News headlines for “War on Terror”, page 65
RIGHTS-CAMBODIA: Khmer Rouge Custodial Torture Exposed
- Inter Press Service
On a recent morning, tourists who visited a former high school in this city, turned into an infamous torture chamber during the brutal rule of the Khmer Rouge regime in the mid-1970s, were in for a surprise the presence of a man who lived to tell the tale.
MEDIA-PAKISTAN: Pondering Risks Covering Conflict, Crime, Corruption
- Inter Press Service
The main issue before the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) meeting over the weekend in the central Punjab city of Faisalabad is the threat faced by journalists in this conflict-ridden South Asian country.
POLITICS-US: : Some Strategists Cast Doubt on Afghan War Rationale
- Inter Press Service
The argument for deeper U.S. military commitment to the Afghan War invoked by President Barack Obama in his first major policy statement on Afghanistan and Pakistan Friday - that al Qaeda must be denied a safe haven in Afghanistan - has been not been subjected to public debate in Washington.
JAPAN: Tensions Rise Over North Korean Rocket
- Inter Press Service
Japan’s Self-Defence Forces (SDF) have been readied to shoot down a North Korean satellite-fitted rocket if it disintegrates or veers over its territories early next month.
U.S.: Obama Affirms New Focus on Afghanistan, Pakistan
- Inter Press Service
In what marks a significant escalation in U.S. involvement in Afghanistan and Pakistan, President Barack Obama Friday outlined what he called a 'comprehensive, new strategy' for the two countries to fight al Qaeda and its local allies.
MIDEAST-US: Freezing Out Hamas No Longer Viable, Pundits Say
- Inter Press Service
A new report from a New York-based think tank and delivered to U.S. President Barack Obama by a signatory who is also a current adviser recommends that Washington forcefully reinsert itself into the Palestinian-Israeli peace process, calling for 'a more pragmatic approach to Hamas.'
Q&A: Cambodians Look Beyond Khmer Rouge Trials
- Inter Press Service
While the trial of the notorious jailor of the genocidal Khmer Rouge regime is expected to break new legal ground in Cambodia, justice is not all that people here expect to come out of the war crimes tribunal.
EAST TIMOR: Case Backlog Worries New Prosecutor General
- Inter Press Service
East Timor’s new prosecutor general, Ana Pessoa, says that she is ready to 'strengthen’’ her office through ‘’first of all trying to understand why there are so many pending cases'.
RIGHTS-US: Obama Faces Spate of 'Terror War' Lawsuits
- Inter Press Service
Human rights lawyers are proving to be a major headache for the new administration of President Barack Obama, stepping up court challenges on issues of prisoner abuse to test the reality of the president’s pledge to create a 'an unprecedented level of openness' in government.
RIGHTS-AUSTRALIA: Tough Terror Laws Part of Routine Policing?
- Inter Press Service
Civil libertarians are concerned that significant powers wielded by authorities in order to conduct investigations into terrorism-related activities are being normalised and made available for less serious crimes.
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