News headlines for “Human Rights Issues”, page 1774
AUSTRALIA: Refusing to Resettle Gitmo Inmates
- Inter Press Service
Australia's rejection of Bush administration requests to accept a number of detainees currently held at the Guantánamo Bay detention centre, although supported in some quarters, is also being opposed in others.
MIDEAST: Say it Plain, Mr. President
- Inter Press Service
Europe now evidently understands what the U.S. has long understood - if you want to move Israelis on peace, you need to make them feel secure.
MIDEAST: A 'Police State' Celebrates
- Inter Press Service
The Israeli government is stepping up efforts to suppress dissent and crush resistance in the streets. Police have been videotaping the demonstrations and subsequently arresting protesters in large numbers.
MIDEAST: Gaza War Divides Arab Governments From People
- Inter Press Service
Street protests against Israel's assault on Gaza continue to be held almost daily. The anger has not ended with the ceasefire called.
MIDEAST: Ceasefire of Sorts Agreed, For Now
- Inter Press Service
One Palestinian civilian died and over a dozen rockets hit southern Israel early Sunday morning just hours after Israel implemented a unilateral ceasefire halting its three-week military incursion into Gaza.
MIDEAST: Shock, Awe, and a Belated Soul-Search
- Inter Press Service
'If only my three daughters will be the last victims of this horrible conflict,' wept Dr. Ezzadin Abu Al-Aish, a Palestinian gynaecologist recovering from his wounds in Tel Aviv's Tel Hashomer hospital. An Israeli tank shell killed three of his nine children aged 20, 15 and 14 as well as a 14-year-old niece in their home in the Jebaliya refugee camp Saturday. Israel says its forces were responding to sniper fire.
MIDEAST: U.S. Jewish Peace Lobby Isolated on Gaza
- Inter Press Service
The three-week-old war in Gaza - halted Saturday by an Israeli ceasefire - has had a polarising effect on the U.S. Jewish community, resulting in a deeper and at times acrimonious split between dovish groups that are sceptical of the Israeli military campaign, and centrist and hawkish groups that have been broadly supportive of it.
POLITICS: U.N. General Assembly Demands Ceasefire in Gaza
- Inter Press Service
As Israel's military aggression in Gaza stretched to nearly a month, the 192-member U.N. General Assembly passed a resolution Friday evening calling for an immediate ceasefire.
BOLIVIA: Christian Groups Stir Up Debate over New Constitution
- Inter Press Service
'Did you know they want to throw God out of Bolivia?' asks a television spot frequently broadcast by opponents of leftwing Bolivian President Evo Morales ahead of the Jan. 25 referendum on constitutional reform.
RIGHTS: Tasers Spread to Africa
- Inter Press Service
A French weapons firm has acknowledged for the first time that it has sold stun-guns to Senegal, where they have been reportedly used against journalists covering football matches and political protests.
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