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An Iraqi man lights a cigarette for a soldier from the 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment of the Second infantry Division during a search operation in the Shaab neighborhood in Baghdad, Iraq Thursday, Feb. 15, 2007. Iraq
Avi Luzon (R), chairman of the Israel Football Association, presents the jersey of the Israeli national football team to Luis Fernandez, former head coach of Paris St Germain and Betar Jerusalem, during a press conference at Ramat Gan Stadium near Tel Aviv on March 21, 2010. Fernandez was named coach of the Israeli team. Israel
South African President Jacob Zuma (2ndL) poses with Zimbabwean leaders, Prime minister Morgan Tsvangirai (L), President Robert Mugabe (2ndR) and Deputy Prime Minister Arthur Mutambara after holding talks at the Rainbow Towers in Harare on March 18, 2010. South African President Jacob Zuma said his talks on March 18 with Zimbabwe's feuding leaders were 'fruitful', but gave little sign of a breakthrough in resolving issues straining the unity government. Zimbabwe
Ghazi Salahuddin (L), adviser to Sudan's President Omar Hassan al-Bashir, and Al-Tijani Al-Sissi of the Liberation and Justice Movement (LJM) hold up the documents of their signed truce, in Doha on March 18, 2010. Sudan signed a three-month ceasefire deal with a second Darfur rebel group, part of a government push to end the conflict in the western Sudanese region ahead of elections. Sudan
Demonstrators against the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan carry mock coffins draped in Afghan, Iraqi and Palestinian flags during an anti-war protest in Washington, DC, on March 20, 2010. Several thousand people marched through Washington calling for the end of war around the globe. Afghanistan
Dirdeiry Mohamed Ahmed, Khartoum's representative, adresses the abritration panel on July 22, 2009 at the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague during the ruling on the dispute between north and south Sudan over the Abyei region boundaries. The Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague reduced today the borders of the oil-rich Abyei region at the heart of a fragile peace pact between north and south Sudan. Khartoum
JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - MARCH 21: Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak (R) greets US Middle East envoy George Mitchell in Jerusalem on March 21, 2010. Mitchell is visiting in a fresh bid to try to relaunch the stalled Middle East peace process, the US embassy announced. The visit comes as the peace process has been thrown into disarray after Israel insisted it will go ahead with the construction of new homes for Jewish settlers in east Jerusalem, in a move that has enraged Washington. Middle East
Members of the Free Burma Coalition display a poster of detained Myanmar democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi (R) during a protest in front of the Myanmar embassy in Manila on March 19, 2010 to denounce Myanmar's recently announced election law. Myanmar's detained pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi called on her people to respond to an 'unjust' election law issued by the junta that bars her from the vote, her lawyer said. Under the laws, which have sparked international anger, Suu Kyi faces exclusion from her own National League for Democracy (NLD) and is prevented from standing in the elections expected in October or November. Burma
An unidentified convicted Darfur rebel is carried on the shoulders of supporters, after his release from prison, in Khartoum, Sudan Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2010. Sudan's justice minister said Wednesday that 57 Darfur rebels were released, including 50 who had been sentenced to death. It was reported that President Omar al-Bashir ordered the release as part of a truce agreement signed Tuesday with Darfur's most powerful rebel group, the Justice and Equality Movement. Darfur
A Palestinian woman walks with her donkey in the West Bank village of Mreiha, near Jenin, Monday, March 15, 2010. West Bank
Hamas security guards stand guard during a visit by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on March 21, 2010 of a UN-funded housing project for Palestinians who lost their homes in the southern Gaza Strip town of Khan Yunis during the 2008-2009 Israeli offensive. Ban crossed into Gaza in the morning, expressing solidarity with the plight of the Palestinians and urging an end to an Israeli blockade of the Hamas-run territory. The UN chief said the blockade caused 'unacceptable sufferings' during his second visit to the impoverished coastal enclave since the 22-day Gaza War ended in January 2009. Hamas
A homemade rocket launched from the Gaza Strip lays on the ground at the site where it landed in the southern Israeli Netiv Haasara Kibbutz on March 18, 2010. An Al-Qaeda-inspired militant group, the Ansar al-Sunna Brigade, claimed responsibility for firing a rocket from the Gaza Strip into southern Israel, killing one Thai foreign worker. Gaza Strip
Indonesian Muslims collect money on a Palestinian flag to be donated to Palestinian people during a solidarity protest in Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia, Sunday, March 21, 2010. Indonesia
SANTA MONICA, CA - MARCH 21: 30 year old Edna Kiplagat from Iten, Kenya wins the women's division of the 25th Los Angeles Marathon in 2:25:38 on March 21, 2010 in Santa Monica, California. Kenya
Hot air balloons fly over Malaysia's administrative capital Putrajaya on the first day of the 2nd Putrajaya International hot air balloon fiesta 2010 on March 18, 2010. 22 hot air balloons took part in this annual event from countires such as France, Netherlands, US, Belgium, Japan, Korea, Germany, Switzerland and Japan. Malaysia
Two fishermen prepare a boat before work in Port-au-Prince, Saturday, March 20, 2010. A 7.0-magnitude earthquake hit Haiti on Jan. 12, killing and injuring thousands and leaving more than a million people living in makeshift camps. Port-au-Prince
Uzbekistan's Yuliya Tarasova competes in the women's long jump qualifying round at the 2010 IAAF World Indoor Athletics Championships at the Aspire Dome in the Qatari capital Doha on March 13, 2010. Tarasova is qualified for the final. Uzbekistan
A Bahraini boy waves a Palestinian flag, left, and a Bahraini flag, right, during a small rally in support of Palestinian rights on Friday, March 19, 2010, outside a mosque in Manama, Bahrain. Similar rallies were held after midday prayers at other mosques in the Persian Gulf island nation. Bahrain

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Joe Stork, deputy Middle East director at the New York-based Human Rights Watch, second left, Abdullah al-Durazi, head of the Bahrain Human Rights Organization, second right, and Human Rights Watch attorney Joshua Colangelo-Bryan, right, address journalists and Western diplomats Monday, Feb. 8, 2010, at a press conference in Manama, Bahrain. Stork claimed Bahrain has resumed torturing security detainees in the past two years, calling it a "distressing" relapse after showing the political will to stop the practice.

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Joe Stork, deputy Middle East director at the New York-based Human Rights Watch, second left, Abdullah al-Durazi, head of the Bahrain Human Rights Organization, second right, and Human Rights Watch attorney Joshua Colangelo-Bryan, right, address journalists and Western diplomats Monday, Feb. 8, 2010, at a press conference in Manama, Bahrain. Stork claimed Bahrain has resumed torturing security detainees in the past two years, calling it a "distressing" relapse after showing the political will to stop the practice.

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An unidentified human rights activist listens Monday, Feb. 8, 2010, at a press conference in Manama, Bahrain, where Joe Stork, deputy Middle East director at the New York-based Human Rights Watch, unseen, claims Bahrain has resumed torturing security detainees in the past two years. Stork called it a "distressing" relapse after showing the political will to stop the practice.

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An unidentified human rights activist listens Monday, Feb. 8, 2010, at a press conference in Manama, Bahrain, where Joe Stork, deputy Middle East director at the New York-based Human Rights Watch, unseen, claims Bahrain has resumed torturing security detainees in the past two years. Stork called it a "distressing" relapse after showing the political will to stop the practice.

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"I know Secretary of State Clinton shares our concerns for human rights and I hope she will use the full force of her office to respond to the plight of Iraqi and Iranian LGBT refugees and urge the UNHRC to do the same"


Tammy Baldwin Mar 20 2010 8:20 AM from Iraqi LGBT

"The lives of LGBT individuals in Iran and Iraq, as well as those LGBT refugees who have fled persecution, are in grave danger"


Tammy Baldwin Mar 20 2010 8:20 AM from Iraqi LGBT

"It is time for us in Congress to take a strong stand against all hate crimes and persecution – wherever they occur"


Kirsten E Gillibrand Mar 20 2010 8:20 AM from Iraqi LGBT

"The two matters are separate"


Simon Crean Mar 20 2010 6:50 AM from China Post
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Joe Stork, deputy Middle East director at the New York-based Human Rights Watch, second left, Abdullah al-Durazi, head of the Bahrain Human Rights Organization, second right, and Human Rights Watch attorney Joshua Colangelo-Bryan, right, address journalists and Western diplomats Monday, Feb. 8, 2010, at a press conference in Manama, Bahrain. Stork claimed Bahrain has resumed torturing security detainees in the past two years, calling it a "distressing" relapse after showing the political will to stop the practice.

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Joe Stork, deputy Middle East director at the New York-based Human Rights Watch, second left, Abdullah al-Durazi, head of the Bahrain Human Rights Organization, second right, and Human Rights Watch attorney Joshua Colangelo-Bryan, right, address journalists and Western diplomats Monday, Feb. 8, 2010, at a press conference in Manama, Bahrain. Stork claimed Bahrain has resumed torturing security detainees in the past two years, calling it a "distressing" relapse after showing the political will to stop the practice.

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An unidentified human rights activist listens Monday, Feb. 8, 2010, at a press conference in Manama, Bahrain, where Joe Stork, deputy Middle East director at the New York-based Human Rights Watch, unseen, claims Bahrain has resumed torturing security detainees in the past two years. Stork called it a "distressing" relapse after showing the political will to stop the practice.

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An unidentified human rights activist listens Monday, Feb. 8, 2010, at a press conference in Manama, Bahrain, where Joe Stork, deputy Middle East director at the New York-based Human Rights Watch, unseen, claims Bahrain has resumed torturing security detainees in the past two years. Stork called it a "distressing" relapse after showing the political will to stop the practice.

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