Today’s update of human rights events around the world.
MADAGASCAR: Police fire on protests
At least 30 people have been killed after police opened fire on a protest in Antananarivo, the capital of Madagascar, local reports say. Al Jazeera
GAZA: UN halts aid over ‘thefts’
A major UN relief agency has stopped importing aid into the Gaza Strip, after its supplies were allegedly stolen for a second time this week. The UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) said that 10 lorries loaded with humanitarian supplies were seized by Hamas members at Gaza’s Kerem Shalom crossing on Friday. Al Jazeera
U.S.: Key Bush Gitmo Advisers Still on Job at Pentagon
Three senior Pentagon officials tapped by the Bush administration to oversee detainee policy at Guantanamo Bay remain on the job despite President Barack Obama’s order to reverse course at the Navy prison in Cuba. Common Dreams
UGANDA: U.S. Aided a Failed Plan to Rout Rebels
The American military helped plan and pay for a recent attack on a notorious Ugandan rebel group, but the offensive went awry, scattering fighters who carried out a wave of massacres as they fled, killing as many as 900 civilians. NY Times
ZIMBABWE: Undercover images of prison conditions reveal a grotesque abuse of human rights
The government has established a cemetery at one of its biggest jails to bury hundreds of prisoners dying from disease and hunger, according to a confidential report shown to The Zimbabwean on Sunday. This Is Zimbabwe
COLOMBIA: Ex-Hostage Says FARC Killed 11 Captives
“Why did they kill them? Out of physical cowardice. It’s what we call murder. Sheer physical cowardice. It’s what we call a war crime,” said former lawmaker Sigifredo López, just freed by the FARC, about the massacre of his 11 colleagues on Jun. 18, 2007, when they were hostages of the Colombian guerrillas. IPS
U.S.: Taser Policies May Get Supreme Court Review
The U.S. Supreme Court may change the way stun guns are used, after the American Civil Liberties Union of Florida petitioned the court on behalf of a north Florida man claiming a law enforcement officer was excessive with the device. Common Dreams
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