News headlines for “Human Rights Issues”, page 1787
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.
MIDEAST: Israeli Attacks Shatter Gaza
- Inter Press Service
At least 300 Palestinians have been killed and more than 900 wounded as Israel continues to carry out its severest military attack on Gaza since the 1967 Arab-Israeli war.
PAKISTAN: Like Other Assassinations Bhutto's Remains a Mystery
- Inter Press Service
'The chapter is closed, and the Pakistan People’s Party [PPP] is dead. It doesn’t matter who killed her,' said Mohammad Sharif, a young driver working for a voluntary agency, referring to former prime minister Benazir Bhutto’s assassination on Dec. 27 last year.
Q&A: Israel Bars Credible Observers from Gaza
- Inter Press Service
The U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay last week lambasted the Israeli government for detaining and expelling a human rights expert, Richard Falk, who was on a U.N.-mandated assignment to probe the human rights situation in the occupied territories.
RIGHTS-SRI LANKA: 'Do They Know It's Christmas?'
- Inter Press Service
The eight rows of pews at St. Fatima’s church in Colombo were mostly empty despite the festive look from Christmas decorations.
BULGARIA: Students Demand an Environment for Education
- Inter Press Service
The killing of a student in front of a nightclub in Studentski Grad (Student City) in Sofia has brought to the fore the chaotic and insecure living conditions of tens of thousands of students housed in the quarters.
PERU: Undocumented War Survivors to Regain Identity Cards
- Inter Press Service
More than half a million Peruvians who lost their personal documents during the 1980-2000 civil war will no longer have to assume the often impossible task of proving their identities, thanks to a new law.
BOOKS-US: Dick Cheney, Master Bureaucrat
- Inter Press Service
While lazier caricatures have always cast Vice-President Dick Cheney as the puppet-master pulling George W. Bush’s strings, it is the image of Cheney as master bureaucrat that provides the real key to understanding his power.
MEXICO: Gays Defend Their Right to Be Catholic
- Inter Press Service
Social activists and members of 'unusual couples,' as the Catholic Church calls gay, lesbian and transsexual unions, are discussing possible actions to be taken on Jan. 13-18, 2009 when Mexico hosts the Sixth World Meeting of Families organised by the Vatican.
INDIA: Kashmiri Women Repose Faith in Electoral Politics
- Inter Press Service
With voting for the provincial elections in Indian Kashmir safely over, observers say that what was remarkable about the process -- apart from its relative peacefulness -- was the active participation of women in a Muslim-majority state.
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