Copyright (c) 2009 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/2178 world Human Rights en-us Sat, 07 Nov 2009 10:14:33 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/i/2178 http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142b.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/humanrights/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_re_as/as_asean_obama ap/20091107/as_asean_obama AP world Sat, 07 Nov 2009 10:14:33 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/humanrights/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_re_as/as_asean_obama"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.21f758c494074a3e8039a9807caaee16.philippines_asean_us_xbm102.jpg?x=130&y=80&q=85&sig=DKXlub98oD4qtsQNGC5NHg--" align="left" height="80" width="130" alt="ASEAN senior officials link arms the ASEAN way during a break in the Special ASEAN-U.S. Senior Officials Meeting Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009 at Manila's financial district of Makati city in the Philippines. The senior officials are meeting in Manila to prepare the agenda for the Nov. 15 summit of ASEAN leaders and President Barack Obama in the sidelines of the APEC Summit in Singapore. They are, from left, Assistant Minister Alounkeo Kittikhoun of Laos, Secretary General Tan Sri Rastam Mohd Isa of Malaysia, Undersecretary Enrique Manalo of the Philippines, Ambassador to ASEAN Scot Alan Marciel of the United States, Director General Min Lwin of Myanmar, Deputy Director General Desmond Ng Wee Kwang of Singapore and Director General Vitavas Srivihok of Thailand. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)" border="0" /></a>AP - President Barack Obama will meet leaders of Southeast Asian nations, including Myanmar, in a high-level affirmation of Washington's new policy of engaging the military-ruled country despite its dismal human rights record.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/humanrights/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_re_as/as_asean_obama"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.21f758c494074a3e8039a9807caaee16.philippines_asean_us_xbm102.jpg?x=130&y=80&q=85&sig=DKXlub98oD4qtsQNGC5NHg--" align="left" height="80" width="130" alt="photo" title="ASEAN senior officials link arms the ASEAN way during a break in the Special ASEAN-U.S. Senior Officials Meeting Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009 at Manila's financial district of Makati city in the Philippines. The senior officials are meeting in Manila to prepare the agenda for the Nov. 15 summit of ASEAN leaders and President Barack Obama in the sidelines of the APEC Summit in Singapore. They are, from left, Assistant Minister Alounkeo Kittikhoun of Laos, Secretary General Tan Sri Rastam Mohd Isa of Malaysia, Undersecretary Enrique Manalo of the Philippines, Ambassador to ASEAN Scot Alan Marciel of the United States, Director General Min Lwin of Myanmar, Deputy Director General Desmond Ng Wee Kwang of Singapore and Director General Vitavas Srivihok of Thailand. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/humanrights/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091106/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iran_detainee_abuse ap/20091106/ml_iran_detainee_abuse AP world Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:50:33 GMT AP - An international human rights group said Friday it has documented three cases of sexual assault against detainees arrested during Iran's postelection turmoil, including one that was supported by an official report but not investigated further. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/humanrights/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091106/ap_on_re_eu/eu_russia_lawyer_killed ap/20091106/eu_russia_lawyer_killed AP world Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:25:26 GMT AP - A suspect in the killing of a human rights lawyer and a journalist has confessed to the crime, his lawyer said Friday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/humanrights/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091105/wl_asia_afp/usnkorearightsrefugee afp/20091105/usnkorearightsrefugee AFP world Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:11:32 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/humanrights/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091105/wl_asia_afp/usnkorearightsrefugee"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091105/capt.photo_1257458590793-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=51&q=85&sig=ubcuvwpyGVW__5GCnjSH6Q--" align="left" height="51" width="130" alt="A Chinese border guard patrols on a bridge over the Tumen river in China in March 2009. The nominee for US envoy on human rights in North Korea said Wednesday he would press China for better treatment of refugees fleeing the impoverished neighboring state.(AFP/File/Peter Parks)" border="0" /></a>AFP - The nominee for US envoy on human rights in North Korea said Thursday he would press China for better treatment of refugees fleeing the impoverished neighboring state.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/humanrights/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091105/wl_asia_afp/usnkorearightsrefugee"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091105/capt.photo_1257458590793-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=51&q=85&sig=ubcuvwpyGVW__5GCnjSH6Q--" align="left" height="51" width="130" alt="photo" title="A Chinese border guard patrols on a bridge over the Tumen river in China in March 2009. The nominee for US envoy on human rights in North Korea said Wednesday he would press China for better treatment of refugees fleeing the impoverished neighboring state.(AFP/File/Peter Parks)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/humanrights/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091105/ap_on_re_eu/eu_britain_terror_laws ap/20091105/eu_britain_terror_laws AP world Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:12:50 GMT AP - A group of British lawmakers proposed new laws Thursday to ban the use of airports, harbors or highways in the secret rendition of suspected terrorists, while a human rights group urged the government to stop detaining terror suspects without charge. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/humanrights/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091105/ap_on_re_eu/eu_russia_human_rights ap/20091105/eu_russia_human_rights AP world Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:55:57 GMT AP - A Russian rights group said Chechen authorities on Thursday abducted a human rights advocate in Moscow who has been critical of Chechnya's Kremlin-backed leader. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/humanrights/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091105/wl_afp/russiarightscrime afp/20091105/russiarightscrime AFP world Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:55:52 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/humanrights/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091105/wl_afp/russiarightscrime"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091105/capt.photo_1257446998728-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=102&q=85&sig=4JACQs91IRJ7XtT7aWoX4w--" align="left" height="102" width="130" alt="Female Russian murder suspect Yevgenia Khasis, with a black bag over her head, is led by plain-clothes police operatives into a Moscow court. Two Russian nationalists have been arrested and charged in the high-profile killings of a human rights lawyer and journalist who were gunned down in Moscow in January, officials said on Thursday.(AFP)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Two Russian nationalists have been arrested and charged in the high-profile killings of a human rights lawyer and journalist who were gunned down in Moscow in January, officials said on Thursday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/humanrights/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091105/wl_afp/russiarightscrime"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091105/capt.photo_1257446998728-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=102&q=85&sig=4JACQs91IRJ7XtT7aWoX4w--" align="left" height="102" width="130" alt="photo" title="Female Russian murder suspect Yevgenia Khasis, with a black bag over her head, is led by plain-clothes police operatives into a Moscow court. Two Russian nationalists have been arrested and charged in the high-profile killings of a human rights lawyer and journalist who were gunned down in Moscow in January, officials said on Thursday.(AFP)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/humanrights/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091105/ap_on_re_as/as_china_human_rights_obama ap/20091105/as_china_human_rights_obama AP world Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:31:36 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/humanrights/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091105/ap_on_re_as/as_china_human_rights_obama"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091105/capt.eb383e0b9bae448ea615b2d0c9d5cd06.china_human_rights_obama_xbej101.jpg?x=130&y=97&q=85&sig=kBnL4NwQczTpuyft71EBZw--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="In this photo taken Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009, Chinese dissident Yang Zili smiles during an interview at a local cafe in Beijing, China. Zili, recently freed after eight years in jail said Thursday he is seeking U.S. President Barack Obama's help in gaining medical parole for two friends jailed with him in 2003 for forming a political study group.(AP Photo/Alexa Olesen)" border="0" /></a>AP - Thousands of people will send letters to President Barack Obama this year. Few besides Yang Zili are likely to risk jail by doing so.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/humanrights/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091105/ap_on_re_as/as_china_human_rights_obama"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091105/capt.eb383e0b9bae448ea615b2d0c9d5cd06.china_human_rights_obama_xbej101.jpg?x=130&y=97&q=85&sig=kBnL4NwQczTpuyft71EBZw--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="photo" title="In this photo taken Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009, Chinese dissident Yang Zili smiles during an interview at a local cafe in Beijing, China. Zili, recently freed after eight years in jail said Thursday he is seeking U.S. President Barack Obama's help in gaining medical parole for two friends jailed with him in 2003 for forming a political study group.(AP Photo/Alexa Olesen)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/humanrights/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091105/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/cb_cuba_eu ap/20091105/cb_cuba_eu AP world Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:11:42 GMT AP - The European Union's development commissioner wants Cuba to show signs it's serious about protecting fundamental human rights. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/humanrights/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091105/wl_afp/cubaeupoliticsdiplomacy afp/20091105/cubaeupoliticsdiplomacy AFP world Thu, 05 Nov 2009 04:56:39 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/humanrights/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091105/wl_afp/cubaeupoliticsdiplomacy"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091105/capt.photo_1257396963418-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=91&q=85&sig=9JT2uK3SZ7fWbmfvOIN3AQ--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="European Commissioner for Development and Humanitarian Aid Karel De Gucht (R) looks at a stand with Cuban cigars during a visit to the 27th International Trade Fair of Havana. The European Union does not seek a regime change in communist Cuba, but expects progress on human rights, the visiting EU official said after meeting with Cuban President Raul Castro(AFP/Adalberto Roque)" border="0" /></a>AFP - The European Union does not seek a regime change in communist Cuba, but expects progress on human rights, a visiting EU official said after meeting with Cuban President Raul Castro.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/humanrights/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091105/wl_afp/cubaeupoliticsdiplomacy"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091105/capt.photo_1257396963418-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=91&q=85&sig=9JT2uK3SZ7fWbmfvOIN3AQ--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="photo" title="European Commissioner for Development and Humanitarian Aid Karel De Gucht (R) looks at a stand with Cuban cigars during a visit to the 27th International Trade Fair of Havana. The European Union does not seek a regime change in communist Cuba, but expects progress on human rights, the visiting EU official said after meeting with Cuban President Raul Castro(AFP/Adalberto Roque)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/humanrights/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091104/wl_nm/us_srilanka_usa_fonseka nm/20091104/us_srilanka_usa_fonseka Reuters world Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:44:24 GMT Reuters - U.S. authorities allowed Sri Lanka's military chief to return home without being questioned over human rights violations in the last months of the country's 25-year civil war, the Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/humanrights/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091103/ap_on_re_af/af_congo_un ap/20091103/af_congo_un AP world Tue, 03 Nov 2009 21:14:59 GMT AP - A top human rights group is accusing the Congolese military of killing more than 500 civilians in eastern Congo and says the U.N. peacekeeping force in the area did nothing to stop the soldiers from decapitating men and raping young girls. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/humanrights/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091103/wl_afp/europerightstrialitalyreligion afp/20091103/europerightstrialitalyreligion AFP world Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:13:06 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/humanrights/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091103/wl_afp/europerightstrialitalyreligion"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091103/capt.photo_1257262255627-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=iHQzM8R0Ytj7VbkQ0J5XVw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="A cross is seen in a classroom in France. The European Court of Human Rights ruled Tuesday that Italy violates educational and religious freedoms by displaying crucifixes in classrooms, prompting anger in the fiercely Catholic country.(AFP/File/Pierre Verdy)" border="0" /></a>AFP - The European Court of Human Rights ruled Tuesday that Italy violates educational and religious freedoms by displaying crucifixes in classrooms, prompting anger in the fiercely Catholic country.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/humanrights/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091103/wl_afp/europerightstrialitalyreligion"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091103/capt.photo_1257262255627-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=iHQzM8R0Ytj7VbkQ0J5XVw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="A cross is seen in a classroom in France. The European Court of Human Rights ruled Tuesday that Italy violates educational and religious freedoms by displaying crucifixes in classrooms, prompting anger in the fiercely Catholic country.(AFP/File/Pierre Verdy)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/humanrights/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091103/ap_on_re_eu/eu_italy_religious_symbols ap/20091103/eu_italy_religious_symbols AP world Tue, 03 Nov 2009 19:43:24 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/humanrights/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091103/ap_on_re_eu/eu_italy_religious_symbols"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091103/capt.ea9f3ff3a737497e8418ffed172aaea0.italy_religous_symbols_rom101.jpg?x=130&y=91&q=85&sig=6bLyYcDnIaz7q2JYK0GspQ--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="FILE - In this Sunday, April 9, 2006 file photo, a cameraman films a crucifix hanging from a wall of a classroom used as a polling station during Italy's general election, in Milan, Italy. On Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2009 Europe's court of human rights said the display of crucifixes in Italian public schools violates religious and education freedoms. (AP Photo/Giuseppe Aresu, files)" border="0" /></a>AP - The Vatican on Tuesday denounced a ruling by the European court of human rights that said the display of crucifixes in Italian public schools violates religious and education freedoms.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/humanrights/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091103/ap_on_re_eu/eu_italy_religious_symbols"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091103/capt.ea9f3ff3a737497e8418ffed172aaea0.italy_religous_symbols_rom101.jpg?x=130&y=91&q=85&sig=6bLyYcDnIaz7q2JYK0GspQ--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="photo" title="FILE - In this Sunday, April 9, 2006 file photo, a cameraman films a crucifix hanging from a wall of a classroom used as a polling station during Italy's general election, in Milan, Italy. On Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2009 Europe's court of human rights said the display of crucifixes in Italian public schools violates religious and education freedoms. (AP Photo/Giuseppe Aresu, files)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/humanrights/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091103/wl_nm/us_italy_court_crucifix nm/20091103/us_italy_court_crucifix Reuters world Tue, 03 Nov 2009 19:28:54 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/humanrights/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091103/wl_nm/us_italy_court_crucifix"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091103/i/r4275089273.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=GEysj7fc_uPuHRNvLkoXaA--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="A crucifix is seen on a wall as a student writes on a blackboard in a school classroom in Rome November 3, 2009. The European Court of Human Rights ruled on Tuesday that Italian schools should remove crucifixes from classroom walls, saying their presence could disturb children who were not Christians. The decision is likely to provoke a controversy in Italy, which is deeply attached to its Roman Catholic roots. REUTERS/Tony Gentile" border="0" /></a>Reuters - The European Court of Human Rights ruled on Tuesday that crucifixes should be removed from Italian classrooms, prompting Vatican anger and sparking uproar in Italy, where such icons are embedded in the national psyche.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/humanrights/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091103/wl_nm/us_italy_court_crucifix"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091103/i/r4275089273.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=GEysj7fc_uPuHRNvLkoXaA--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="photo" title="A crucifix is seen on a wall as a student writes on a blackboard in a school classroom in Rome November 3, 2009. The European Court of Human Rights ruled on Tuesday that Italian schools should remove crucifixes from classroom walls, saying their presence could disturb children who were not Christians. The decision is likely to provoke a controversy in Italy, which is deeply attached to its Roman Catholic roots. REUTERS/Tony Gentile" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/humanrights/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091102/wl_mideast_afp/switzerlandiranrightsdissident afp/20091102/switzerlandiranrightsdissident AFP world Mon, 02 Nov 2009 18:01:35 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/humanrights/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091102/wl_mideast_afp/switzerlandiranrightsdissident"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091102/capt.photo_1257184856113-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=6w_ilR0S9rhM.3C2dyav_w--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Iran is preventing dissident writer Emaddedin Baghi, pictured in 2005, from leaving the country to collect an international human rights prize, the organisers said Monday.(AFP/File/Henghameh Fahimi)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Iran is preventing dissident writer Emaddedin Baghi from leaving the country to collect an international human rights prize, the organisers said Monday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/humanrights/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091102/wl_mideast_afp/switzerlandiranrightsdissident"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091102/capt.photo_1257184856113-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=6w_ilR0S9rhM.3C2dyav_w--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Iran is preventing dissident writer Emaddedin Baghi, pictured in 2005, from leaving the country to collect an international human rights prize, the organisers said Monday.(AFP/File/Henghameh Fahimi)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/humanrights/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091102/wl_nm/us_srilanka_usa nm/20091102/us_srilanka_usa Reuters world Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:09:40 GMT Reuters - Sri Lanka said on Monday it had demanded Washington drop an attempt to question its top military official over possible human rights violations in the last phase of the country's 25-year civil war. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/humanrights/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091102/wl_mideast_afp/iranuaewomenislam afp/20091102/iranuaewomenislam AFP world Mon, 02 Nov 2009 14:05:14 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/humanrights/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091102/wl_mideast_afp/iranuaewomenislam"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091102/capt.photo_1257170686013-1-0.jpg?x=92&y=130&q=85&sig=QKWgIuNbD6ClY4uVqWTpzA--" align="left" height="130" width="92" alt="Iranian Nobel peace prize winner Shirin Ebadi speaks during a press conference at Seoul, August 2009. Ebadi has implored Muslim women to assume a wider role in their home countries through education and active participation in politics.(AFP/File/Kim Jae-Hwan)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Iranian Nobel Laureate and human rights activist Shirin Ebadi on Monday implored Muslim women to assume a wider role in their home countries through education and active participation in politics.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/humanrights/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091102/wl_mideast_afp/iranuaewomenislam"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091102/capt.photo_1257170686013-1-0.jpg?x=92&y=130&q=85&sig=QKWgIuNbD6ClY4uVqWTpzA--" align="left" height="130" width="92" alt="photo" title="Iranian Nobel peace prize winner Shirin Ebadi speaks during a press conference at Seoul, August 2009. Ebadi has implored Muslim women to assume a wider role in their home countries through education and active participation in politics.(AFP/File/Kim Jae-Hwan)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/humanrights/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091101/wl_nm/us_somalia_conflict nm/20091101/us_somalia_conflict Reuters world Sun, 01 Nov 2009 19:45:30 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/humanrights/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091101/wl_nm/us_somalia_conflict"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.015bdd34275c42e78e34354611eb2df4.spain_piracy_ab105.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=rstuLj6DgbB8FSOGB5RJXA--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="Relatives hold a banner saying in Basque 'Freedom', as they mark fifteen minute silence in support of fishermen kidnapped on the trawler Alakrana off the coast of Somalia on Oct. 2 and calling for their freedom in the Basque port of Bermeo, northern Spain Saturday Nov. 7, 2009. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - At least 36 people have been killed and scores wounded in three days of fighting in towns across chaotic southern and central Somalia, a local human rights group said Sunday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/humanrights/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091101/wl_nm/us_somalia_conflict"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.015bdd34275c42e78e34354611eb2df4.spain_piracy_ab105.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=rstuLj6DgbB8FSOGB5RJXA--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="photo" title="Relatives hold a banner saying in Basque 'Freedom', as they mark fifteen minute silence in support of fishermen kidnapped on the trawler Alakrana off the coast of Somalia on Oct. 2 and calling for their freedom in the Basque port of Bermeo, northern Spain Saturday Nov. 7, 2009. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/humanrights/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091030/ap_on_re_eu/un_un_russia_human_rights ap/20091030/un_un_russia_human_rights AP world Fri, 30 Oct 2009 15:52:23 GMT AP - From Russia's North Caucasus to the streets of Moscow, those who find themselves at odds with authorities can wind up as targets of deadly violence. So increasingly, some are working quietly or have abandoned their efforts altogether.