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Today’s update of human rights events around the world.

TIBET: Dalai Lama: Tibet ‘hell on earth’

Tibet under Chinese rule has become a “hell on earth” the Dalai Lama has said, as the region’s exiled spiritual leader marked 50 years since a failed uprising against Chinese rule forced him to flee across the Himalayas to India.  Al Jazeera

U.K.: Call for Inquiries Into Mohamed Torture Case

The British government is under fresh pressure to concede police and judicial inquiries into allegations that the security service, MI5, colluded in the torture of British resident Binyam Mohamed, who was released from Guantánamo Bay last month.  Irish Times

U.S.: Industry Groups to Expose Massive Anti-Worker Lobbying Even as Individual Firms Attempt Low Profile

Nurses, janitors, security officers, and hundreds of other workers from across the country rallied today at the offices of major corporate industry associations to expose the huge scope of their DC lobbying against measures that could help working people in today’s economy.  Common Dreams

SRI LANKA: Conflict Risk Alert

The humanitarian crisis in Sri Lanka’s northern Wanni region is rapidly becoming a catastrophe. An estimated 150,000 civilians are trapped in an ever shrinking space, forcibly held back by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and exposed to indiscriminate attacks by the Sri Lankan military. Thousands have already been killed and many more wounded, and tens of thousands are facing death or injury due to fighting and lack of food, water and medicine. International leaders – in particular, the UN Secretary-General, the Prime Minister of India and the President of the United States – must act now.  International Crisis Group

WEST BANK: Israeli Settlers Terrorize Palestinian Villagers

“I couldn’t run. My pregnancy was too far advanced and there was nowhere to hide,” said Amna Salman Rabaye, 31, as she recalled the terrifying incident several months ago.  IPS

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