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Indigenous Brazilians Learn to Fight for the Right to Food

Tuesday, May 21, 2013

PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil, May 21 (IPS) - Indigenous communities in remote areas of Brazil have begun to recognise that they have the right to not be hungry, and are learning that food security means much more than simply having food on the table.

Seeking Justice for Dictatorship Victims – Two Continents Apart

Tuesday, May 21, 2013

GWANGJU, South Korea, May 21 (IPS) - As news of the death of former Argentine dictator Jorge Rafael Videla in a prison cell spread around the world, Julia Parodi, who was in this South Korean city to receive the Gwangju Prize for Human Rights on behalf of HIJOS, said he died in the right place.

Tackling Crime Takes on Import As Urban Populations Rise

Tuesday, May 21, 2013

FLORENCE, May 21 (IPS) - As people around the world continue to migrate into cities, swelling urban populations, they have sparked growth in another area: crime and security issues.

Q&A: Guantanamo 'Has No Right to Exist'

Tuesday, May 21, 2013

WARSAW, May 21 (IPS) - For more than 100 days, detainees at American detention facilities at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, have been on hunger strike, drawing international attention back to the prison that U.S. President Barack Obama vowed during his first presidential campaign to close down.

Zimbabwe’s Ruling Party Militias Spread Fear of Voting

Tuesday, May 21, 2013

HARARE, May 21 (IPS) - For the last month Gibson Severe and his wife, Merjury Severe, known opposition supporters from Hurungwe district in Zimbabwe's Mashonaland West Province, have been hiding out in the country's capital Harare.

In India, Rapists Don’t Spare Children

Tuesday, May 21, 2013

NEW DELHI, May 21 (IPS) - When a five-year-old was rescued from the basement of a building in the eastern part of India's capital, New Delhi, the doctors treating her were horrified to find the little girl had not only been raped by two men several times, but the perpetrators had also inflicted severe perineal injuries by inserting foreign objects into her body.

Migrant Workers Face Tough Times in Thailand

Tuesday, May 21, 2013

CHIANG MAI, Thailand, May 21 (IPS) - On the outskirts of the northern Thai city of Chiang Mai, a group of twelve migrant families lives in a makeshift camp comprised of houses constructed from scrap metal.

Small and Large Steps towards Equality for Gays in Cuba

Monday, May 20, 2013

CIEGO DE ÁVILA, Cuba, May 20 (IPS) - The lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community in Cuba has won advances on issues like the change of name of pre-operative transgender persons, while they continue to fight for the right to same-sex civil unions.

Myanmar’s President Makes Historic, Divisive Visit to White House

Monday, May 20, 2013

WASHINGTON, May 20 (IPS) - Myanmar's President Thein Sein on Monday became the first leader of that country in almost a half-century to pay a call on the White House, a visit that has simultaneously highlighted a series of monumental changes seen in Myanmar in recent years as well as a reforms process that many are warning may have stalled.

Brazil Lagging in Fight against Human Trafficking

Monday, May 20, 2013

RIO DE JANEIRO, May 20 (IPS) - In contravention of international law, in Brazil trafficking in human beings remains invisible and unpunished, which encourages the practice of trafficking for sexual exploitation, forced labour, illegal adoption and the trade in human organs, according to experts.

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