News headlines for “Human Rights Issues”, page 1748
RIGHTS-INDIA: Moves to Scrap Hated Security Laws in Kashmir
- Inter Press Service
As political parties in Indian Kashmir debate the repeal of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) in the insurgency-hit state, civil rights activists hope that this will fructify into a withdrawal of the sweeping powers given to armed forces in this state since 1990.
U.S.: Military Dominance in Mideast Proven a Costly Myth
- Inter Press Service
The arguments for maintaining a major U.S. combat force in Iraq at least through 2011, escalating U.S. military involvement in Afghanistan and assuming a confrontational stance toward Iran appear to assume that the United States remains the dominant military power in the region.
LABOUR-MEXICO: 'They First Asked if I Was Pregnant'
- Inter Press Service
When Paulina was interviewed for a job at a local Wal-Mart in the Mexican capital, the first thing she was asked was whether she was pregnant a question she did not know at the time was illegal.
Q&A: 'Women Leaders Have to Be Tougher and Stronger Than Men'
- Inter Press Service
Ruby Dhalla, a Liberal member of Canada's Parliament, is also a community activist, doctor, and one of the leading progressive voices in North American politics today.
MIDEAST: Gaza Reconstruction Has a Political Price-Tag
- Inter Press Service
A conference held this week in Cairo devoted to the reconstruction of the Gaza Strip succeeded in raising more than 5 billion dollars from international donors. But some critics say the issue is being used as a means of isolating Gaza-based resistance faction Hamas.
MIDEAST: The Political Roads Lead to Tehran
- Inter Press Service
The obvious objective of the first visit to the Middle East by the Obama administration's U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was to contain the still potentially explosive situation in Gaza following January's Israeli offensive against Hamas, and to rescue the two-state solution policy in face of the emergence of a far-right administration in Jerusalem.
RIGHTS-TURKEY: Freedom of Expression Under Attack
- Inter Press Service
As it aspires for full European Union membership, Turkey is still struggling with freedom of expression, raising questions whether it can ever join the EU or will simply remain a suspended bridge between East and West.
POLITICS-JAPAN: Donation Scam Setback for Main Opposition Party
- Inter Press Service
The arrest of a top aide to opposition leader Ichiro Ozawa on Tuesday, for allegedly accepting illegal political donations, could not have come at a worse moment for his Democratic Party Japan (DPJ).
SUDAN: Rights Groups Applaud Bashir War Crimes Warrant
- Inter Press Service
Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir, the first head of state to be indicted by the Hague-based International Criminal Court, now faces an arrest warrant issued Wednesday by the ICC's Pre-Trial Chamber on charges of crimes against humanity and war crimes in Darfur.
POLITICS-US: Senate Committee Weighs 'Truth Commission'
- Inter Press Service
In a preview of the heated divisions likely be triggered by the formation of a 'truth commission' to investigate detainee interrogation, warrantless wiretapping and other alleged violations during the administration of President George W. Bush, witnesses before a Senate committee Wednesday characterised such a body as either a 'profoundly bad idea' or 'critically important to avoiding the mistakes of the past.'
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