News headlines for “Human Rights Issues”, page 1795
RIGHTS-BURMA: Junta Turns Blind Eye to Rising Landmine Casualties
- Inter Press Service
Thanks to the callousness of its military rulers, Burma has aacquired another unenviable statistic. It has replaced Cambodia as the country with the highest annual number of landmine victims in the region.
EUROPE: Colombia Given a Trade Lease
- Inter Press Service
Less than a week after the European Commission promised to study whether trade preferences granted to Colombia should be revoked because of the country's human rights record, Brussels officials have decided to extend the preferences for a further two years.
PARAGUAY: Strides in Human Rights
- Inter Press Service
The government’s recognition of the human rights violations committed by the dictatorship of General Alfredo Stroessner (1954-1989) was the most outstanding achievement this year, according to a new Human Rights Report on Paraguay.
RIGHTS-COLOMBIA: A Special Case for the UN
- Inter Press Service
Whether for its extreme violence, its potential for undermining order in a large part of society or its effects on the United Nations human rights system, Colombia is at the centre of attention of the international community.
RIGHTS: Politics Still Reign Over Principles at U.N.
- Inter Press Service
The United Nations Wednesday commemorated the 60th anniversary of the landmark Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) against the backdrop of widespread political repression -- most notably in Zimbabwe, Sudan, Burma (Myanmar), Iraq, Afghanistan and in the Israeli-occupied territories of West Bank and Gaza.
COMMODITIES-COFFEE: A Quiet Christmas Week on the London Markets
- Inter Press Service
LONDON, Dic 30 (IPS) - All markets have been very quiet in the Christmas holiday period with only a few days of trading this week.
COMMODITIES-METALS: Copper Soars Through 3,000-Dollar Mark
- Inter Press Service
LONDON, Dic 30 (IPS) - Base metal markets had a busy post- Christmas market with copper soaring through the psychologically- important 3,000 dollars a tonne barrier for three-month basis.
AGRICULTURE-MOZAMBIQUE: FAMINE LOOMS
- Inter Press Service
MAPUTO, Dic 29 (IPS) - MOZAMBIQUE HAS BEEN BRACING ITSELF FOR ANOTHER DROUGHT AS LATE AND INADEQUATE RAINS PROMISE POOR HARVESTS THROUGHOUT THE SOUTHERN AFRICAN SUB-REGION.
ZAMBIA-AGRICULTURE: FOOD SHORTAGE SPARKS UNREST
- Inter Press Service
LUSAKA, Dic 29 (IPS) - RIOT POLICE HAVE BEEN DEPLOYED IN THE STREETS OF TWO MAJOR TOWNS IN NORTHERN ZAMBIA, WHERE A SEVERE GRAIN SHORTAGE HAS CAUSED PANIC AMONG RESIDENTS.
COMMODITIES-COFFEE: Return of Retention Scheme Jolts Market
- Inter Press Service
LONDON, Dic 23 (IPS) - Coffee futures hit turbulent trading this week after Latin American coffee producers announced that they are to restart withholding exports in order to raise prices.
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