial Cartoon 28/03-2008 10:05 (Washington Post)

Bush at the Beijing Olympic Games

Vaughan backed in Olympic stance 28/03-2008 03:53 (BBC)

Vaughan is a member of sporting pressure group Team DarfurBritish badminton number one Richard Vaughan has been backed in his human rights stand by two of the highest profile sports politics figures.

Arab League urged to act on Darfur 27/03-2008 23:58 (MSN UK)

British Muslims have called on the Arab League to act over the ongoing crisis in Darfur.In a letter to the organisation's secretary general, Amr Moussa, a coalition of more than 20 Muslim groups, including the Muslim Council of Britain and the Muslim Association of Britain, demanded 'urgent attention' to the...

Olympics become a hurdle 27/03-2008 21:12 (Los Angeles Times)

THIS isn't exactly the show Chinese government officials had in mind when they signed on to host the Olympic Games in Beijing this summer. They had envisioned a sporting event full of Hollywood splendor (Steven Spielberg would serve as an artistic advisor to the Games.

U.N. Body Calls on Sudan to Tackle Rights Abuses 27/03-2008 15:02 (The New York Times)

Filed at 2:37 p.m. ET GENEVA (Reuters) - The top United Nations human rights body called on Sudan on Thursday to tackle human rights violations and prosecute those responsible for abuses.

China asks Olympic torch's route to be shortened 27/03-2008 08:30 (Yahoo! India Finance)

China has asked San Francisco, the only stop for Olympic torch relay in North America, to shrink the route from eight miles to six miles following planned protest by rights activists.

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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)