News headlines for “Racism”, page 120
POLITICS-CHINA: Row Over Tibet Escalates
- Inter Press Service
China has sealed off Tibet with troops and demanded that the international community recognises the legitimacy of Beijing's historical claims over the Himalayan plateau, escalating a row over its policies there.
MALAYSIA: Sleaze, Betrayals, Threats Mar Politics
- Inter Press Service
Sex scandals, political betrayals, threats and anger at the once revered monarchy - suddenly politics in Malaysia, after a sterling start last year which saw a strong opposition in parliament, is taking an ominous turn.
EL SALVADOR: Guerrilla Ecotourism
- Inter Press Service
La Montañona, a forested mountain in northern El Salvador that reaches 1,800 metres above sea level, was a stronghold of the FMLN guerrillas during the country’s armed conflict. Today, its forests and stories of bombings and rebel hideouts have begun to draw ecotourism.
LIBERIA: Even the Devil is Subject to the Law
- Inter Press Service
Tiny 14-year-old Precious sits on her orphanage bed in the southern port town of Harper, accused of witchcraft six months ago and exiled from her family and nearby community. She says she was publicly beaten and tied up to burn at a stake, until the Harper police were tipped off and saved her.
Q&A: Gitmo Uighurs Highlight a Complex Ethnic Problem
- Inter Press Service
Although United States President Barack Obama was quick to order the closure of the detention facility at Guantánamo Bay soon after assuming office, the question of what to do with the roughly 175 current inmates who are unlikely to be prosecuted by the U.S. remains.
RIGHTS-US: Profiling Still Plagues Muslim Communities
- Inter Press Service
On the heels of a recent poll that found that American Muslims experience emotional turbulence due to the stereotypes and suspicion of Islam since the Sep. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, two major Muslim-American organisations issued scathing indictments of the tactics of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Department of Homeland Security.
MEDIA-THAILAND: Police Target Websites Unflattering to Royalty
- Inter Press Service
As if the country’s draconian lese-majeste laws are not harsh enough, Thailand’s thought police have another weapon, the computer crimes law, to curtail the space for free expression.
ECONOMY-CHINA: Human Rights Critics Silenced by Meltdown
- Inter Press Service
If the global economic downturn is a crisis with a silver lining for cash-rich Chinese companies intent on bargain deals, it is equally so the image-conscious government whose human right critics have been silenced by the need to cooperate with Beijing on overcoming the recession.
RIGHTS-INDIA: Moves to Scrap Hated Security Laws in Kashmir
- Inter Press Service
As political parties in Indian Kashmir debate the repeal of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) in the insurgency-hit state, civil rights activists hope that this will fructify into a withdrawal of the sweeping powers given to armed forces in this state since 1990.
ENERGY: Costa Rica Invests in Geothermal Power
- Inter Press Service
The government of Costa Rica hopes to increase its power generation by tapping into volcanic hot spots, and to that end it has introduced a controversial bill in Congress that would allow drilling into volcanoes in national parks.
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