The South African government was accused in court this week of sacrificing the lives of tens of thousands of babies by its "insane" policy of refusing to make anti-Aids drugs widely available to pregnant women.

THE Constitutional Court has been asked to decide upon the constitutionality of a clause of the Code of Conduct for Broadcasting Services which is alleged to have a "chilling effect" on the right to freedom of expression.

An Arabic-language satellite television station financed by the US and aimed at winning hearts and minds in the Muslim world could shortly become a reality. President George Bush has been told of Initiative 911, which would put half a billion dollars into a channel that would compete in the region with al-Jazeera and would be aimed specifically at younger Muslims who are seen as anti-American.

Zimbabwe's government has threatened to treat six journalists working for foreign media organizations including The Associated Press as "terrorists" after accusing them of filing false reports on political violence.

The US 'war on terrorism' is having serious effects on online liberty and freedom of expression.

There is perhaps no place better to focus anti-racism efforts than to educate
children and youth about racism and how to combat it. Racism, after all, is only as strong
as its proponents and practitioners – and educating the next generations is surely one of
the most effective ways of reducing the number of racists and the potential appeal of their message. Accordingly, this Report focuses on anti-racism educational efforts directed at children and youth.

International AIDS activists and medical organizations protested at the opening day of meetings of the Board for the Global Fund for AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, in Brussels, and demanded the Global Fund subsidize cheap AIDS Drugs.

Amidst much controversy, the first human embryo has finally been cloned. Read on for links to articles and interviews with the scientists and comments on the ethics involved.

Mr. José Mafwata Shamba, Secretary General of the Rassemblement National Populaire (RNP) party, was arrested on October 4 and subesequently detained. He has not been allowed access either to legal counsel or to his family since his detention began, giving rise to fears that he may be being subjected to ill-treatment or torture, which are prevalent in the DEMIAP's jails and have even lead to deaths in detention.

On Tuesday 20 November, 22 journalists from the independent Sudanese newspaper Al-Watan were arrested for protesting about a ban on their publication of an article concerning corruption.