News headlines for “Human Rights Issues”, page 1730
RIGHTS-US: No Impunity for Torturers, Groups Urge
- Inter Press Service
Human rights advocates were quick to praise President Barack Obama for Thursday's release of the infamous 'torture memos' used by the Bush-era Justice Department to justify cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment of war-on-terror prisoners. However, they appear unanimously critical of the president’s decision not to prosecute the Central Intelligence Agency operatives who used these techniques.
MIDEAST: Gaza Changed Everything, But Its People Still Suffer
- Inter Press Service
Three months after the end of Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza, and nearly four months after former prime minister Ehud Olmert started it, the standoff between Israel and Hamas is as unresolved as ever.
HAITI: Fanmi Lavalas Banned, Voter Apprehension Widespread
- Inter Press Service
Weekend senatorial elections in Haiti are mired in controversy as Fanmi Lavalas (FL), the political party widely backed by the poor majority, has been disqualified.
RIGHTS-SOUTH AFRICA: Migrants Don't Vote
- Inter Press Service
In May 2008, South Africa was rocked by the worst xenophobic attacks that the country has ever seen. Less than a year later, the issue is almost invisible from the national election campaign.
RIGHTS: Bad to Beat Up Roma, if it Gets Filmed
- Inter Press Service
Slovakia's interior minister is facing calls to resign amid claims of institutionalised racism in the country's police force after a video emerged of policemen forcing Roma children to strip naked, kiss and beat each other while being held at a police station.
MIDEAST: More Doors Closing Than Opening
- Inter Press Service
Israel is digging in its heels. Government officials said Wednesday that Israel does not intend to cooperate with the upcoming United Nations investigation into whether Israel and Hamas both committed war crimes during the recent Gaza war.
MIDEAST: 'Israelis Prepared for Violations'
- Inter Press Service
After the internal investigation into the misconduct of Israeli soldiers in the course of the Gaza assault was closed suspiciously fast, a brief overview of publications by army officials, published months before the start of the war, suggests the reported misconduct was policy and not coincidence.
RIGHTS: Ivory Tower Not Always a Safe Haven
- Inter Press Service
Universities are places for teaching, studying and learning, but for a prominent scholar in Belarus, researching and publishing on topics that the government considered unpopular led to a progression of abuse that began with being snubbed by academic conferences and isolated at the university and ended with his termination and even death threats.
RIGHTS-US: Struggle Brews Over 'Torture Memos' Immunity
- Inter Press Service
The Justice Department Thursday released four secret memos used by the George W. Bush administration to justify torture.
Q&A: Indigenous People in Colombia 'Have Become a Strong Force'
- Inter Press Service
There is a heavy turnover of social movement leaders in Colombia, given the frequency with which they are killed, displaced or forced into exile. And because of the dangers, those who step up to the plate can be considered veritable heroes one of whom is indigenous leader Aída Quilcué.
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