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By
Matthew Stein
13 May 2008
World Politics Review Exclusive
CAIRO, Egypt -- On Sunday, May 4, Egyptian President Hosni
Mubarak celebrated his 80th birthday, and the front pages of government-run newspapers cited his accomplishments since acquiring
power in 1981. Nevertheless,
on that same morning, the presence of five olive-green
riot patrol vehicles parked just a few feet from one of Cairo's busiest
squares attested that all is not well in Mubarak's
domain. But what
had been planned as a follow up to an April strike that
shook Cairo for several days never materialized.
By Juliette Terzieff
12 May 2008
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World Politics Review Exclusive
In this week's Rights & Wrongs: A Chinese human rights group reveals that it privately appealed to Beijing to release political dissidents from prison ahead of the Olympics; a report says combatants on both sides of Somalia's civil war are responsible for rights abuses; Google shareholders vote down two new proposals concerning censorship policies; and a new report says certain countries should not be members of the U.N. Human Rights Council. Rights & Wrongs appears in World Politics Review weekly.
By Juliette Terzieff
05 May 2008
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World Politics Review Exclusive
In this week's Rights & Wrongs: An Amnesty International report says Mozambique's police commit human rights abuses with impunity; the trial of former Serbian secret police officials gets under way in The Hague; online political speech continues to increase from Havana to Cairo; and a British rock group lends a song to an MTV campaign against human trafficking. Rights & Wrongs covers the world's major human rights-related news and appears in World Politics Review every week.
By Roland Flamini
01 May 2008
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World Politics Review Exclusive
In this week's Corridors of Power: Madrid commemorates the 200th anniversary of the city's uprising against Napoleon's occupation forces; Spanish bookstore shelves are packed with tomes about the Spanish Civil War, indicating the country is finally coming to terms with its recent past; and Spain is at the forefront of Europe's so-called political "genderquake." Corridors of Power is written by World Politics Review Editor-at-Large Roland Flamini and appears every week.
By Juliette Terzieff
28 Apr 2008
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World Politics Review Exclusive
In this week's Rights & Wrongs: A new "right-of-reply" law in Slovakia concerns press freedom advocates; a conference in South Africa is aimed at tackling human trafficking across the southern part of the continent; Ugandan rebels appear to be resuming a campaign of child abductions; and Mugabe's regime in Zimbabwe expands its crackdown on opposition supporters. Rights & Wrongs is written by World Politics Review contributor Juliette Terzieff and usually appears on Monday.
By Juliette Terzieff
21 Apr 2008
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World Politics Review Exclusive
In this week's Rights & Wrongs: Angola tells the United Nations to leave the country, breaking off negotiations on a human rights promotion agreement; a British group says international cooperation could end the online trade in child pornography; an Amnesty International report says China leads the world in executions; and Turkey proposes to reform a controversial law that hinders free speech, but activists say the change doesn't go far enough. Rights & Wrongs appears every week in World Politics Review.