News headlines for “Human Rights Issues”, page 1732
MIDEAST: Aid Rots Outside Gaza
- Inter Press Service
Hundreds of thousands of tonnes of aid intended for the Gaza Strip is piling up in cities across Egypt's North Sinai region, despite recent calls from the United Nations to ease aid flow restrictions to the embattled territory in the wake of Operation Cast Lead.
MIDEAST: Animal Farm Finds a Palestinian Stage
- Inter Press Service
'Intifadah', scream the animals as they chase Jones from the farm. Strobe lights flash and loud music blares as the packed audience sits captivated, eyes trained on the stage below.
BALKANS: SOS Shops Tell the Economic Story
- Inter Press Service
The new century brought new growth across the Balkans after the turbulent 1990s. But the advance is proving short-lived as the global recession hits the region hard.
DISARMAMENT: Cluster Bombs Used by Russia, Georgia
- Inter Press Service
The U.S.-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) criticised Russia and Georgia Tuesday for using cluster bombs during their week-long conflict in August, in a statement apparently also directed at a coalition made up of Brazil, China, India, Israel, Pakistan, Russia, South Korea and the United State, which want to continue producing and exporting the lethal weapons.
THAILAND: Anti-Govt Protesters Cede Ground to Military
- Inter Press Service
For nearly two weeks, Pairoj Chotsripanporn joined the ranks of anti-government protesters gathered outside the prime minister’s office, wearing the trademark red shirt of the movement.
SUDAN: Nobel Laureates Demand Women Be Part of Peace Talks
- Inter Press Service
The international community must act immediately to resolve the political and humanitarian crises facing Sudan, said a panel of leading Sudan experts at a briefing here Tuesday, and ensure that any peace process formally include women’s input.
POLITICS-US: Help Wanted, Some Travel to Guantanamo...
- Inter Press Service
U.S. President Barack Obama has ordered the Navy’s prison at Guantanamo Bay closed by next January, suspended military commission trials, and assigned Attorney General Eric Holder to conduct case-by-case reviews of the 241 prisoners still detained there to determine which ones should be prosecuted, released or sent to other countries.
ECONOMY-CUBA: Keeping the Wolf from the Door
- Inter Press Service
The global recession poses new economic threats to Cuba, hitting its principal exports and reducing its chances of obtaining external financing, although officials seem confident that the situation will remain within manageable limits.
RIGHTS: Czech Govt Chokes Media
- Inter Press Service
Czech media groups have warned that investigative journalism is under threat after what they described as 'draconian' legislation on reporting came into effect.
EGYPT: Where World War II Now Targets the Indigenous
- Inter Press Service
It has been more than 65 years since the guns fell silent, but the World War II desert battlefields where Allied forces defeated Rommel's Afrika Corps are still claiming lives. Each year the casualty count grows, as Bedouins planting crops, herding livestock and collecting scrap metal are killed or maimed by rusting landmines and munitions hidden beneath the baking sands of Egypt's North West Coast.
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