News headlines for “Human Rights Issues”, page 1735
PHILIPPINES: Government Must Stop Davao Death Squad
- Inter Press Service
Alleged 'death squads' are responsible for hundreds of targeted killings in Davao City and other cities on the Philippine island of Mindanao, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in a report released Tuesday.
POLITICS-US: New Budget, Not Quite a Fundamental Shift
- Inter Press Service
Secretary of Defence Robert Gates unveiled the U.S.’s much-anticipated new military budget Monday, which aims to reorient the armed forces toward irregular and counterinsurgency warfare while proposing cuts in several major weapons programs.
MIDEAST: Lost in the Buffer Zone
- Inter Press Service
'They're always shooting at us. Every day they shoot at us,' says Alaa Samour (19), pulling aside his shirt to show a scar on his shoulder. Samour said he was shot on Dec. 28 last year by Israeli soldiers positioned along the border fence near New Abassan village, east of Khan Younis in the south of the Gaza Strip.
GREECE: For Refugees, Could Afghanistan be Worse
- Inter Press Service
For more than a decade migrants and refugees have been landing up at a slum in Patras town in the hope of catching a boat to Italy.
EUROPE: Communist Ideology, as bad as Nazism?
- Inter Press Service
A declaration which equates communism to Nazism and condemns communist ideology as 'directly responsible for crimes against humanity' has been debated in the European Parliament on the initiative of the Czech Presidency of the European Union.
SRI LANKA: Escalated Conflict Takes Toll on Children, Civilians
- Inter Press Service
The escalation since December of the conflict in Sri Lanka’s north between government forces and the Tamil Tigers is taking a heavy toll on children and civilians, many of whom are still trying to escape the combat zones.
MEDIA-THAILAND: Blogger Gets 10 Years for Insulting Monarchy
- Inter Press Service
Suwicha Thakhor’s nightmare in a Thai jail is set to continue after a court delivered a harsh verdict this week that contained an unequivocal message the Internet in this country is being policed with the aim of limiting free expression.
FRANCE: Film on Migrants Sparks Legal Debate
- Inter Press Service
A new film on undocumented migrants has sparked heated discussion among the public and lawmakers here.
VENEZUELA: Police Convicted of 2002 Pre-Coup Killings
- Inter Press Service
A Venezuelan court sentenced three former police chiefs and three rank-and-file officers Friday to the maximum possible sentence in Venezuela, 30 years, for killing demonstrators ahead of the Apr. 11, 2002 coup in which President Hugo Chávez was briefly overthrown.
CHILE: Teachers and Students Fight New Education Law
- Inter Press Service
Teachers and students marched in protest against a new education law passed by the Chilean parliament nearly three years after the so-called 'penguin revolution,' named for the uniforms of the secondary school students who led it.
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