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- UN commends imprisoned Iranian journalist
UNESCO has awarded Iranian journalist Ahmad Zeidabadi with the Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize for "his exceptional courage, resistance and commitment to freedom of expression, democracy, human rights, tolerance and humanity." Zeidabadi is serving a six-year jail sentence on charges of plotting to overthrow the Iranian government through a "soft revolution," and faces an additional five years of internal exile as well as a lifetime ban from reporting in Iran. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton issued a statement congratulating Zeidabadi on the award. United Press International (4/7)       - As goes Cote d'Ivoire, so could go Africa, Ban says
The international efforts to dislodge incumbent Cote d'Ivoire President Laurent Gbagbo, who refuses to cede power to democratically-elected Alassane Ouattara, could set the tone for the whole continent of Africa, according to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. "What happens in Cote d'Ivoire has huge implications for the continent that will have 16 presidential elections this year," he said. CNN (4/7) - Macaque malaria could jump to humans
A species of malaria that plagues the Macaque monkey of South Asia may soon make a jump to human infections, researchers warn in a report in PLoS Pathogens. Increases in population and deforestation simultaneously increase the risk of human infection and reduce the area where the disease in endemic, the research shows. BBC (4/8) - Developing countries scramble to access climate funds
Developing countries are grappling with the requirements and bureaucracy of various international funding sources to help them mitigate and prepare for the effects of climate change. The dozens of climate financing options available are offered by individual governments, the World Bank, United Nations agencies and other donors for adaptation projects, emissions cutting plans and to promote low-carbon growth. AlertNet (4/8) - Belarus rebuffs OSCE mission request
Authorities in Belarus have called a push by Western countries to launch a fact-finding mission to investigate details of an ongoing crackdown against dissent discriminatory and unnecessary. Fourteen countries asked Belarus to allow the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe to send the mission. Google/The Associated Press (4/7) - Right advocates campaign against draft Cambodia law
Domestic and international human rights groups including Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International are asking Cambodian authorities to abandon a draft law critics fear will severely restrict the ability of campaigners and charities to function in the country. The proposed law would require all groups to register and contains no clear provisions for appeal, and would additionally require local groups to have a certain number of members and file regular reports to authorities. The Guardian (London) (4/7), Google/Agence France-Presse (4/7)  | - Turkey looks for way to end Libya conflict
Western military officials now believe rebels opposed to Moammar Gadhafi will be unable to defeat him even with the aid of NATO-led airstrikes. Turkey has proposed a road map to end the conflict, including a cease-fire, humanitarian corridors, a withdrawal of Gadhafi's forces from rebel-held areas and reform, that has been presented to both rebel leadership and Libyan officials. The Guardian (London) (4/7), Reuters (4/8) - Syrian demonstrators look to keep pressure on Al-Assad
Anti-government demonstrations are continuing in Syria despite efforts by President Bashir Al-Assad to quell dissent with the promise of concessions and reform. Al-Assad has dismissed the Cabinet and two governors and promised a review of emergency law, which has been in effect since 1963, but many Syrians are skeptical the moves are anything more than cosmetic changes. Al-Jazeera (4/8)
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