Today’s update of human rights events around the world.
ZIMBABWE: Roy Bennett expected to be released tomorrow
Following the earlier news that Roy Bennett has been granted bail, we’ve received more information that he is expected to be released from Mutare Prison tomorrow. This is Zimbabwe
U.S.: International Bankers and Corruption: How Citigroup does business abroad
London-based Global Witness has just put out a good report on how some major international banks, including Citibank, “have been dealing with some of the world’s most corrupt regimes.” Gavin Hayman, the group’s Campaigns Director, said, “The same lax regulation that created the credit crunch has let some of the world’s biggest banks facilitate the looting of natural resource wealth from poor countries.” Harpers
SOMALIA: Americans recruited as “cannon fodder”: U.S.
The FBI is investigating how young Somali-Americans were drawn to fight with an al Qaeda-linked group in Somalia, but there is no sign they are being trained as domestic U.S. terrorists, authorities told Congress on Wednesday. Reuters
AFGHANISTAN: Court Backs Prison Term for Blasphemy
The Supreme Court in Afghanistan has upheld a 20-year prison sentence for an Afghan university student journalist accused of blasphemy. The case has alarmed news media and rights organizations in the country and abroad. NY Times
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