News headlines for “Human Rights Issues”, page 1752
COLOMBIA: Rebels Kill Awá Indians as Army Informants
- Inter Press Service
A local group of Colombia’s FARC guerrillas acknowledged that it had killed eight members of the Awá indigenous group, who it accused of being army informants.
POLITICS-PAKISTAN: Court Ruling May Deepen Political Crisis
- Inter Press Service
The political chasm in crisis-riddled Pakistan has deepened after a Supreme Court ruling barred from political office opposition leader Nawaz Sharif and his younger brother Shahbaz Sharif, chief minister of Punjab - the country’s most populous and powerful province.
RIGHTS-AUSTRALIA: New Drive Against Racism
- Inter Press Service
With new figures showing that 44 percent of Australians were either born overseas or have at least one parent who was, community organisations have welcomed a stepped-up government programme to tackle racial, cultural and religious intolerance.
PAKISTAN: Time Running Out to Restore Stability - U.S. Report
- Inter Press Service
The United States and its allies must act urgently to prevent Pakistan - the only predominantly Muslim nation with nuclear weapons - from descending into a spiral of economic, security, and political crises, according to a new report released here by an influential think tank.
POLITICS: Many Muslims Reject Terror Tactics, Back Some Goals
- Inter Press Service
Strong majorities of people in predominantly Muslim countries reject terrorism but support key goals of Al Qaeda, notably expelling U.S. military forces from the Islamic world, according to a major new study of public opinion in seven nations and the Palestinian territories released here Wednesday.
RIGHTS-US: What About Bagram?
- Inter Press Service
While human rights and legal advocacy groups applauded President Barack Obama’s decision to close the military prison at Guantanamo Bay within a year, many immediately raised another thorny question: 'What about Bagram?'
RIGHTS: EU Urged to Take Guantanamo Men
- Inter Press Service
Sixty of the remaining detainees in Guantanamo Bay should be given new homes in the European Union, human rights campaigners have urged.
U.S.: Report Contradicts Govt Claims of 'Humane' Detention
- Inter Press Service
A leading human rights organisation charges that contrary to recent U.S. government reports that found prisoners at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba being treated humanely, they are in fact 'deteriorating at a rapid rate' due to 'harsh conditions that continue to this day, despite a few cosmetic changes to their routines.'
MIDEAST: The Ball Could be in Israel's Court
- Inter Press Service
Israel's outgoing Prime Minister Ehud Olmert rode roughshod over those who piously argue that sport and politics ought not to play in the same arena.
GERMANY: Back From War, Shattered Survivors
- Inter Press Service
Quickly after the idyllic scenes presented in the film, the story changes. The group of vigorous young men are home, greeted at the airport with flowers, hugs, kisses by loved ones and girlfriends. And then you find that the main character of the film 'Willkommen zu hause' ('Welcome Home') is suffering from post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
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