Today’s update of human rights events around the world.
U.S.: Lawsuits Challenge Charity Blacklisting
In two court cases that could test the limits of the Barack Obama administration’s executive authority as well as its commitment to transparency, human rights lawyers are challenging the government’s right to use information obtained through warrantless wiretapping as evidence and to shut down charitable organizations without allowing them to defend themselves. IPS
ZIMBABWE: High Court dismisses State application to deny bail to Hon Bennett
The High Court today dismissed a State application to deny bail to MDC Treasurer General and Deputy Agriculture Minister designate, who is facing trumped up charges of banditry, terrorism and treason. This is Zimbabwe
U.S.: Senate mulls Bush-era abuse probe
The US Senate Judicial Committee is to discuss the possibility of creating a commission to investigate alleged abuses of power during the administration of George Bush, the former US president. Al Jazeera
CHINA: Congress Should End Migrant Discrimination
China’s National People’s Congress (NPC) should abolish the discriminatory hukou, or household registration system, which determines where citizens can live and whether they can have access to the most basic human services, Human Rights Watch said today. The restrictions are especially harmful to the country’s estimated 150 million migrant workers. The congress, which meets annually for about two weeks and is attended by more than 3,000 delegates, will begin on March 5, 2009. Human Rights Watch
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