Global Issues
News headlines for “Democracy”, page 257
End Vaccine Apartheid Before Millions More Die
- Inter Press Service
SYDNEY and KUALA LUMPUR, Mar 23 (IPS) - At least 85 poor countries will not have significant access to coronavirus vaccines before 2023. Unfortunately, a year’s delay will cause an estimated 2.5 million avoidable deaths in low and lower-middle income countries. As the World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General has put it, the world is at the brink of a catastrophic moral failure.
Human Rights Groups Demand an end to Myanmar Militarys Crackdown on Journalists
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Mar 22 (IPS) - Two human rights groups have called on the military in Myanmar to release journalists arbitrarily jailed and allow them to work without harassment and prosecution.
Amnesty International and the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) told IPS that they will double down on those demands until all journalists are released and the operating licenses of newsgroups are restored.
The UN Food Systems Summit: How Not to Respond to the Urgency of Reform
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Mar 22 (IPS) - At a critical juncture on the road to the UN Food Systems Summit, three UN rights experts warn that it will fail to be a 'people's summit' unless it is urgently rethought.Global food systems have been failing most people for a long time, and the COVID-19 pandemic has made a critical situation even worse. 265 million people are threatened by famine, up 50% on last year; 700 million suffer from chronic hunger; and 2 billion more from malnutrition, with obesity and associated diet-related diseases increasing in all world regions.
Indigenous Communities in Mexico Fight Energy Projects
- Inter Press Service
MEXICO CITY, Mar 19 (IPS) - Indigenous farmers on communally owned lands have blocked since 2016 a private solar farm in the southeastern Mexican state of Yucatan by means of legal action, due to the company’s failure to hold consultations with local native communities and the risk of environmental damage.
UN Sanitizes Killings of Children in Armed Conflicts
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Mar 19 (IPS) - The horrendous killings of children in military conflicts and civil wars – both by national armed forces and militant groups – have triggered widespread condemnation by human rights organizations worldwide.
Living Hell - Concerns Mount over Dramatic Deterioration in Yemen Conflict
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Mar 17 (IPS) - The United Nations Special Envoy for Yemen has warned that the world’s worst humanitarian crisis, is rapidly deteriorating as Yemenis, including women and children, face hunger, injury and death.
Five Steps to Combat Gender-Based Violence Globally
- Inter Press Service
DHAKA, Bangladesh, Mar 16 (IPS) - The 410 Legal Aid Centers that I manage in Bangladesh for BRAC’s Human Rights and Legal Aid Services received approximately 35,900 requests for assistance in 2020. Almost all of them involve gender-based violence against women and girls.
Magellan, Inquisition and Globalisation
- Inter Press Service
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Mar 16 (IPS) - Globalisation’s beginnings are symbolised by Ferdinand Magellan’s near circumnavigation of the world half a millennium ago. But its history is not simply of connection and trade, but also of intolerance, exploitation, slavery, violence, aggression and genocide.
How to Achieve Peace in Afghanistan
- Inter Press Service
GENEVA, Mar 15 (IPS) - There is much expectation about US President Joe Biden's Afghanistan strategy to end the United States' longest war effectively. So far, he continues to rely on Ambassador Zalmai Khalilzad, the Special Envoy for Afghanistan, appointed by Mr. Trump.
Sudan Took Important Step, But Now Should Send the ICC Suspects to The Hague
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Mar 12 (IPS) - Sudanese authorities concluded a Memorandum of Understanding with the International Criminal Court (ICC) in February in its investigation of Ali Kushayb. This much needed step is expected to allow ICC investigators access to Sudan ahead of ICC judges’ deliberations in May to assess whether there is sufficient evidence to send his case to trial.
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