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freedetainees.org PBC seeks UN role in Dr Aafia case Posted: 16 Nov 2008 03:18 PM CST ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Bar Council Saturday urged the United Nations to intervene and play its due role in safeguarding the civil rights and liberty of Dr Aafia Siddiqui and for her fair and transparent trial by a competent court of law. A meeting of the Human Rights Committee of the Pakistan Bar Council was held here [...] US civil court to rule on legality of Guantanamo detentions Posted: 16 Nov 2008 03:13 PM CST A US civil court will review the case of six Algerians detained at Guantanamo who claim their incarceration is illegal. Some 250 prisoners remain at the base, and all of them have filed Habeas Corpus challenges. Editorial: Using religion to kill Posted: 16 Nov 2008 03:01 PM CST The United Nations was the venue of an 80-state conference on religious tolerance at the end of which a declaration called “Culture of Peace” has been issued. It expresses concern over “serious instances of intolerance, discrimination, expressions of hatred and harassment of minority religious communities of all faiths”. Everybody talked of promoting dialogue during the conference, thinking that its failure in the past should not discourage those who champion it in the midst of violence. Email Delivery powered by FeedBurner Inbox too full? Subscribe to the feed version of freedetainees.org in a feed reader. If you prefer to unsubscribe via postal mail, write to: freedetainees.org, c/o FeedBurner, 20 W Kinzie, 9th Floor, Chicago IL USA 60610 -- http://freedetainees.org