News headlines for “Human Rights Issues”, page 1782
SRI LANKA: 'Attacks on Media Will Continue'
- Inter Press Service
It was typical of what Sri Lankan media has been facing over the years: a pre-dawn raid on a media house, employees beaten up and costly equipment destroyed. Maharaja TV, the latest victim, was also promised the routine, impartial inquiry by the government.
MIDEAST: Israel May Face Charges for War Crimes
- Inter Press Service
Israel has committed war crimes and should be prosecuted in an international court, says Raji Sourani, head of the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) in Gaza.
CUBA: Racism - 'Taboo, Complicated and Thorny' Issue
- Inter Press Service
The persistence of racism in Cuba is disturbing to some of the island's thinkers, who are calling for a debate on the problem in this country, where equal rights have not guaranteed equal opportunities for all social groups.
MIDEAST: Israel Ponders End to Offensive
- Inter Press Service
'Unlike the Qana tragedy in 1996 which brought about an immediate end to the Israeli offensive in southern Lebanon, Tuesday night's Israeli shelling of the Fakhura UNWRA school will not bring about an abrupt cessation of the Israeli military campaign,' says analyst Chemi Shalev in the Wednesday morning edition of Israel Today. 'But it will definitely accelerate the diplomatic pressure for a ceasefire.'
MIDEAST: Obama Silence 'Ends Hopes From U.S.'
- Inter Press Service
With the Israeli assault on the Gaza Strip now in its second week -- and as the Palestinian death toll approaches 600 -- U.S. president-elect Barack Obama has continued to remain silent. Obama's reticence, say Egyptian commentators, indicates that he will be no more even-handed on the issue of Palestine than preceding U.S. administrations.
MIDEAST: Israel Attacks Schools, Ambulances
- Inter Press Service
At least 42 Palestinians sheltering in a UN school in the Jabaliya refugee camp near Gaza city were killed Tuesday afternoon after two Israeli tanks shells exploded outside the school.
TRINIDAD: Where Are the Missing People?
- Inter Press Service
When 15-year-old Devika Lalman left her home a few days before Christmas to buy school supplies for the new academic term, her parents had taken all the necessary precautions to ensure her safety.
RIGHTS-ARGENTINA: 'Young and Poor' at Risk from Trigger-Happy Police
- Inter Press Service
In the 25 years since the end of one of the bloodiest dictatorships in the history of Latin America, Argentina has racked up a total of 2,557 deaths from abuses in police stations and prisons, summary executions or trigger-happy police, according to an organisation for families of the victims.
PERU: Foreign Drug Mules Can Serve Sentences at Home
- Inter Press Service
Two couriers from the Netherlands caught trying to smuggle 3.2 kilos of cocaine out of Peru may now be able to serve out their sentences in their own country.
RIGHTS-PAKISTAN: Awaiting Gitmo's Closure
- Inter Press Service
'I’ve thought a lot about what my first meeting with my father will be like after all these years. I don’t know how I’d react. I don’t even know what to expect,'' said Muneeza Paracha, 26, daughter of Saifullah Paracha, incarcerated at Guantanamo Bay since September 2004.
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