Persecution

Budget allows refugees permanent residency (ABC via Yahoo!7 News)

16 May 2008

The Budget contained some good news for refugees, with the Federal Government abolishing the previous government's controversial Temporary Protection Visa System (TPV).

Rights Groups React to Russian Charges (New York Times)

16 May 2008

Rights organizations have accused the Russian government of persecuting the Sakharov Museum in Moscow by charging its director, Yuri Samodurov, above, with inciting ?religious hatred? and ?offending human dignity? when he mounted a 2007 exhibition, ?Forbidden Art,? which outraged some members of the Orthodox Church, Agence France-Presse reported.

Zimbabwe's rulers unleash police on Anglicans (International Herald Tribune)

16 May 2008

As the country's ruling party stepped up its campaign of intimidation ahead of a presidential runoff, it has focused on a growing roster of groups that elude its direct control.