News headlines for “Human Rights Issues”, page 1759
DR-CONGO: How Many More Will Be Raped?
- Inter Press Service
As people around the world celebrate their loved ones on Valentine's Day weekend, activists are working to ensure that the ongoing horrors of the conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are not forgotten.
ISRAEL: Call Livni or Netanyahu? Go With Peres
- Inter Press Service
Who wins a tie? That was U.S. President Barack Obama's dilemma Wednesday on whom to congratulate as the winner of Israel's general election.
FIJI: South Pacific's Burma?
- Inter Press Service
There are concerns that the behaviour of Fiji’s interim government indicates the possibility of a Burma-style dictatorship emerging in the Pacific nation.
IRAQ: The River Too Tells the Story
- Inter Press Service
There is less water now in the Tigris, and it is less clean. The river has fewer fish, and rising fuel and other costs mean they are more costly to catch. It's not, as Hamza Majit finds, a good time to be a fisher.
MIDEAST: Extremism Dominates Israeli Polls
- Inter Press Service
'The peace process is based on three false basic assumptions,' said Avigdor Lieberman, leader of Israel's extreme right-wing Yisrael Beiteinu party, which will dictate the formation and political course of the next Israeli government.
ISRAEL: Wary Netanyahu in Driving Seat
- Inter Press Service
Israel's foreign minister Tzipi Livni clung precariously to a narrow lead over her right-wing rival Benjamin Netanyahu as vote counting neared conclusion from Israel's Tuesday general election. Both would-be prime ministers continue to claim victory: 'I won,' read the headline of the country's biggest newspaper, Yedioth Ahronot, alongside the photos of the two.
POLITICS-US: Afghanistan Pressures Beget Dubious Alliances
- Inter Press Service
Central Asia is shaping up to be an early test of Barack Obama's foreign policy, as the increased demands of the war in Afghanistan force his administration to decide how far to accommodate or to pressure the region's autocratic governments.
RIGHTS: Cuba Passes U.N. Review with Flying Colours
- Inter Press Service
The United Nations Human Rights Council report on the status of human rights in Cuba reflected solid support for Havana from an ample majority of countries, but also took note of objections raised by a smaller number of governments.
LABOUR-JAPAN: Brazilian Japanese Organise Against Joblessness
- Inter Press Service
Rodney Freitas, 24, is happy to see Brazilians of Japanese descent organising themselves at time when Japan’s economy is cooling down and many are in danger of losing jobs or are already unemployed.
MEDIA: Climate of Fear Pervades Many Newsrooms
- Inter Press Service
In Latin America, the Middle East and Southeast Asia, journalists are becoming increasingly vulnerable to physical violence as a result of their work, says a U.S.-based media watchdog in a new report released Tuesday.
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