News headlines for “Human Rights Issues”, page 1761
SRI LANKA: 'Govt Targets Media Under Civil War Cover'
- Inter Press Service
Sri Lanka’s ruling establishment has become increasingly intolerant towards the island country’s independent media, even as President Mahinda Rajapakse’s government steps up its military offensive against separatist Tamil militants in the north.
PAKISTAN: Bracing For More Drone Attacks
- Inter Press Service
On Jan 23, days after Barack Obama was sworn in as President of the United States, a series of missiles slammed into Pakistan’s tribal areas along the Afghan border - in continuation of Washington’s policy of targeting al-Qaeda and Taliban elements regardless of sovereignty issues.
COLOMBIA: Ex-Hostage Says FARC Killed 11 Captives
- Inter Press Service
'Why did they kill them? Out of physical cowardice. It's what we call murder. Sheer physical cowardice. It's what we call a war crime,' said former lawmaker Sigifredo López, just freed by the FARC, about the massacre of his 11 colleagues on Jun. 18, 2007, when they were hostages of the Colombian guerrillas.
RIGHTS-MALAYSIA: Custodial Death Revives Calls For Police Reforms
- Inter Press Service
The death of a youth in police custody and the torture of another in a police lockup, in recent weeks, have shocked Malaysians and revived calls for an oversight body - proposed in 2006 by a royal commission but unimplemented because of opposition from senior officers in the command.
MIDEAST: A Truce Too Big to Fail?
- Inter Press Service
The tandem un-negotiated ceasefires that Israel and Hamas announced Jan. 18 across the Gaza-Israel front line remain fragile. Local and international efforts to consolidate the truce have stalled, and officials and analysts around the world warn of a high risk of further escalation.
MIDEAST: Hamas Is Not Going Away
- Inter Press Service
Despite intensive efforts by Israel, the international community and a number of Arab leaders to weaken and destroy Hamas through economic, punitive and military action, the Islamist organisation continues to be a force to reckon with.
CAMBODIA: Chevron Silent on Bribery Allegations
- Inter Press Service
U.S. energy giant Chevron is under fire for failing to disclose the amount of money it allegedly paid to secure rights to drill for offshore oil in corruption-ridden Cambodia.
WEST AFRICA: Female Genital Mutilation Knows No Borders
- Inter Press Service
Laws against female genital mutilation are driving the practice underground and across borders, says a UNIFEM study published last year.
INDIA/PAKISTAN: Artists Take On Post-Colonial Partitions
- Inter Press Service
With national boundaries continually being redrawn in the post-colonial world, it’s time to deal with the reality of partitions and find a way 'to make peace with our partitioned selves', contends international banker-turned-art curator Hammad Nasar.
MIDEAST: Israel Heads Right
- Inter Press Service
And then there were four.
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