News headlines for “Human Rights Issues”, page 1751
MIDEAST: Israel's Lurch to the Right Could Be Far Indeed
- Inter Press Service
The continuing efforts by Israel’s presumptive next prime minister, Binyamin Netanyahu, to assemble a rightwing-dominated government have sparked serious concern about the effects such a government might have on peace efforts with the Palestinians.
MIDEAST: Rice Is Aid, Pasta Not
- Inter Press Service
Red-faced and unusually tongue-tied Israeli officials were forced to try and explain to U.S. Senator John Kerry during his visit to Israel last week why truckloads of pasta waiting to enter the besieged Gaza strip were not considered humanitarian aid while rice was.
MIDEAST: Fatah and Hamas on an Uphill Road to Rapprochement
- Inter Press Service
Representatives of rival Palestinian factions Fatah and Hamas met in Cairo this week for talks aimed at national reconciliation and the formation of a unity government.
MIDEAST: Early Jitters for Netanyahu
- Inter Press Service
He's yet to be installed as Israel's prime minister, let alone starting to govern through the customary 100 days of grace, and already Benjamin Netanyahu is being allowed no respite: neither by those whom he envisages as his potential coalition partners nor by the international community, most pertinently the administration of U.S. President Barack Obama.
SOUTH-EAST ASIA: Civil Society Edges Deeper Into Regional Summit
- Inter Press Service
In a nod towards greater engagement with people’s organisations, a summit of South-east Asian leaders in this resort town will slightly extend its customary face-to-face with civil society representatives.
MIGRATION-MEXICO: Where Is My Son?
- Inter Press Service
Ana Celaya from El Salvador has been desperately searching for her son Rafael since he went missing in Mexico in May 2002, as he was trying to make it to the United States.
COLOMBIA: Spurious Cases Against Human Rights Defenders
- Inter Press Service
Six months after human rights defender Julio Avella was put behind bars, a prosecutor reviewing the case threw out the charges against him, which were based on the testimony of former guerrillas and police and army reports, on the grounds that they were 'contradictory, incoherent, inconsistent and illogical.'
RIGHTS: Britain Admits Complicity in U.S. Rendition
- Inter Press Service
In a stunning reversal, Britain’s government admitted Wednesday that it participated in the ‘extraordinary rendition’ to Afghanistan of two terror suspects captured in Iraq.
MIDEAST: Trapped Between the Wall and the Green Line
- Inter Press Service
'They started smashing down doors at 2am last Wednesday before moving through homes and destroying property,' says the mayor of Jayyus, Muhammed Taher Shamasni.
RIGHTS-BURMA: Rohingya Issue Figures in Regional Summit
- Inter Press Service
Burma’s military regime has set a tough challenge for regional leaders to grapple with when they gather for a summit over the weekend in this resort town south of Bangkok.
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