News headlines for “Human Rights Issues”, page 1783
POLITICS: Obama Enigmatic on Mideast Crisis
- Inter Press Service
As U.S. President-elect Barack Obama settles into Washington and meets with congressional leaders about his stimulus plan, he and his incoming administration remain silent about the intensifying crisis in the Gaza Strip.
MIDEAST: Civilians Flee Homes in Encircled Gaza
- Inter Press Service
Civilians are fleeing their homes as Israel continues to blanket-bomb a now encircled Gaza.
INDIA: /CORRECTED REPEAT*/ New Leader Brings Hope for Peace in Kashmir
- Inter Press Service
As tensions brew between India and Pakistan, a newly elected provincial government, led by the regional, pro-India National Conference (NC) party, has taken over the reins in Jammu and Kashmir -- a territory whose ownership has long been disputed by Pakistan.
INDIA: New Leader Brings Hope for Peace in Kashmir
- Inter Press Service
As tensions brew between India and Pakistan, a newly elected provincial government, led by the regional, pro-India National Conference (NC) party, has taken over the reins in Jammu and Kashmir -- a territory whose ownership has long been disputed by Pakistan.
MIDEAST: U.N. Diplomats Frustrated at Gaza Impasse
- Inter Press Service
Disappointed with the Security Council's inaction regarding the worsening situation in Gaza, diplomats from numerous nations of the global South are close to taking the case of Israeli aggression to the U.N. General Assembly.
FILM: 1982 Massacre Rendered Through Dark, Distorted Lens
- Inter Press Service
Recently opened in wide release in the United States, Ari Folman's new animated documentary detailing Israeli involvement in the Sabra and Shatila massacre sheds new light on the Israeli side of that conflict, as well as the one unfolding today.
POLITICS: Bush Plan Eliminated Obstacle to Gaza Assault
- Inter Press Service
Until mid-2007, there was a serious political obstacle to a massive conventional war by Israel against Hamas in Gaza: the fact that Hamas had won free and fair elections for the Palestinian parliament and was still the leading faction in a fully legitimate government.
INDIA: Delivers Diplomatic Ultimatum to Pakistan
- Inter Press Service
India’s Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee said Monday that his government has delivered a dossier to Pakistan containing evidence of the involvement of Pakistanis in the Mumbai massacre -- an act that strategic experts say amounts to an ultimatum to bring the perpetrators to Indian justice.
NEPAL: Army-Rebel Integration Hangs Fire
- Inter Press Service
Two years after Maoist fighters put aside their arms and agreed to place themselves in United Nations-monitored camps, the issue of integrating them into the regular Nepal army as part of a peace process hangs fire.
GREECE: Ask for Rights, Get Acid on the Face
- Inter Press Service
Around midnight Dec. 22, Decheva Elena Kuneva, a Bulgarian living in Greece since 2001, finished her shift and made her way home. For four years she had worked as a cleaner in the city railways, as employee of a company contracted by the public enterprise.
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