Global Issues
News headlines for “Human Rights Issues”, page 554
WORLD PRESS FREEDOM DAY 2020
- Inter Press Service
Apr 29 (IPS) - MEDIA WORLDWIDE is facing crises on multiple fronts, exacerbated by the COVID19 pandemic. Reporters without Borders released its 2020 World Press Freedom Index on April 21st, noting that the Coronavirus is being used by authoritarian governments to implement "shock doctrine" measures that would be impossible in normal times.
As Coronavirus Spreads, No Journalist Should be Sidelined in Prison
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON DC, Apr 28 (IPS) - The international community will commemorate World Press Freedom Day on May 3—which was proclaimed by the UN General Assembly back in December 1993, following a recommendation by the UNESCO's General Conference.
On World Press Freedom Day, the EU Must Rescue Media Independence in Hungary Before It’s Too Late
- Inter Press Service
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, Apr 27 (IPS) - Censorship, smear campaigns and harassment. These are just some of the daily struggles that media professionals are facing in Hungary. And now the threat of jail time may be looming. In the context of World Press Freedom Day, there is little to celebrate in the Eastern Bloc region.
Ensuring Russia’s Sex Workers’ Rights Essential for Wider Gender Equality
- Inter Press Service
BRATISLAVA, Apr 27 (IPS) - Ensuring sex workers' rights was essential, not just for the workers themselves, but for any country's wider society, including public healthDespite seeing a shift in attitudes towards them in recent years, Russian sex workers say they continue to struggle with marginalisation and criminalisation which poses a danger to them and the wider public.
Thandika Mkandawire, Pan-Africanist Par Excellence
- Inter Press Service
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Apr 27 (IPS) - Thandika Mkandawire (1940-2020) had a wicked sense of humour. But he was so considerate that he often made himself the butt of his jokes which typically had a moral. When others struggled to pronounce his surname, he would help them out, "Me kinda weary".
Why Covid-19 Choices Are Critical for Children
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Apr 24 (IPS) - Children may escape the worst symptoms of Covid-19 and suffer lower mortality rates, but for millions, the pandemic will have devastating effects.
A Global Crisis Like No Other Needs a Global Response Like No Other
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON DC, Apr 22 (IPS) - I have been saying for a while that this is a ‘crisis like no other.' It is:
- More complex, with interlinked shocks to our health and our economies that have brought our way of life to an-almost complete stop;
- More uncertain, as we are learning only gradually how to treat the novel virus, make containment most effective, and restart our economies; and
- Truly global. Pandemics don't respect borders, neither do the economic shocks they cause.
Coronavirus, New Threat for Mexican Migrant Workers in the U.S.
- Inter Press Service
MEXICO CITY, Apr 21 (IPS) - As the high season for agricultural labour in the United States approaches, tens of thousands of migrant workers from Mexico are getting ready to head to the fields in their northern neighbour to carry out the work that ensures that food makes it to people's tables.
Dying for a Better Life - How Rohingya Refugees Risk their Lives to Cross into Malaysia
- Inter Press Service
COX'S BAZAR, Apr 21 (IPS) - Last week almost 400 Rohingyas were rescued off the coast of Bangladesh after being at sea for two months after their boat failed to reach Malaysia. But the case is not a new one as each month thousands board boats from refugee camps in Bangladesh in an attempt to irregularly migrate to Malaysia.
As US Unemployment Hits a Staggering 22 Million, Will UN Layoffs Be Far Behind?
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Apr 17 (IPS) - The deadly coronavirus COVID-19, which has shut down the UN secretariat in New York, along with 32 of its agencies globally, has forced over 37,500 UN staffers worldwide to work from their homes.
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