News headlines for “Human Rights Issues”, page 1739
MEDIA-PERU: Women Outnumber, But Men Have the Power
- Inter Press Service
At the start of the new academic year at Peruvian universities this month, women made up between 65 and 72 percent of students in first-year courses in communication and journalism departments, a phenomenon that is reflected in the growing presence of women reporters in newspapers all over the country.
RIGHTS-US: Obama Faces Spate of 'Terror War' Lawsuits
- Inter Press Service
Human rights lawyers are proving to be a major headache for the new administration of President Barack Obama, stepping up court challenges on issues of prisoner abuse to test the reality of the president’s pledge to create a 'an unprecedented level of openness' in government.
RIGHTS: U.S. Condemned for Boycott of Racism Conference
- Inter Press Service
Amid calls for Washington to increase its engagement with the international community, U.S.-based rights groups and civil libertarians are denouncing the Barack Obama’s administration’s boycott of a global conference against racism next month.
Q&A: Sacked for Writing Against the Egypt Regime
- Inter Press Service
For years, Abdelhalim Kandil has been one of Egypt's most high-profile opposition journalists, known for writing hard-hitting articles critical of the ruling regime of President Hosni Mubarak.
MIDEAST: To be an Arab, and an Israeli
- Inter Press Service
The cluster of blue-and-white Stars of David - Israel's national flag - had seen better days. In the wake of unseasonably heavy rain, they looked limp, anything but proud - in direct contrast to the mark their bearers hoped to make.
AMERICAS: Backsliding on Summit Promises
- Inter Press Service
With less than a month to go to the Fifth Summit of the Americas in Trinidad and Tobago, social organisations complain that governments have not fulfilled commitments assumed at earlier editions of the summit, on questions like access to information, freedom of expression, decentralisation and participation by civil society.
MIGRATION-US: Strained Detention System a Virtual Black Hole
- Inter Press Service
The U.S. government has failed to uphold international human rights standards in its detention of immigrants and asylum seekers, Amnesty International USA (AIUSA) said in a report released Wednesday.
POLITICS: Is Britain Trying to Recolonise the Caribbean?
- Inter Press Service
In the wake of the British government’s decision to partially suspend the constitution of the Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI), politicians in this and other British Overseas Territories are worried that London has embarked on a process of 're-colonisation'.
Q&A: 'Fujimori Gave the Order'
- Inter Press Service
With a sentence set to be handed down shortly in the trial of former Peruvian president Alberto Fujimori (1990-2000) for two notorious massacres of civilians known as the Barrios Altos and La Cantuta killings the prosecutor in the case, Avelino Guillén, said the defendant’s guilt has been amply proven.
MIDEAST: U.S. Jews Open to Palestinian Unity Govt
- Inter Press Service
Contrary to the views of the likely incoming right-wing government of Israel, most U.S. Jews favour peace negotiations with a Palestinian unity government that would include Hamas, according to a new poll released here Tuesday by the year-old, pro-peace Jewish lobby group, J Street.
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