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A group of leading professors, researchers and specialists of Tibetan studies from around the world call on Hu Jintao to end the use of force against Tibetans in China and to recognise rights to freedom of speech and opinion.

This document - containing twelve proposals to address the situation in Tibet - was signed by twenty-nine Chinese scholars, writers and journalists, and published on 22 March 2008.

The presidential election in Taiwan was discussed avidly by bloggers in mainland China. openDemocracy joins Bob Chen and GlobalVoices in presenting a selection of their views.

by Afaf Jabiri

Afaf Jabiri is a member of Karama and one of the authors of a new report on refugee and stateless women in the Arab region. She writes here about the group's decision to produce it.

A court hearing over the legality of Turkey's ruling party could imperil the country's progress towards European Union membership, says a group of leading European observers.