Today’s update of human rights events around the world.
COLOMBIA: Radio show reveals identity killed FARC hostages
Caracol Radio show ‘Voces del Secuestro’ (voices of abduction) revealed 34 names of FARC hostages who were killed in captivity. The names were given by demobilized guerrillas. Colombia Reports
U.S.: Probe Finds Army Charity is Hoarding Millions
As soldiers stream home from Iraq and Afghanistan, the biggest charity inside the U.S. military has been stockpiling tens of millions of dollars meant to help put returning fighters back on their feet, an Associated Press investigation shows. Common Dreams
U.S.: Freed Guantanamo detainee says U.S. behind his torture
Binyam Mohamed, a British resident held at Guantanamo Bay for more than four years, was released and put on a plane to Britain on Monday and accused the U.S. government of orchestrating his torture. Reuters
ZIMBABWE: 80,250 cases of cholera recorded in Zimbabwe (as of 19 Feb 2009)
These are the latest figure for the cholera crisis, as of (19 February), released by the World Health Organisation (WHO). 80,250 cholera cases have been recorded to date, and 3,759 Zimbabweans have died from the disease. Click on the graph to enlarge. This is Zimbabwe
CHINA: Trapped China miners found alive
Dozens of trapped miners have been rescued after a blast at the mine they were working in killed at least 74 people. Al Jazeera
PALESTINE: Amnesty urges Israel arms embargo
Amnesty International, the human rights group, has called for a global arms embargo on Israel over its conduct during the war on Gaza. Al Jazeera
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