News headlines for “Human Rights Issues”, page 1747
ZIMBABWE: Inclusive Govt Must Respect Human Rights
- Inter Press Service
Heather Bennett, the wife of Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) treasurer, Roy Leslie Bennett, says the party has let her husband down.
POLITICS-SUDAN: Aid Agencies Accused, Expelled
- Inter Press Service
The Sudanese government has expelled 10 aid agencies, accusing them of supplying exaggerated evidence against President Omar al-Bashir to the International Criminal Court (ICC) which has issued a warrant for his arrest.
US-COLOMBIA: 'Drug Lords' Getting Free Pass on Worse Crimes?
- Inter Press Service
Yet another of Colombia’s top paramilitary leaders was extradited to the U.S. Thursday to be brought up on drug trafficking charges despite the objections of some rights groups and questions raised by Colombian politicians visiting Washington.
RIGHTS-COLOMBIA: 'Situation Remains Extremely Serious' - UN Report
- Inter Press Service
Extrajudicial executions, difficulty for victims’ families to gain access to justice, persecution of human rights defenders, kidnappings, and continued armed activity by previously demobilised members of paramilitary groups are the main concerns of the office in Colombia of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR Colombia).
LABOUR-THAILAND: Meltdown Leaves Women in Dire Straits
- Inter Press Service
'Please help me find a way to have some money for milk,' pleaded Benjawan Marongthong, mother of two young boys and former worker in a garments factory.
MIDEAST: East Jerusalem Settlements Ratchet Up Tensions
- Inter Press Service
As the fires of human misery continue to smolder in Gaza, the situation in Israeli-occupied East Jerusalem is emerging as another potentially explosive issue in, and far beyond, the Middle East.
SOUTH-EAST ASIA: Civil Society Sees Influential Ally in Thai Govt
- Inter Press Service
The Thai government is being showered with rare praise from a traditional adversary, South-east Asian civil society, for the diplomatic high note it struck during a recently concluded regional summit.
ECONOMY-CHINA: Human Rights Critics Silenced by Meltdown
- Inter Press Service
If the global economic downturn is a crisis with a silver lining for cash-rich Chinese companies intent on bargain deals, it is equally so the image-conscious government whose human right critics have been silenced by the need to cooperate with Beijing on overcoming the recession.
IRAQ: Medical Care At Last, At a Price
- Inter Press Service
Prompt medical care is at last on offer in Iraq, for those who can find the dollars for it.
GREECE: Violence Begins to Take Hold
- Inter Press Service
A wave of violent attacks has been rocking Athens ever since the December 2008 riots that broke out after a policeman shot dead a 15-year-old boy.
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