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Journalist sentenced to execution in Afghanistan for questioning womens' conditions	Since October 2007, Parwiz Kambakhsh, a 23 year old Afghan journalist, has been in prison in Northern Afghanistan and sentenced to execution for blasphemy. His ‘crime’ was distributing articles downloaded from the internet that questioned the condition of women under Islam.
Judges rule against peace vigil.	The Home Office appeal against Brian’s right to remain in the Square has been successful, so peace activist Brian Haw may have to end his five-year vigil outside Parliament. But all is not lost… there is some negotiation taking place over the conditions the police wish to impose on Brian’s protest. Indymedia report as the situation unfolds.
Korean government takes crackdown strategy online	korea beef import demonstrationsAfter the brutal suppression of popular demonstrations against South Korea’s new US beef import deal, the government is requesting that portals delete dissident blog postings.
Li Jianping, a Chinese online journalist	is still awaiting a verdict, four months after his trial for 'incitement to subvert state sovereignty'. This delay is a further violation of Chinese legal codes, says RSF, and it is clear there is insufficient evidence to convict.
Lords reject gypsy family's human rights appeal.	In a landmark case a family of gypsies lost their House of Lords appeal that their eviction from a public recreation ground near Leeds breached their human rights.
MEND of an era in Nigeria?	SchNews Activists and indigenous groups condemn Gordon Brown’s offer of military help for Shell in the Niger Delta.
National Gaza demo to focus on media bias	Israel admits breaking the ceasefire in November 2008 in an interview on Channel 4 news.. MediaLens has an analysis of bias in the UK media coverage of the Gaza conflict, with suggested actions.
Paulo Longo Research Initiative	PLRI is a project hosted by the IDS which aims to improve understanding of the issues affecting the lives of sex workers. The initiative is a collaboration of scholars, policy analysts and sex workers. It brings together research and advocacy material that challenges conventional approaches to researching sex work and that promotes legitimacy and labour rights for sex workers. Working on an extremely tight budget we began by offering PLRI a simple basic Drupal installation for their content.
PBI-Colombia Project	Contact PBI-Colombia to become a human rights observer in Colombia
Peace activist faces prison for remembering war dead	In the week of remembrance Sunday, peace activist Maya Anne Evans, convicted in 2005 for reading the names of British soldiers killed in the Iraq war opposite Downing Street, faced prison for her remembrance ceremony when she attended Horseferry Road Court on Tuesday to explain why she is refusing to pay the £250 fine. Instead the district judge decided to prolong the agony still further by giving 28 more days to pay, followed by pressure from the bailiffs. Maya Evans was also arrested in 2007 for daring to express views against the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan outside the Labour Party Conference.