News headlines for “Human Rights Issues”, page 1729
RIGHTS-US: Lawyers’ Group Targets Torture Memo Author
- Inter Press Service
Lawyers who reject President Barack Obama’s decision not to seek prosecution of officials who may have participated in the torture of terror-suspect prisoners are seeking justice through another avenue: Sanctions against government lawyers who created the 'enhanced interrogation' policies of former President George W. Bush.
RIGHTS: Proponents of Torture May Yet Face Universal Justice
- Inter Press Service
Human rights advocates who were critical of President Barack Obama’s decision not to prosecute Central Intelligence Agency operatives who tortured war-on-terror prisoners are hailing a Spanish judge’s order to pursue a criminal investigation into the actions of six Bush administration lawyers for providing legal cover for torture - despite a recommendation from his prosecutors that the case not go forward.
ISRAEL: 'If You Don't Know, It Didn't Happen'
- Inter Press Service
Even though atrocities committed by Israeli soldiers have surfaced and the appointment of a right-wing government diminishes the chances for peace in the Middle East, no left-wing Israeli is taking to the streets.
ENVIRONMENT: Indigenous Peoples Demand Greater Role in Climate Debate
- Inter Press Service
While indigenous peoples from around the world are meeting in this Alaskan city to seek a greater role in global climate negotiations, the rapidly warming Arctic is forcing some Inuit villages to be relocated.
Q&A: ‘To Be An Independent Activist Was One Of My Dreams’
- Inter Press Service
As an activist in China, Yuan Feng actively advocates women’s rights. Yuan is now the director of Combating Domestic Violence against Women and a leading figure of Gender and Development (GAD) group in China. She visited South Korea to join a newly established feminist network, Network for GloCal Activism and School of Feminism. Excerpts from the interview.
CIVIL SOCIETY: New Feminist Network for 'Glocal' Activism
- Inter Press Service
Feminist activists have adopted ‘glocal’, a relatively new geolexical construct, to bridge activism from across Asia, Latin America and Africa.
THAILAND: With Censorship, Thais Turn to Websites and Foreign Media
- Inter Press Service
When the Thai government imposed an emergency law cracking down on rampaging red-shirted protesters on the streets of Bangkok, the military, in combat gear, was not its only weapon. The state’s censors were given liberty to silence critical media.
RIGHTS: Muslim Concessions Bring Breakthrough on Racism Text
- Inter Press Service
The United Nations anti-racism conference will begin next Monday in a climate of uncertainty, despite last-minute diplomatic negotiations that managed to iron out differences that separated at least two blocs: Western and Muslim states.
MIGRATION: Financial Crisis Eroding Remittance Lifeline
- Inter Press Service
The Geneva-based International Organisation for Migration (IOM) has warned that the current financial crisis is threatening to claim another casualty: international migration.
RIGHTS-US: CIA Director Asked to Preserve Secret Prisons
- Inter Press Service
Lawyers for a Guantanamo detainee who claims he was held and tortured in one of the 'black site' secret prisons run by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency is demanding that the CIA preserve cells and interrogation paraphernalia there as evidence of mistreatment.
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