News headlines for “Human Rights Issues”, page 1786
BURMA: New Thai Policies Not Junta-Friendly
- Inter Press Service
If Burma's military regime is showing signs of worry about the change of guard that has taken place in neighbouring Thailand, there are good reasons.
PERU: Coffee Growers Cultivate Education
- Inter Press Service
"Without coffee there is no future," say coffee growers in the Selva Alta, in the central Peruvian region of Junín, where they are setting up schools near their farms so that their children don't abandon their studies.
MIDEAST: Israeli Attack Seen as Complicating Obama’s Plans
- Inter Press Service
Israel’s massive three-day aerial assault on Gaza is likely to complicate President-elect Barack Obama’s hopes of aggressively pursuing Israeli- Palestinian peace negotiations, and risk inflicting greater damage to Washington’s standing in the Arab world, according to most analysts here.
RIGHTS-PERU: Advocates of Military Impunity, Back on the Bench
- Inter Press Service
Members of the military and one police officer who sat on military tribunals and covered up for alleged human rights violators during the authoritarian regime of Alberto Fujimori (1990-2000) have been reappointed as military judges by Peruvian President Alan García.
POLITICS: Security Council Mildly Rebukes Israel’s Gaza Attacks
- Inter Press Service
After an emergency closed-door session Sunday night, the 15-member Security Council issued a politically bland statement expressing 'serious concern' over the devastating Israeli air strikes on Gaza and calling for an 'immediate halt to all violence.'
THAILAND: Taking Lese-Majeste Laws Seriously
- Inter Press Service
Until late August, Harry Niccolaides was just one of thousands of foreigners working in Thailand as English teachers. But now the 41-year-old Australian national is behind bars, charged with violating this kingdom’s draconian lese majeste laws.
EUROPE: Roma Pay the Price for Far-Right Rise
- Inter Press Service
The alarm bell is ringing in Central Europe: as the region braces itself for an economic crisis, extremism grows and gains popular sympathy by targeting the Roma.
RIGHTS-NEPAL: Maoists Attack Journos, Threaten Media Freedom
- Inter Press Service
When Kunda Dixit, editor of the ‘Nepali Times’ and 12 other staff members of the Himalmedia publishing house were attacked and injured by supporters of Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist (CPN-M), a week ago, it was a sign that Nepal’s ruling party intends to influence the media through intimidation.
BANGLADESH: Corrupt Politicians, Cleaner Polls
- Inter Press Service
Bangladesh goes to polls on Monday after a military-backed interim government spent two years trying to cleanse the country's electoral system of fraud and get rid of rampant corruption in public life.
MIDEAST: Gaza Carnage Sets West Bank Aflame
- Inter Press Service
Anger, shock and revulsion at the continuing carnage in Gaza has ignited spontaneous demonstrations and riots across the West Bank and Israel, sparking concerns of a possible third Palestinian uprising or Intifadah.
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