News headlines for “Racism”, page 123
CULTURE-NIGERIA: Award-Winning Film Lands Director in Jail
- Inter Press Service
The first time I visited award-winning Northern Nigerian filmmaker Hamisu Lamido Iyan-Tama in prison, a week after his arrest, the former Kano State gubernatorial candidate seemed to be in high spirits.
PHILIPPINES: Rapist US Marine’s Custody - Women’s Group Sceptical
- Inter Press Service
A 'one-step victory' was how a women’s rights group described a decision handed down by the Supreme Court (SC) this week on a controversial rape case involving a United States serviceman.
PAKISTAN: Opening the A. Q. Khan Can of Worms
- Inter Press Service
The release of Pakistani rogue nuclear scientist, Abdul Qadeer Khan, underlines major issues confronting Pakistan -and indeed the world - ranging from nuclear proliferation to governance, corruption, hypocrisy, and how public opinion is shaped by falsehoods.
INDIA: Awaiting Pakistan's Official Response to Mumbai
- Inter Press Service
Five weeks after India handed over a dossier to Islamabad containing detailed evidence on the Nov. 26-29 Mumbai terror attacks, Pakistan has finally promised an official response, based on investigations by its Federal Investigation Agency (FIA).
JAMAICA: Women Cheer Ban on Sexually Degrading Song Lyrics
- Inter Press Service
It's the latest dance craze here and many artists have hopped on the bandwagon. But when the latest 'daggering' song hit the airwaves, government, broadcast regulators, civil society and others in Jamaica said enough is enough.
AGRICULTURE-INDIA: Looking Beyond Wheat and Rice
- Inter Press Service
Food security experts say India must wean itself away from dependence on wheat and rice and look to the sub-continent’s rich agro-diversity in order to address the kind of food crisis that hit the country last year - as well as longer-standing nutrition deficiency issues.
CULTURE: Filmmakers Probe Multiple Identities, Partitions
- Inter Press Service
A German teacher of Visual Cultures and studying documentaries in India organises a film screening in Pakistan. A Pakistani produces an innovative short film series featuring work from India, Pakistan and Britain.
POLITICS-MALAYSIA: Opposition Loses Perak, Claims Moral Victory
- Inter Press Service
During a tense press conference, in the midst of the current constitutional crisis in this state, peninsualar Malaysia's second largest, a reporter's MP3 recorder/handphone began ringing.
/CORRECTED REPEAT*/ RIGHTS-CHINA: Path to Modernisation Disastrous - Charter 08
- Inter Press Service
When China’s human rights record comes up for review before a key United Nations panel on Monday, this nominally communist country will have two contrasting accounts of its human rights situation.
RIGHTS-CHINA: Path to Modernisation Disastrous - Charter 08
- Inter Press Service
When China’s human rights record comes up for review before a key United Nations panel on Monday, this nominally communist country have two contrasting two contrasting accounts of its human rights situation.
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