News headlines for “Human Rights Issues”, page 1766
MIDEAST: What an Aid Worker Saw, Then and Now
- Inter Press Service
As fears rise of renewed violence in Gaza, Elena Qleibo, a French-Costa Rican aid worker from Oxfam, gives IPS a first-hand account of surviving Israel's three-week bombardment of Gaza.
RIGHTS: Call to Try Bush
- Inter Press Service
Now that former U.S. president George W. Bush is an ordinary citizen again, many legal and human rights activists in Europe are demanding that he and high-ranking members of his government be brought before justice for crimes against humanity committed in the so-called war on terror.
BALKANS: Serbs Don't Squeal
- Inter Press Service
It would appear at first sight that Ratko Mladic, indicted for war crimes, has little to worry about. A survey shows that two-thirds of Serbs would not tip off the police about him, despite the million euros reward offered by the state.
WORLD SOCIAL FORUM: Resolution and a Plan of Action
- Inter Press Service
The World Social Forum ended its ninth edition Sunday in Belém with its 'Assembly of assemblies' adopting dozens of resolutions and proposals to be the subjects of a programme of mobilisations around the world in 2009.
INDIA: Meltdown Hits Textile Industry
- Inter Press Service
While the Indian economy has been relatively insulated from the international financial crisis, one particular sector that has been badly hit by the ongoing worldwide recession is the textiles and garments manufacturing industry.
IRAQ: Elections Could be a Telling Signpost
- Inter Press Service
After strong polling for the provincial elections Saturday, Iraqis are looking out for new signposts of political recovery from the U.S.-led invasion and occupation.
MEDIA-US: Gaza Coverage Echoed Govt Support of Israel
- Inter Press Service
U.S. television coverage of the recent three-week conflict in the Gaza Strip failed to tell both sides of the story, according to a number of media analysts.
WORLD SOCIAL FORUM: Presidents for Feminist Socialism
- Inter Press Service
'True socialism is feminist,' and is already being built, said Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez, standing next to three other South American presidents, all of them men, at a dialogue that took place Thursday at the World Social Forum (WSF).
THAILAND: Malay-Muslims Complain in Court of Torture
- Inter Press Service
A year after they were allegedly subjected to torture by the Thai army, two young men from the country’s troubled southern provinces have done what no other victim of similar abuse in the area has dared to do - go to court.
POLITICS-US: Obama Taking Hands-On Approach to Mideast
- Inter Press Service
During the three weeks of the Israel-Gaza war, then President-elect Barack Obama vowed he would be ready to engage on the Palestinian question 'on Day One' of his presidency.
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