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	<title>Crikey &#187; human rights abuses</title>
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		<title>Who you calling a human rights violator? China fights back</title>
		<link>http://www.theatlanticwire.com/global/2011/04/7500-words-chinese-government-us-human-rights-abuse/36553/</link>
		<comments>http://www.theatlanticwire.com/global/2011/04/7500-words-chinese-government-us-human-rights-abuse/36553/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Apr 2011 03:06:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Asia-Pacific]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[After criticism from the United States over human rights abuses and treatment of dissidents, China has fought back by publishing 7,500 words on human rights violations in the US, including racial discimrination and wrongful imprisonment.]]></description>
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		<title>Burma rebrands: a dictatorship, without the uniforms</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/11/08/burma-rebrands-a-dictatorship-without-the-uniforms/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/11/08/burma-rebrands-a-dictatorship-without-the-uniforms/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Nov 2010 02:01:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Damien Kingsbury</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Burma]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[burmese election]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dictatorship]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[human rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[human rights abuses]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[military junta]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[suu kyi]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Saturday's Burmese election was, in reality, just the junta’s mechanism for shifting away from an overt military dictatorship to a slightly more covert form -- dictatorship without so many uniforms.]]></description>
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		<title>How Iran uses rape to stifle dissent</title>
		<link>http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/feb/16/iran-rapist-assault-opposition</link>
		<comments>http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/feb/16/iran-rapist-assault-opposition#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2010 00:08:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[The Rest]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[human rights abuses]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Iran]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[protest]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rape]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sexual assault]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=117271</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Iran expert <b>Mahmood Delkhasteh</b> explains how the country's regime regularly uses sexual assault -- against both men and women -- to silence and punish protesters and critics. ]]></description>
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		<title>Human rights: why we need a charter</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/02/11/human-rights-why-we-need-a-charter/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/02/11/human-rights-why-we-need-a-charter/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2010 02:22:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bill of rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[human rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[human rights abuses]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[justice michael kirby]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Law]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Emotional, fear-mongering and ill-informed comments about a human rights charter do not make for robust, reasoned, logical debate, writes <b>Mark Blumer</b>.
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Human rights: what is Rudd waiting for?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/01/20/human-rights-what-is-rudd-waiting-for/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/01/20/human-rights-what-is-rudd-waiting-for/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 02:26:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australian christian lobby]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bill of rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bob Carr]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Frank Brennan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[george pell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[human rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[human rights abuses]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Robert McClelland]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Law]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Is the government backing away from introducing a bill of rights? In the absence of any serious negatives, we should expect a human rights act within this parliamentary term, writes <b>Susan Ryan</b>, chair of the Australian Human Rights Group. ]]></description>
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		<title>Different Castro, same Cuba</title>
		<link>http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/story/1341025.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/story/1341025.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:44:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[The Rest]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cuba]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[human rights abuses]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Raul Castro]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A new report by Human Rights Watch says Cuba's government is as repressive under Raúl Castro as it was under his brother Fidel, with dissidents beaten, publicly humiliated and fired from their jobs.]]></description>
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		<title>Sri Lanka and its Manik approach to human rights</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/30/sri-lanka-and-its-manik-approach-to-human-rights/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/30/sri-lanka-and-its-manik-approach-to-human-rights/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Sparrow</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[The Rest]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[human rights abuses]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mohan Peiris]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sri Lanka]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tamil Tigers]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In Sri Lanka, an appalling human rights tragedy continues to play out. After the wake of the military defeat of the Tamil Tigers, 250,000 Tamils have been herded into detention.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>World turns blind eye to North Korea&#8217;s labour camp abuse</title>
		<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/19/AR2009071902178.html?hpid=topnews</link>
		<comments>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/19/AR2009071902178.html?hpid=topnews#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 01:19:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Asia-Pacific]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[human rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[human rights abuses]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[North Korea]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[prisons]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The 200,000 prisoners in North Korea's gulag subsist on a diet of corn and salt, live in rags, work 12- to 15-hour days and are regularly beaten and raped. So why aren't the world's leaders (or Bono) paying attention?]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Essay: The many renditions of Mamdouh Habib</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/07/essay-the-many-renditions-of-mamdouh-habib/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/07/essay-the-many-renditions-of-mamdouh-habib/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2009 03:50:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ASIO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Guantanamo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[human rights abuses]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Howard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mamdouh Habib]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Philip Ruddock]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[torture]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=56241</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Let’s take a swift trip into the heart of darkness, writes <b>Richard Neville</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>We need an independent review of anti-terror laws</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/11/13/we-need-an-independent-review-of-anti-terror-laws/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/11/13/we-need-an-independent-review-of-anti-terror-laws/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gary humphries]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Howard government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[human rights abuses]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mick Keelty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mohamed Haneef]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Petro Georgiou]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[senator judith troeth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[terrorism laws]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[United Kingdom]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Today, the Senate is scheduled to begin debating an initiative that is sorely needed – the creation of an office of an Independent Reviewer of Australia’s tough anti-terrorism laws, writes <b>Greg Barns</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Afghan dog pen demeans us and emboldens the insurgents</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/09/02/afghan-dog-pen-demeans-us-and-emboldens-the-insurgents/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/09/02/afghan-dog-pen-demeans-us-and-emboldens-the-insurgents/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Sep 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australian defence force]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[human rights abuses]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joel Fitzgibbon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[war in Afghanistan]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Joel Fitzgibbon should apologise for this breach of human rights by Australian soldiers, writes <b>Keysar Trad</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>13</slash:comments>
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		<title>The Oz on Suharto: at least the regime ran on time</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/01/29/the-oz-on-suharto-at-least-the-regime-ran-on-time/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/01/29/the-oz-on-suharto-at-least-the-regime-ran-on-time/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[april glaspie]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chinese indonesians]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[general suharto]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[human rights abuses]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[snakes and ladders]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Ever wonder how official history would have assessed Saddam Hussein if he never invaded Kuwait? Check <i>The Australian</i>’s obituary for General Suharto and wonder no more, writes <b>Jeff Sparrow</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
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		<title>Perhaps someone does read Greg Sheridan</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/12/21/perhaps-someone-does-read-greg-sheridan/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/12/21/perhaps-someone-does-read-greg-sheridan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Dec 2007 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Greg Sheridan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[human rights abuses]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[japanese whalers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[japanese whaling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Piers Akerman]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In this morning's <i>Australian</i> the man modestly billed as "the most influential foreign affairs commentator in Australia" turned his attention to Australia's gun boat diplomacy over Japanese whaling, writes Richard Farmer.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>Europe still doesn&#8217;t get Africa</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/12/10/europe-still-doesnt-get-africa/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/12/10/europe-still-doesnt-get-africa/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Dec 2007 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Guy Rundle</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economic partnership agreements]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[herman goering]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[human rights abuses]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Robert Mugabe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[south west africa]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Why is it that European leaders so totally fail to understand the relationship of their continent to Africa? This week's African Union-EU summit provides a clue, writes Guy Rundle.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Tragedy in Afghanistan: just what do we hope to achieve?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/10/09/tragedy-in-afghanistan-just-what-do-we-hope-to-achieve/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/10/09/tragedy-in-afghanistan-just-what-do-we-hope-to-achieve/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Oct 2007 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Afghanistan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hamid Karzai]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[human rights abuses]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Human Rights Watch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Taliban]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The tragic death of an Australian soldier brings a forgotten conflict back into our newspapers, writes Jeff Sparrow.]]></description>
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