News headlines for “War on Terror”, page 55
AFGHANISTAN: Child Rapist Police Return Behind U.S., UK Troops
- Inter Press Service
The strategy of the major U.S. and British military offensive in Afghanistan's Helmand province aimed at wresting it from the Taliban is based on bringing back Afghan army and police to maintain permanent control of the population, so the foreign forces can move on to another insurgent stronghold.
RIGHTS-US: Judge Slams Govt Over Afghan Detainee
- Inter Press Service
A federal judge last week excoriated U.S. government lawyers for advocating the continued detention of a detainee at Guantanamo Bay after his "confession" was ruled inadmissible because it was extracted through torture.
RIGHTS-ETHIOPIA: Fears Over New Anti-Terror Law
- Inter Press Service
A little over 18 years ago, when the ruling Ethiopian Peoples Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) came to power, people were so eager to exercise democracy that even children started to challenge their parents saying 'this is my democratic right'. Perhaps it was too good to last.
U.S.: Obama Restores U.S. Intl Image to Pre-Bush Era
- Inter Press Service
President Barack Obama has restored Washington's image virtually everywhere around the world close to the levels it enjoyed before former President George W. Bush took power in 2001, according to a major new international survey released here Thursday by the Pew Global Attitudes Project (GAP).
Q&A: 'Too Many People Don't Want the Truth on CIA Flights to Come Out'
- Inter Press Service
Throughout her varied career as a political leader in Portugal, Member of the European Parliament (MEP) and ambassador, Ana Gomes has been a distinguished and tireless fighter for what she defines as 'just causes.' The target of her criticism now is the shelving of an investigation in her country into secret CIA rendition flights.
UGANDA: Rights Group Protests Indefinite Detentions
- Inter Press Service
A prominent human rights group is demanding the release or trials of five Ugandan detainees held by military intelligence for up to 16 months.
CANADA: Afghanistan Exit Could Bring Escalated Air War
- Inter Press Service
Amid reports that the Barack Obama administration is quietly lobbying the Conservative government in Ottawa to keep Canadian troops in Afghanistan's Kandahar province beyond 2011, Stephen Harper is finding himself in an increasingly awkward dilemma.
US-AFGHANISTAN: Group Seeks Probe of Mass Graves
- Inter Press Service
A prominent human rights group is calling on the U.S. Department of Justice to investigate why the administration of former President George W. Bush blocked three different probes into war crimes in Afghanistan where as many as 2,000 surrendered Taliban fighters were reportedly suffocated in container trucks and then buried in a mass grave by Afghan forces operating jointly with U.S. forces.
YEMEN: Problems Go Far Beyond Narrow U.S. Focus on Terror
- Inter Press Service
Yemen's recent reappearance on the U.S. radar due to its reputation as a safe haven for al Qaeda has brought more attention to the country of 23 million and its persistent underlying problems the least of which may be terrorism.
RIGHTS-US: Acquittal No Guarantee of Freedom
- Inter Press Service
Lawmakers and human rights advocates are questioning the assertion by the administration of President Barack Obama that Guantanamo terror suspects could be imprisoned indefinitely even if they are found not guilty by a U.S. court.
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