Global Issues
News headlines for “Democracy”, page 181
China and Russia Fail to Defund UN Human Rights Work
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Feb 15 (IPS) - United Nations member states agreed to fully fund UN human rights mechanisms that China, Russia, and their allies had sought to defund in the 2023 budget. This should set a precedent for UN human rights funding in the future.
Turkey's Shaky Foundations
- Inter Press Service
ROME, Feb 14 (IPS) - Geology explains the terrible earthquake that shook Turkey and Syria on February 6 with academic coldness: the Arabian, Eurasian and African plates pressure the Anatolian plate. On the surface, geopolitics resorts to concepts like "fault", "tension" or "fracture" to explain things too. When one looks at Turkey, both disciplines’ maps can easily overlap each other, with a death toll calculated in the tens of thousands.
Outlook for 2023: Children in Polycrisis
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Feb 14 (IPS) - The year 2022 was incredibly difficult for people around the world. We were confronted by a series of major crises, including a continuing pandemic, a major war in Europe, an energy crisis, rising inflation and food insecurity.
Sierra Leone's Gender Law Boosts Women's Participation in Politics, Business
- Inter Press Service
FREETOWN, Feb 13 (IPS) - Sierra Leone's new gender equality law will benefit women with political aspirations – as well as stimulate development, say analysts.
Worlds Deadliest Earthquake Leaves over 33,000 Dead
- Inter Press Service
NEW DELHI, India, Feb 13 (IPS) - Almost over 33,000 people have been killed and thousands injured by the 7.8 earthquake which struck south-eastern Turkey and Syria in the early hours on Monday, February 6th. The first images that came out were of collapsed buildings, rubble strewn across streets, people trapped under rubbles, screaming for help. What followed was the unusually strong aftershock - including one quake which was almost as large as the first.
Humanitarian Aid to Earthquake Victims Hindered by Politics - & Limited Access
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Feb 13 (IPS) - As the toll in last week’s earthquakes in Turkey and Syria exceeds a staggering 28,000 people dead and more than 78,000 injured--and counting-- the United Nations is in an emergency-footing struggling to provide humanitarian aid, along with several international humanitarian organizations.
Eswatini: Democracy a Matter of Life and Death
- Inter Press Service
LONDON, Feb 10 (IPS) - Thulani Maseko knew speaking out in Eswatini was a risky business. An activist and well-known human rights lawyer, he’d previously spent 14 months in jail for criticising the country’s lack of judicial independence. Now he’s dead, shot in his home by unknown assailants.
The Opioid Addiction Crisis & U.S. National Security
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Feb 10 (IPS) - The opioid addiction crisis in the United States is an acute public health emergency and a profound threat to national security – which is caused by the over-prescription, misuse, illegal production, and criminal trafficking and sale of opioid pharmaceutical drugs to Americans. It is estimated that over 130 people die every day from opioid overdoses in the U.S.
New Approach to Atrocities Needed, Say Ukraine War Crimes Investigators
- Inter Press Service
BRATISLAVA, Feb 10 (IPS) - As plans are announced to set up an international centre in The Hague to prosecute war crimes committed in Ukraine, groups involved in documenting them say there must be a fundamental change in how the world reacts to war atrocities.
Zimbabwe Political Violence Casts Spotlight on Free and Fair Polls
- Inter Press Service
BULAWAYO, Feb 09 (IPS) - With political violence escalating in Zimbabwe, national elections slated for later this year face questions about whether the polls will meet free and fair international benchmarks.
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