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Dear Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, We the undersigned, more than 100 organisations from around the world, are appealing for your assistance to secure the release of prominent human rights defender and dual Danish-Bahraini citizen Abdul-Hadi Al-Khawaja from prison in Bahrain, where he is serving a life sentence for his peaceful political and human rights activities in violation of his right to freedom of expression. As he completes the tenth year of his imprisonment, we appeal to you directly as head of the Government of Denmark to renew and strengthen efforts to ensure his immediate and unconditional release so he can be reunited with his family and receive much needed medical treatment and torture rehabilitation in Denmark. ....
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TONGA GETTING ADB FUNDS TO IMPLEMENT ECONOMIC REFORMS, IMPROVE SERVICES Submitted by admin on Tue, 06/04/2002 - 00:00 MANILA, Philippines (June 2, 2002 - PINA Nius Online) -The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a US$ 10 million loan to Tonga for a new Economic and Public Sector Reform Program. The project is designed to achieve a sustainable fiscal balance and improve the delivery of public services, a bank news release said. In addition, the bank will provide a US$ 700,000 technical assistance grant to help build a performance-based public service, the news release said Low economic and employment growth rates and a worsening fiscal situation have set back the government s goal of improving living standards for this Pacific island nation, the ADB announced. ....
YAP: PROTECTING RESOURCES By Scott Radway HAGÃ TÃA, Guam (January 212, 2002 - Pacific Daily News/PINA Nius Online) -Yap environmentalist Margie Cushing Falanruw has a dream. Falanruw believes that Yap State can master its traditional methods of farming and fishing to produce enough for its people and an export economy and still maintain its natural resources. That way, the director of the Yap Institute of Natural Science said, the island will avoid many of the pitfalls of westernization and over-development like some of the ones that have riddled neighboring Guam. What works on continents hasn t worked on small islands, said Falanruw, a resident of arguably the most traditional islands in Micronesia. ....
EUROPEAN UNION FREEZES BILATERAL AID TO FIJI PENDING CONSTITUTIONAL COURT Submitted by admin on Thu, 12/13/2001 - 00:00 RULING SUVA, Fiji Islands (December 12, 2001 - Oceania Flash/SPC) -A troika of European Union representatives based in Suva on Tuesday reiterated the EU s position that a total of over US$ 20 million worth of bilateral aid to Fiji would remain frozen pending a Court ruling in February regarding the constitutionality of the current government. The delegation, which consisted of European Commission Pacific delegation head Frans Baan, British High Commissioner Michael Price (representing the current Chair country of Europe) and French Ambassador Jean-Pierre Vidon, called on the State House and was received by Fiji s Vice President Ratu Jope Seniloli. ....