News headlines for “Human Rights Issues”, page 1765
/UPDATE/MIGRATION-US: Building a House for Day Labourers
- Inter Press Service
Twenty-five centuries ago, ancient Athenians set aside part of their agora, the central public plaza, as a place where people seeking temporary work and others seeking workers could meet.
RIGHTS-PHILIPPINES: Poor Suffer Most From Corruption
- Inter Press Service
Apo Aguila, a computer programmer, moved to Singapore in 2005, frustrated with the news that Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo had allegedly cheated in the 2004 presidential election.
MIDEAST: Politically, Hamas May Have Won
- Inter Press Service
Despite declarations of victory by Israel, the military assault on the Gaza Strip failed to achieve its stated aims, many analysts say. The assault, and even its exceptional brutality, may only have vindicated the notion of resistance among the Arab public.
RIGHTS-NEPAL: Law on Disappearances Provokes Outcry
- Inter Press Service
Despite loud opposition, the Maoist-led coalition government of Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal has vowed to push through an ordinance to resolve the cases of hundreds of people ‘disappeared’ during the decade-long people's war waged between Maoist rebels and the forces of the former monarchy.
Q&A: Israel May Escape War Crimes Charges
- Inter Press Service
Despite widespread accusations of war crimes by Israel, there is growing scepticism of any Israeli leader being brought before an international tribunal for the killings of civilians and the targeting of schools and medical facilities during the 22-day conflict in Gaza last month.
US-IRAN: Nobel Laureate Calls for Direct Diplomacy
- Inter Press Service
Almost exactly 30 years ago the U.S.-backed dictator, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the Shah of Iran, fled his country, never to return. Shortly after his departure and the subsequent collapse of the monarchy, the Islamic Republic of Iran was born.
POLITICS-PARAGUAY: Twenty Years of Transition
- Inter Press Service
Paraguayan society is marking the 20th anniversary of the fall of former dictator Alfredo Stroessner (1954-1989) amid uncertainty surrounding the loss of power of the Colorado Party, which ruled the country for 61 years.
WORLD SOCIAL FORUM: 'Stateless Peoples' Defend Diversity
- Inter Press Service
The immense diversity of peoples was apparent at the World Social Forum (WSF), which ended Sunday in Belém, the capital of the state of Pará in the Brazilian Amazon region.
MIGRATION-US: Building a House for Day Labourers
- Inter Press Service
Twenty-five centuries ago, ancient Athenians set aside part of their agora, the central public plaza, as a place where people seeking temporary work and others seeking workers could meet.
MIDEAST: So What Was the Assault All About
- Inter Press Service
Just over a week before they go to the polls, Israelis are in a grim mood. The gloom is fed by the leading candidates, all of whom are seeking to outdo one another in sombre assessment of the challenges that lie ahead.
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