News headlines for “Human Rights Issues”, page 1776
PARAGUAY: New Insurgent Group or Framing of Rural Activists?
- Inter Press Service
Whether or not the so-called Paraguayan People’s Army (EPP) -- which claimed responsibility for the recent theft of arms from a remote military post -- actually exists is a subject of debate among activists, academics and political leaders in Paraguay.
PARAGUAY: New Insurgent Group or Framing of Rural Activists?
- Inter Press Service
Whether or not the so-called Paraguayan People’s Army (EPP) -- which claimed responsibility for the recent theft of arms from a remote military post -- actually exists is a subject of debate among activists, academics and political leaders in Paraguay.
POLITICS-DR CONGO: Talks Resume
- Inter Press Service
Direct talks between the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) government and rebels have resumed in Nairobi with discussions on a joint cessation of hostilities currently underway. The talks seek to bring calm to the troubled eastern part of the country.
DR CONGO: Speak to the Real Authors of the War
- Inter Press Service
Each episode of the Democratic Republic of Congo's long-running civil war has weighed particularly heavily on women, yet women have relatively little voice in the negotiations for peace.
TRINIDAD: President in Power Grab, Citizen Groups Say
- Inter Press Service
As it stands now, the office of the president of Trinidad and Tobago is largely ceremonial. But if the draft document on a new constitution released by the Patrick Manning government last week is anything to go by, that could change dramatically.
MIDEAST: Thousand Deaths Do Not Put Off EU
- Inter Press Service
Senior European Union figures have signalled that they could push ahead with plans to strengthen formal ties with Israel, even though more than 1,000 have now been killed by the bombardment of Gaza
RIGHTS: New U.S. Leadership Offers Ray of Hope
- Inter Press Service
As human rights abuses continue around the world, global power shifts have created new coalitions that often successfully seek to deflect criticisms of their own and their allies' human rights records, says the comprehensive annual report issued by Human Rights Watch (HRW).
MIDEAST: Malaysia Exercised Over Gaza
- Inter Press Service
As an economically advanced country that seeks a key role in the Muslim world, it is perhaps natural that Malaysia and its people are exercised over Israel’s war in the Palestinian enclave of Gaza.
MIDEAST: Olmert Piles Up the Pressure
- Inter Press Service
In the face of U.S. denials, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's office confirmed Wednesday that he personally intervened to ensure that the U.S. abstained from voting on UN Security Council Resolution 1860 last week.
RELIGION-INDIA: Reviving Buddhism Where It Was Born
- Inter Press Service
Over 50 years ago, the author of India’s constitution, B. R. Ambedkar, set in motion a Buddhist socio-political movement which many believe is now ready to fructify through Mayawati, chief minister of northern Uttar Pradesh, India’s most populous state.
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