Global Issues
News headlines for “Geopolitics”, page 1310
Taiwanese Activists Cold to Human Rights Claims
- Inter Press Service
The first official national human rights report issued by Taiwan’s rightist Chinese Nationalist Party (Kuomintang or KMT) government disappointed civil society and human rights advocates, who have described the document as 'an empty shell' and 'insincere'.
‘Anti-Terror’ Laws Haunt Pakistan’s Unionists
- Inter Press Service
As International Labour Day approaches, rights groups in Pakistan are redoubling their efforts to win freedom for six incarcerated union leaders in Faisalabad, the country’s textile hub, who are currently serving a combined jail term of 590 years for supposedly violating the country’s ‘anti-terror’ laws.
Economic Crisis Hits Gender Budgeting
- Inter Press Service
Worldwide, women are largely responsible for managing family budgets, controlling 65 percent of global spending. But, women’s needs are often ignored when it comes to government budgeting, delegates at an international meet in the Turkish capital observed.
Morocco Clamours for Justice
- Inter Press Service
A government plan to reform Morocco’s dilapidated justice system, the details of which are still a mystery to the general public, has become the subject of much scepticism, especially from justice professionals around the country.
Guinea-Bissau Junta Presents ECOWAS With a Fait Accompli
- Inter Press Service
Six West African heads of state will attend a regional summit in Guinea on Monday, to discuss the situation in neighbouring Guinea and Cape Verde, where an Apr. 12 coup d'état aborted presidential elections. The Economic Community of West African States sent a delegation to Bissau, the capital, immediately following the coup to urge the immediate restoration of constitutional rule.
Taking Refuge in Hell Camp
- Inter Press Service
'We have been spending sleepless nights without electricity and clean water. This place is not worth living in but we have no option and will remain here as long as the military operation continues in our area,' said Gul Rahim, a former resident of Bara tehsil in Khyber Agency, currently languishing in the Jallozai refugee camp in the Nowshera district of Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
ARGENTINA-SPAIN: Business Must Go On
- Inter Press Service
Hundreds of Spanish companies continue to do business in Argentina, despite Madrid’s campaign in defence of Repsol, which controls YPF — the oil company that the government of Cristina Fernández plans to renationalise.
Food Security Slipping Ever Further Away
- Inter Press Service
Continuing near-record high food prices around the world are highlighting international inattention to a looming threat, observers here warned on Friday.
Brazil Must Do More for Rio+20, Former Ministers Say
- Inter Press Service
Former ministers, lawmakers and environmental experts in Brazil are urging the government to take a more proactive stance to prevent the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development the country will host in June from falling short of the standard set by the preceding summit.
Courts Looking into Theft of Babies in Spain
- Inter Press Service
An 80-year-old nun is the first person facing trial in Spain on charges of forming part of a secret network that allegedly stole hundreds of babies and sold them to couples without children.
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