News headlines for “Human Rights Issues”, page 1727
MIDEAST: Hard Choices Coming up Fast
- Inter Press Service
The parties to the Middle East conflict are coming to understand the U.S. President means business - that, unlike his predecessor in the White House, Barack Obama means to tackle the world's most intractable problem head on. And, soon.
MALAYSIA: Burmese Refugees 'Treated Like a Commodity'
- Inter Press Service
The mistreatment of Burmese migrants, asylum seekers and refugees in Malaysia is the focus of a report released Thursday by the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations.
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: Church Pushes Draconian Abortion Law
- Inter Press Service
A truck full of female police officers, dressed in black riot protection gear, pulled up in front of the General Assembly building here to confront and control the crowd of women who had gathered on Tuesday to protest a 'right to life' amendment to the Dominican constitution.
CUBA-US: Talking About Talks
- Inter Press Service
Bolstered by international support for its demand for an end to the embargo, Cuba could sit down with the United States to talk about a number of matters of mutual interest while it awaits the lifting of the web of restrictions that have weighed on its economy for nearly half a century.
COLOMBIA: Paramilitary Chief Says He Helped Finance Uribe’s Campaign
- Inter Press Service
Former Colombian paramilitary chief and drug lord Diego Murillo, alias 'Don Berna', testified in a U.S. court that he helped finance President Álvaro Uribe’s first election campaign, in 2002.
ENVIRONMENT: U.N. to Celebrate 'Mother Earth Day'
- Inter Press Service
'Mother Earth is not an object or merchandise. Mother Earth cannot be bought or sold,' said Bolivian President Evo Morales, speaking at a heavily-attended news conference here at U.N. headquarters on Earth Day.
POLITICS: Iran Hits Back at U.N. Chief Over Racism Meet
- Inter Press Service
An indignant Iran has lodged a 'strong protest' over critical statements made by two senior U.N. officials against President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad at an anti-racism conference in Geneva early this week.
RIGHTS-BRAZIL: Gay-Bashing Murders Up 55 Percent
- Inter Press Service
In 2008, 190 homosexuals were killed in Brazil, one every two days, representing a 55 percent increase on the previous year a veritable 'homocaust' according to gay rights activists.
RIGHTS-US: Senate Report Casts Grim Light on Bush Era
- Inter Press Service
Pentagon interrogators continuously ramped up their abusive techniques against prisoners at Guantanamo Bay and in Iraq and Afghanistan in a vain attempt to establish a link between the former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein and the al Qaeda attacks on the U.S. on Sep. 11, 2001.
HUMAN RIGHTS: Ominous Silence About Domestic Violence
- Inter Press Service
Over a quarter of Armenian women have been hit or beaten by a family member and about two thirds have experienced psychological abuse, yet the state grossly fails to prevent, investigate and punish domestic violence, say researchers and rights activists.
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