News headlines for “Human Rights Issues”, page 1726
RIGHTS: Kenya Cannot Fail to Prosecute Extra-Judicial Killings
- Inter Press Service
When stock is taken of the Kenyan coalition government’s first year in office no marks will be awarded to its handling of extra-judicial killings in the country. Human rights activists claim that the police have murdered about 500 people in the past 16 months.
CLIMATE CHANGE: Burden Lies with Rich Polluters, Native People Say
- Inter Press Service
Already suffering significant impacts from climate change, indigenous peoples at the close of an international summit here rejected the concept of carbon trading and offsets. Many also called for a moratorium on all new oil and gas exploration in their traditional territories and the eventual phase-out of fossil fuels.
RIGHTS-US: Dozens of CIA 'Ghost Prisoners' Missing
- Inter Press Service
At least three dozen detainees who were held in the CIA's secret prisons overseas appear to be missing and efforts by human rights organisations to track their whereabouts have been unsuccessful.
POLITICS-BOLIVIA: Unraveling the Conspiracy
- Inter Press Service
The dismantling of a commando made up mainly of men described by the Bolivian government as foreign mercenaries could lead authorities to the people who organised around a dozen different attacks carried out since 2006 in the city of Santa Cruz.
RIGHTS-US: Courts Overrule Govt in Abuse and Detention Cases
- Inter Press Service
As the debate heats up over what to do about recent disclosures of widespread abuse of war-on-terror prisoners, the 'third branch' of the U.S. government the judiciary - continues to assert its independence from the other two branches the executive and the legislative.
Q&A: ‘‘Poor Countries Struggle to Mainstream Gender in Trade’’
- Inter Press Service
Trade affects women and men differently. Women can be particularly adversely affected by trade liberalisation. Despite this fact, gender analysis is usually absent from trade negotiations and agreements.
US-MIDEAST: Obama and Netanyahu - Storm Clouds Ahead?
- Inter Press Service
A big confrontation is brewing between the United States and Israel’s new government over the Palestine issue.
RIGHTS: Some Common Hopes Lie With Lords
- Inter Press Service
Human rights campaigners are looking to the House of Lords to thwart, or at least dilute, a proposed new law to enable secret inquest.
Q&A: Islamophobia Alive and Well in the U.S.
- Inter Press Service
In an Apr. 6 address to the Turkish Parliament on the final day of his European trip, President Barack Obama praised Muslim Americans for 'enriching the United States'.
MIDEAST: Gaza Resistance Destroys Fatah Faction
- Inter Press Service
The recent onslaught against the Gaza Strip - and Israel's failure to achieve its military objectives there - left Palestinian resistance group Hamas politically stronger than ever. Concurrently, it dealt a possible death blow to the faction within Fatah led by strongman Mohamed Dahlan, long known for its closeness to Israel.
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