News headlines for “Human Rights Issues”, page 1780
MIDEAST: Lebanon War More Than a Shadow
- Inter Press Service
The eerie calm reigning on the green hills of south Lebanon was broken Thursday by the sound of explosions as three Katyusha rockets were launched into Nahariya and Western Galilee areas in Israel.
POLITICS-MALAYSIA: By-Election Test For Ruling Coalition
- Inter Press Service
Prime Minister-designate Najib Razak, who succeeds Abdullah Badawi in March, faces a by-election that will test whether voters, especially majority Malays, still support the 13-party coalition government which suffered massive setbacks in general elections last year.
BRAZIL: Afro-Brazilian Religions Battle New Threats
- Inter Press Service
Millions of Brazilians usher in the new year by wading into the sea, dressed in white, scattering flowers on the water as an offering to the Afro-Brazilian deity Iemanjá, in return for her blessings for the year to come. But few of them realise that this tradition is rooted in a religion fighting for survival in the face of prejudice, racism and intolerance.
COLOMBIA: Conditions in Place for New Hostage Release
- Inter Press Service
Nearly three weeks after the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) announced that they would release six hostages, the government of right-wing President Álvaro Uribe has agreed to provide security guarantees for the operation, which is expected to take place this month.
POLITICS: U.S. Weaponry Facilitates Killings in Gaza
- Inter Press Service
The devastating Israeli firepower, unleashed largely on Palestinian civilians in Gaza during two weeks of fighting, is the product of advanced U.S. military technology.
MEDIA: Power of the Press Can Spark War and Peace
- Inter Press Service
In 2003, two journalists from Radio-Télévision Libre des Milles Collines were convicted of war crimes in the Rwanda genocide -- illustrating the dangerous role media can play by relaying hate speech or rumours during times of violent conflict.
MIDEAST: Egypt Pulls Down the Shutters on Aid
- Inter Press Service
Egyptian authorities have almost fully sealed the border with Gaza, preventing delivery of desperately needed humanitarian aid.
MIDEAST: Children Found Starving
- Inter Press Service
An international chorus of condemnation has blasted Israel over its human rights abuses in Gaza. Operation Cast Lead, into its 12th day, has now claimed the lives of over 700 Palestinians.
SRI LANKA: Outrage, Helplessness at Editor's Murder
- Inter Press Service
A controversial but powerful newspaper editor was assassinated Thursday even before outrage and dismay had died down over the ransacking of the premises of a popular radio and TV broadcaster by masked, armed men.
Q&A: 'I Feared I Could Be Killed in the Mayhem'
- Inter Press Service
A few days after U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called on Iranian authorities to take immediate measures to ensure the safety of Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Shirin Ebadi, she told IPS in a telephone interview from Tehran that police stood by and watched as her house was attacked by a mob.
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