News headlines for “Human Rights Issues”, page 1743
RIGHTS-CUBA: Dissidents’ Wives Back in the Fray
- Inter Press Service
The group of women known as the Ladies in White are holding six days of protests this week in the Cuban capital one for each year their dissident husbands, fathers or sons have spent in prison.
RIGHTS-US: Ill Migrants Left to Languish Behind Bars
- Inter Press Service
Clinical staff at U.S. immigration detention centres systematically abuse detainees in their charge, according to two reports by Human Rights Watch and the Florida Immigration Advocacy Centre (FIAC) that describe the medical care system in these facilities as 'dangerously inadequate'.
MIDEAST: Palestinians Failing to Stitch the Split
- Inter Press Service
Reconciliation talks between rival Palestinian factions Hamas and Fatah in Cairo this week yielded an agreement to hold national elections early next year. The two sides, however, remain deadlocked over the proposed terms of a national unity government.
RIGHTS-US: National Religious Campaign Against Torture (NRCAT)
- Inter Press Service
A leaked Red Cross report, detailing chilling accounts of prisoner torture in 'black sites' run by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, has underlined the need for an independent commission of inquiry into possible war crimes committed by senior officials during the presidency of George W. Bush, according to a statement by 25 prominent clergymen and women.
BALKANS: Fallout of Bombing 'Continues to Kill'
- Inter Press Service
Ten years after the NATO bombing of Serbia, concern is rising over a rise in the number of reported cases of cancer.
Q&A: EU More to the Right Than US on Colombia
- Inter Press Service
Citing human rights concerns, members of the U.S. Congress have blocked approval of a free trade accord negotiated between the Bush administration and Colombia. Yet on the other side of the Atlantic, European Union officials have expressed their determination to proceed with talks aimed at striking a deal with the right-wing government.
MIDEAST: Gazans Struggle for Clean Drinking Water
- Inter Press Service
As environmental experts, NGOs and government officials gather in Istanbul this week to attend the Fifth World Water Forum, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has drawn attention to the critical water situation in Gaza.
AUSTRALIA: Pressured to Do More in Afghanistan
- Inter Press Service
With the internecine battle among some of the 42 contributing nations to the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) over burden-sharing in Afghanistan continuing, the Australian government is giving little away about its intentions regarding an expected request for more troops.
RIGHTS-US: New Name, Same Detainee Problem
- Inter Press Service
Human rights activists and constitutional law experts were virtually unanimous in their condemnation of the positions taken on prisoner detention and treatment in federal court last week by President Barack Obama’s Department of Justice, which one group described as 'a case of old wine in new bottles.'
Q&A: 'Zimbabwe Must Release Political Prisoners'
- Inter Press Service
Nomboniso Gasa chairs South Africa’s Commission for Gender Equality and is an independent gender research analyst. A committed feminist and political activist, she was first imprisoned in apartheid-era South Africa at age 14.
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