News headlines for “War on Terror”, page 68
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.
U.S.: Military Dominance in Mideast Proven a Costly Myth
- Inter Press Service
The arguments for maintaining a major U.S. combat force in Iraq at least through 2011, escalating U.S. military involvement in Afghanistan and assuming a confrontational stance toward Iran appear to assume that the United States remains the dominant military power in the region.
POLITICS-US: Senate Committee Weighs 'Truth Commission'
- Inter Press Service
In a preview of the heated divisions likely be triggered by the formation of a 'truth commission' to investigate detainee interrogation, warrantless wiretapping and other alleged violations during the administration of President George W. Bush, witnesses before a Senate committee Wednesday characterised such a body as either a 'profoundly bad idea' or 'critically important to avoiding the mistakes of the past.'
RIGHTS-US: Lawsuits Challenge Charity Blacklisting
- Inter Press Service
In two court cases that could test the limits of the Barack Obama administration’s executive authority as well as its commitment to transparency, human rights lawyers are challenging the government’s right to use information obtained through warrantless wiretapping as evidence and to shut down charitable organisations without allowing them to defend themselves.
SOUTH ASIA: Terrorists Aim for Destabilisation, Media Attention
- Inter Press Service
South Asia seems to be caught in a vortex of violence as the countries that form this region - from Sri Lanka at the southern-most tip, Bangladesh to the east, Nepal crowning the north, Pakistan along the west and India in the middle - deal with internal nightmares that their governments routinely blame on neighbours.
RIGHTS-US: El-Marri Lawyers Seek Supreme Court Review
- Inter Press Service
Lawyers for imprisoned 'enemy combatant' Ali Saleh Kahlah al-Marri are vowing to press the U.S. Supreme Court to hear their case even though al-Marri was suddenly transferred to the civilian justice system after more than five years in solitary confinement in a military brig.
RIGHTS-US: El-Marri Lawyers Seek Supreme Court Review
- Inter Press Service
Lawyers for imprisoned 'enemy combatant' Ali Saleh Kahlah al-Marri are vowing to press the U.S. Supreme Court to hear their case even though al-Marri was suddenly transferred to the civilian justice system after more than five years in solitary confinement in a military brig.
KOREAS: 'Missile Rattling Won't Work'
- Inter Press Service
South Korean President Lee Myung-bak warned leaders in North Korea on Sunday that it would be counterproductive for Pyongyang to pursue a path involving the development of missiles that threaten its neighbours.
POLITICS: US Allies Overlook Dutch Foe of Islam's Far Right Ties
- Inter Press Service
The fiercely anti-Islam Dutch MP Geert Wilders has been traveling through the U.S. this week on a highly-publicised trip to meet with politicians, promote his controversial film ‘Fitna’, and raise money for his legal defence back home.
RIGHTS: Britain Admits Complicity in U.S. Rendition
- Inter Press Service
In a stunning reversal, Britain’s government admitted Wednesday that it participated in the ‘extraordinary rendition’ to Afghanistan of two terror suspects captured in Iraq.
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