Global Issues
News headlines for “Arms Control”, page 712
COLOMBIA: Paramilitaries Dig in to Fight Return of Stolen Land
- Inter Press Service
While President Juan Manuel Santos described his government's land restitution policy as 'a veritable revolution' during a speech in northwest Colombia, some 300 far-right paramilitaries were taking up positions less than 100 km from there to fight the effort to return land to small farmers displaced by the violence, human rights activists say.
RIGHTS-SRI LANKA: Recovery of Disappeared's Body Raises Hopes
- Inter Press Service
The details would have done credit to the plot of a spy thriller, except they are chillingly real.
SUDAN: Congressional Hearings Paint Picture of Crisis and Atrocities
- Inter Press Service
Witnesses' chilling depictions of a new Sudanese genocide at an emergency congressional hearing Thursday quelled any remnants of doubt that a humanitarian crisis is unfolding in the Nuba mountain region of South Kordofan.
Groups Hail Obama's Order for Mass Atrocities Board
- Inter Press Service
Human rights groups here have welcomed Thursday's directive by President Barack Obama to create a new, high-level inter- agency mechanism designed to help prevent mass atrocities overseas before they occur.
COLOMBIA: Native Reserve Braces Itself as Conflict Escalates
- Inter Press Service
Sitting outside her small shop, high in the mountains in the Tacueyó indigenous reserve in southwest Colombia, Liliana Alarco tries to hold back tears as she recalls the day her young son was injured.
SOMALIA: U.S. Greenlights Aid to Shabaab-Controlled Areas
- Inter Press Service
The Barack Obama administration promised Tuesday that the U.S. would not prosecute relief agencies for delivering aid to parts of Somalia controlled by the Islamist insurgent group al- Shabaab, despite concerns that unrestricted aid in the failed state would be diverted to the wrong hands.
Famine Relief in Somalia Stymied by Access
- Inter Press Service
While an estimated 12.4 million people linger on the brink of starvation in the Great Horn of Africa, U.S. officials and world relief agencies said Monday that even in a 'best case scenario' the crisis will worsen as the areas in most desperate need remain cut off from access to relief.
Film Revisits Abuses by U.N. Peacekeepers in Bosnia
- Inter Press Service
'The Whistle Blower', a feature film inspired by actual events that occurred in 1999, follows the story of Kathy Bolkovac (Academy Award-winner Rachel Weisz), a U.S. police officer who takes a job working as a peacekeeper in post-war Bosnia.
RIGHTS-INDIA: ‘Juveniles Get No Justice in Kashmir’
- Inter Press Service
Kashmir’s juvenile justice system is sorely deficient for a state ridden with a long, and often violent, separatist conflict that attracts youth, say lawyers and rights activists.
/UPDATE**/ Libyan Rebel Military Leader Killed
- Inter Press Service
The head of the Libyan rebel's armed forces and two of his aides were killed by gunmen Thursday, the head of the rebel leadership said.
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