News headlines for “Human Rights Issues”, page 1784
MIDEAST: Israel Invades Gaza, Blocks Ceasefire
- Inter Press Service
Israel launched a ground incursion into Gaza late Saturday night, ending a week of speculation whether a ground assault would follow a week's intensive bombardment of Gaza from the air and coast.
MIDEAST: In a Battle for Legitimacy
- Inter Press Service
A confident Israel launched the second half of its war against Hamas in Gaza self-assured that it has already secured two central components of the war: the reaffirmation of its right to self-defence, and the legitimacy of its military action. The latter, Israel reckons, derives directly from the modesty, not necessarily of the scope of the operation (the most extensive against Palestinians in 40 years), but of its declared war goals.
MIDEAST: U.S. Branch of Amnesty Calls on Rice to Drop 'Lopsided' Stance
- Inter Press Service
The U.S. section of Amnesty International sent an 'urgent' letter Friday to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, calling on her to end what it called Washington's 'lopsided response' to the ongoing Israeli air strikes on Gaza that have reportedly killed more than 400 Palestinians, including scores of unarmed civilians.
IRAN: ‘I Want to Present a Different View of the Women in My Country’
- Inter Press Service
The U.S. government’s calls for civil society to work for 'regime change' in Iran has increased pressure on activists on the ground who are engaged in a peaceful process of improving their society and addressing social problems, according to Sussan Tahmasebi, a prominent women’s right activist in Iran who has not been allowed to leave the country for the past two years.
RIGHTS-EL SALVADOR: Impunity Defies Inter-American Court
- Inter Press Service
The Inter-American Court of Human Rights ordered the Salvadoran state to fully comply with its sentence in the case of the murder of businessman Mauricio García Prieto, and to put an end to threats and harassment of the victim’s parents by government agents.
POLITICS-BANGLADESH: Hasina Can Lay to Rest Ghosts of the Past
- Inter Press Service
With a stunning landslide victory under her belt, prime minister-elect Sheikh Hasina Wajed has a second opportunity to put the ghosts of the past to rest and release Bangladesh from a cycle of crises that has plagued this country since its violent birth in 1971.
MIDEAST: Media Banned From Gaza as Humanitarian Crisis Escalates
- Inter Press Service
Israel is again preventing journalists from entering Gaza to report first-hand on the escalating crisis there as its military operation, codenamed Operation Cast Lead, enters its fifth day.
MIDEAST: Israel Looking to Silence Hamas Forever
- Inter Press Service
This is the most senseless of all the wars that Palestinians and Israelis have fought, says Israeli President Shimon Peres. The futility, he suggests, stems from the Hamas insistence, ever since Israel withdrew from Gaza in 2005, on continuing to shell Israeli towns and villages.
MIDEAST: Egypt Seen as Complicit in Gaza Assault
- Inter Press Service
As the Palestinian death toll approaches 400, much of popular anger throughout the Arab world has been directed at Egypt -- seen by many as complicit in the Israeli campaign.
MIDEAST: Peace Process Blown to Bits
- Inter Press Service
Formally, the Israeli-Palestinian 'peace process' appears set to continue, in line with the last UN Security Council (UNSC) resolution. But the chances of finding a resolution are virtually nil in light of Israel's new campaign against the Gaza Strip.
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