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26.04.2007 Four activists have been sentenced to prison in Iran for their role in organizing a peaceful protest demanding equal rights for women. A U.S.-based group supporting their efforts is urging individuals worldwide to show their support for the women.

18.04.2007 Two Iranian women's rights campaigners were released from detention this weekend, but officials have summoned 11 more to court and charged police with detaining "inappropriately dressed" women.

16.04.2007 Perheiden huoli kasvaa heimoalueilla Afganistanin rajan lähellä. Pakistanin presidentti Pervez Musharraf sanoi hiljan kadonnutta poikaansa kaivanneelle äidille, että siepatut ovat aseellisten ryhmien, eivät hallituksen käsissä.

13.04.2007 SAN FRANCISCO, Apr 12 (OneWorld) - On February 18, 2005 an Iraqi man was driving his vehicle from his house to work at his farm. On the way, U.S. forces shot him when they passed, damaging the vehicle and killing the man. His case is among the hundreds detailed in internal Pentagon documents released today.

12.04.2007 Pakistan on uhannut sulkea neljä Afganistanin rajan pinnassa sijaitsevaa pakolaisleiriä, joissa asuu yhteensä noin 330 000 pakolaista. Turvallisuuden puute on pääsyy siihen, mikseivät afganistanilaiset uskalla palata koteihinsa.

10.04.2007 The once influential Tehran Book Fair has come to the brink of collapse, says an Iran media expert, as hardliners' efforts to block publishers from making international contacts are leading publishers from Iran and abroad to abandon the event.

09.04.2007 A UK-based development organisation Womankind Worldwide has released a report - Tackling Violence against Women: A Worldwide Approach – that shares the stories, struggles, and strategies of people in Zimbabwe, Afghanistan, Ghana, Peru, India and the UK who have come together to stand up for the rights of women.

03.04.2007 PESHAWAR, Apr 3 (IPS) - "Lack of security in Afghanistan is the main obstacle standing in the way of our going back," said an Afghan vegetable-seller, straddling a muddy narrow lane in Kacha Garhi, the oldest refugee camp in the North West Frontier Province (NWFP), with a push-cart.

03.04.2007 The human toll from weekend flooding and avalanches in Afghanistan will likely eclipse that of the Solomons' tsunami, which is getting all the headlines. Thousands of families have been made homeless in 13 provinces, where the UN and NATO are aiding in the response.