News headlines for “Human Rights Issues”, page 1722
POLITICS: U.N. Inquiry Critical of Israeli Attacks in Gaza
- Inter Press Service
A detailed 184-page report critical of Israeli attacks on U.N. personnel and buildings during the Gaza conflict last December-January has been meticulously stripped down to a 27-page document - mostly due to political sensitivities and on security grounds.
RIGHTS-US: Women Migrants Describe Abuse in County Jails
- Inter Press Service
Broken arms, dislocated jaws, intimidation and vulgarities are part of the daily routine immigrant woman experience in Arizona's Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO) jails, human and civil rights organisations charge.
BURMA: Opposition Balks at Giving Legitimacy to 2010 Polls
- Inter Press Service
With the hint of a general election in the air, the largest opposition party in military-ruled Burma is facing a dilemma about its future. Should it or should it not contest the planned poll in 2010?
AGRICULTURE: Foreigners Lead Global Land Rush
- Inter Press Service
More than 20 million hectares of farmland in Africa and Latin America are now in the hands of foreign governments and companies, a sign of a global 'land grab' that got a boost from last year's food crisis.
EUROPE: The Right Rises
- Inter Press Service
Human rights activists have warned of a 'proliferation' of far-right groups in central and eastern Europe amid an economic crisis fuelling support for extremist movements and political parties.
RIGHTS-US: Obama Considers Revamping Military Trials
- Inter Press Service
Reports circulating in Washington suggest that President Barack Obama may try to revive the military commission system for prosecuting Guantánamo detainees, which Obama himself criticised during the administration of his predecessor, former President George W. Bush.
RIGHTS: Britain Tries to Block CIA Rendition Case
- Inter Press Service
British High Court judges are expected to rule this week on whether a document by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency can be publicly disclosed, thus opening the courthouse door to a lawsuit charging that the British government was complicit in facilitating the rendition of a British resident by the CIA, which tortured and secretly imprisoned him at Guantánamo Bay.
POLITICS-US: Obama’s Uighur Problem
- Inter Press Service
The probability that some Guantanamo detainees will soon be released into the U.S. will place the administration of President Barack Obama in the eye of a major political hurricane.
RIGHTS-IRAN: Damaging Forced Confessions
- Inter Press Service
Iranian political refugees living in India say there is an all too familiar ring about the supposed confessions of arrested journalist Roxana Saberi, which they expect to see footage of on television soon.
RIGHTS-IRAQ: U.N. Report Paints Grim Picture
- Inter Press Service
Iraqi prisons are torturing detainees, locking people up for months without charges and, in most cases, allowing the perpetrators of these human rights to escape justice, according to a new United Nations report.
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