News headlines for “Human Rights Issues”, page 1789
LABOUR-US: Demand Dries Up For On-Demand Workers
- Inter Press Service
Outside a Home Depot store, it's a typical December morning in Seattle: cool and gray with a light sprinkle falling. At 7:30, about 50 men wait at the entrances to the parking lot. Most wear jackets, jeans and work shoes, and some carry day packs with tools, water and lunch. They stand silently with hands in pockets, alone or in knots of three or four, baseball caps or sweatshirt hoods deployed against the chilly mist.
MIDEAST: Death Penalty in Palestinian Territories Alarms Rights Groups
- Inter Press Service
New York-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) has sent urgent letters to Palestinian leaders in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, urging them to commute the death sentences of 11 Palestinians currently awaiting execution.
ENVIRONMENT-PHILIPPINES: Aerial Spraying Case - Profits Vs Public Health
- Inter Press Service
Cecilia Moran never thought that she would one day have to give up farming owing to poor health. She grew up helping her father tend a family-owned plot in Davao province. The sale of such produce as rice, corn, coconut and durian in the local market took care of family needs.
IRAQ: It Could be More Than Three Years to US Departure
- Inter Press Service
Washington and Baghdad signed a security agreement earlier this month allowing the U.S. to maintain a military presence in Iraq for another three years. But while Baghdad officials hailed the pact as the 'beginning of the end' of the U.S.-led occupation, Egyptian commentators -- like much of the Iraqi opposition -- say the agreement simply reflects U.S. strategic interests.
EUROPE: 'Double Standards on Trade'
- Inter Press Service
Double standards are being applied in the way that the European Union awards trade preferences to poor countries, an African exporters grouping has alleged.
RIGHTS: 'Sodomy Laws' Rooted in British Colonialism
- Inter Press Service
Although 66 countries signed a statement at the United Nations on Dec. 19 affirming that human rights protections extend to sexual orientation and gender identity, activists note that dozens of nations still criminalise homosexuality and seven impose the death penalty.
RIGHTS: Mercenaries At Large in Colombia
- Inter Press Service
Mercenaries hired by private military and security companies are playing an increasingly broad range of roles in Latin America, such as guarding mines, borders, prisons, and now humanitarian aid, said the members of the United Nations Working Group on the use of mercenaries at a meeting in this Swiss city.
PARAGUAY: Indigenous Minister - First Casualty of Lugo Cabinet
- Inter Press Service
The first indigenous person to hold a ministerial post in Paraguay became the first casualty of the cabinet of President Fernando Lugo.
RELIGION: Liberal and Conservative Anglicans Fall Out - and Apart?
- Inter Press Service
On the brink of a split in the global Anglican Communion that no one is eager to enlarge on, the Province of the Southern Cone of South America has become a temporary refuge for conservative bishops from the United States who refuse to countenance the liberal positions taken by the Church in their country.
RIGHTS-PHILIPPINES: Stalled Talks With Muslim Rebels Hard on Civilians
- Inter Press Service
With the government insisting that the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) in conflict-ridden Mindanao disarm prior to resumption of peace talks -- and the rebels refusing to do so -- prospects for quick resettlement of some 300,000 internally displaced people (IDP) seem bleak.
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