The Wire, April 2005. Vol. 35, No. 3.

1) Human rights crisis continues in Nepal 2) Women carry the burden in the Occupied Territories 3) Nigeria’s unheard voices: widespread violence against women in the family 4) Women confront violence in the Solomon Islands 5) A victory for international for international law – an end to the execution of child offenders in USA 6) Worldwide appeals: Philippines: Sharp rise in ‘vigilante’ killings; Iraq: Palestinian students held; Sudan: Incommunicado detention of Darfurians; Turkmenistan: Conscientious objectors detained 7) Updates: Death penalty in Burundi; UK breaks promise on inquiry; Kenya releases Iraqi; Conscientious objector freed 8) ‘Write more’ urges former prisoner of conscience 9) He lit torch for human rights 10) Girl jailed for espionage in Somaliland 11) Recent reports: Women caught in the firing line

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