News headlines for “Human Rights Issues”, page 1757
MIDEAST: Waiting to See Who Blinks First
- Inter Press Service
An indiscreet whisper following a hastily scribbled note around the Israeli cabinet table exposed the deepening political stand-off in the wake of last week's inconclusive elections.
LABOUR-ASIA: Airlines Turn Modern Day Slavers
- Inter Press Service
The presence of East Asian human trafficking victims in places as far-removed as Southern Africa and Central and South America confirm the ease with which modern merchants of slavery exploit international air travel.
RIGHTS: 'Fight Terror But Follow Due Process'
- Inter Press Service
Pakistani lawyer and human rights activist Hina Jilani is a member of the Eminent Jurists Panel on Terrorism, Counter-terrorism and Human Rights, convened by the International Commission of Jurists (www.icj.org) to investigate counter-terrorism practices and human rights standards.
RIGHTS-US: Lawsuit Sheds More Light on Terror War Abuses
- Inter Press Service
Three human rights groups have released documents that they say reveal close cooperation between the U.S. Defence Department and the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in rendering terrorism suspects to secret prisons, creating 'ghost prisoners' by concealing their identities from the Red Cross, and delaying their release to counter negative publicity about their treatment at Guántanamo Bay.
/UPDATE*/ZIMBABWE: Question Marks As Tsvangirai Sworn In
- Inter Press Service
His first days as prime minister of Zimbabwe's government of national unity have, as expected, thrown down several challenges to Morgan Tsvangirai of the Movement for Democratic Change.
CHINA-US: Clinton Urged to Press Beijing on Human Rights
- Inter Press Service
Seven major U.S. and international rights groups are calling on U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to make human rights issues a top priority in her meetings in Beijing next week with Chinese officials.
HEALTH-BRAZIL: Older Women at Higher Risk from AIDS
- Inter Press Service
The HIV infection rate in women over 50 in Brazil has more than tripled since 1996, making this population group the prime target of the government's HIV/AIDS prevention campaign during the carnival festivities.
RIGHTS-US: Rendition Case Enters 'Bizarre' Realms of Secrecy
- Inter Press Service
A prominent British-American lawyer who represents an Ethiopian-born Guantanamo detainee is charging that U.S. Defence Department officials are intentionally concealing evidence of his client's rendition and torture from President Barack Obama.
RIGHTS: Human Slavery Thriving in the Shadows
- Inter Press Service
'Dora', a young Mexican woman, was helped by another Mexican woman to cross the U.S. border in the promise of a good job there. She ended up in Texas, working in a sweatshop and not allowed to go out or even take a shower.
MIDEAST: Egypt's Star Rising in Regional Politics
- Inter Press Service
Back in mid-December, many Middle Easterners were daring to hope that, with the imminent end of George Bush's presidency, their own deeply U.S.-influenced region might see a new day of peacemaking and inclusiveness in place of the recent years of war, confrontation, discrimination and distrust.
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