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A Responsibility to Prevent Genocide
Tharanga Yakupitiyage – Inter Press Serice-IPS,
18 Dec 2017
12 Dec 2017 –70 years since the Genocide Convention was adopted, we still face a continued and growing risk. “Genocide does not happen by accident; it is deliberate, with warning signs and precursors,” said UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. “Often it is the culmination of years of exclusion, denial of human rights and other wrongs, and it can take place in times of war and in times of peace.”
→ read full articleNuclear Ban Approved, Now What?
Tharanga Yakupitiyage – Inter Press Service-IPS,
17 Jul 2017
12 Jul 2017 – More than seven decades after the deployment of deadly atomic bombs in Japan, the UN has passed a historic treaty banning nuclear weapons around the world. Though it has sparked hope for a future without nuclear weapons, uncertainty in the success of the treaty still lingers.
→ read full articleMonsanto Helped Write Cancer Studies on Roundup, Emails Indicate
Allen Cone | UPI – TRANSCEND Media Service,
27 Mar 2017
In company emails made public Tuesday [14 Mar] in federal court in San Francisco, Monsanto executives discuss ghostwriting research papers on Roundup, the company’s best-selling product, that would be signed by scientists. Two papers were eventually published, one in 2000 and one in 2013.
→ read full articleChina’s Strategy in Its ‘War on Terror’: Jobs Not Drones
Caleb T. Maupin – MintPress News,
6 Mar 2017
The Chinese government is employing a unique strategy to reduce the threat of terrorism in its historically unstable Tibet and Xinjiang autonomous regions. By providing new jobs and better housing, the government has managed to quell the threat of separatism.
→ read full articleIsrael Orders Demolition of Palestinian Village in West Bank
Doug G. Ware | UPI – TRANSCEND Media Service,
6 Mar 2017
22 Feb 2017 – Israel’s government this week issued demolition orders for a Palestinian encampment near Jerusalem, giving residents just a few days to evacuate their homes. Tel Aviv decided to finally move on the long-sought land after years of holding back, due mainly to international pressure.
→ read full articleMyanmar Government Accused of Ethnic Cleansing of Rohingya Muslims
Ed Adamczyk | UPI – TRANSCEND Media Service,
26 Dec 2016
19 Dec 2016 – Myanmar’s Muslim Rohingya minority is facing crimes against humanity committed by authorities, Amnesty International warned. The human rights group said police are targeting the Rohingya through looting, murder and destruction of homes and mosques.
→ read full articlePost-9/11 Wars Have Cost Nearly $5 Trillion (and Counting): Report
Nadia Prupis – Common Dreams,
19 Sep 2016
As nation remembers 9/11 victims, report calculates cost of military response to attacks. Dr. Neta Crawford, professor of political science at Brown University, released the figures in an independent analysis of U.S. Departments of Defense, State, Homeland Security, and Veteran Affairs spending, as well as their base and projected future spending.
→ read full articleSuspend Saudi Arabia from Human Rights Council, Human Rights Groups Say
Tharanga Yakupitiyage – Inter Press Service-IPS,
4 Jul 2016
Saudi Arabia’s membership in the Human Rights Council should be suspended by members of the UN General Assembly, Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International said on Wednesday [29 Jun]. They joined forces to make the exceptional call for action, noting that it is based on Saudi Arabia’s “gross and systematic violations of human rights” in Yemen and domestically.
→ read full articleWhat the Panama Papers Mean for Global Development
Tharanga Yakupitiyage – Inter Pres Service-IPS,
25 Apr 2016
The financial secrecy and tax evasion revealed by the Panama Papers has an extraordinary human cost in developing countries. “Tax havens are at the heart of a global system that allows large corporations and wealthy individuals to avoid paying their fair share, depriving governments – rich and poor – of the resources they need to provide vital public services and tackle rising inequality,”
→ read full articleFiles in Lawsuit against CIA Stolen in ‘Disturbing’ University Break-In
Nadia Prupis – Common Dreams,
26 Oct 2015
22 Oct 2015 – University of Washington police are investigating a break-in after files from a lawsuit against the CIA were stolen. “About 90 percent of the information” was taken in the break-in. There are backups of the stolen files but the concern now is how the data might be used against rights workers in El Salvador who are involved in the lawsuit.
→ read full articleWith Pope Francis at the Helm, World’s Mayors Pledge to Fight Climate Change
Nadia Prupis – Common Dreams,
27 Jul 2015
‘His Holiness did not convene us here to ratify the status quo, but in fact to upend it,’ said New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio at Vatican conference. At the Vatican on Tuesday [21 Jul 2015], mayors from around the globe pledged to fight climate change and help the world’s poor deal with the effects of a warming planet, an oath that came during a two-day conference with Pope Francis—himself a dedicated climate activist.
→ read full articleWikiLeaks Defies Australian Court’s ‘Blanket Censorship Order’ by Publishing It
Nadia Prupis – Common Dreams,
4 Aug 2014
WikiLeaks has revealed a secret court order in Australia to censor reporting on a massive, years-long political bribery and corruption scandal in the country involving its central bank and several international leaders. Founder Julian Assange says unprecedented government gag order is ‘blindfolding the Australian public’.
→ read full article(Português) 6 Notas para Compreender o que se Passa na Crimeia, Peça Chave do Conflito na Ucrânia
Alberto Sicília, de Kiev - Principia Marsupia (Espanha),
3 Mar 2014
27 fev 2014 – Depois do ocorrido durante a última semana em Kiev, o foco do conflito na Ucrânia translada-se à Crimeia. O que acontecer nesta região será determinante: pode a situação degenerar numa guerra civil? Putin intervirá militarmente? Continuará a Ucrânia a ser um país ou caminha para a secessão?
→ read full article(Português) Veja Como a NSA Acessa Seu Gmail
Alberto Sicilia, Principia Marsupia – TRANSCEND Media Service,
16 Dec 2013
Procuramos explicar de maneira simples como funcionam os dois programas do governo dos Estados Unidos que recolhem os nossos dados na Internet.
→ read full articleColombia Worries as Troops Join Arab Mercenary Force
UPI – TRANSCEND Media Service,
17 Jun 2013
7 June 2013 – Colombia’s defense ministry is alarmed about an exodus of top soldiers to the United Arab Emirates to join a highly paid U.S.-led mercenary force organized by Erik Prince, billionaire founder of the infamous security firm Blackwater.
→ read full articleLiberia’s Government Finding a Way to End FGM
Travis Lupick – Inter Press Service-IPS,
16 Apr 2012
Now 23 and a student at the University of Liberia, Fatu’s circumcision was part of her initiation into the secretive Sande Society, a pseudo-religious association to which most Liberian women – depending on which tribe and part of the country they are from – are members. The Sande and its male counterpart, the Poro, shape many aspects of culture, tradition, and society as a whole in this West African nation.
→ read full articleHouse Passes Anti-Net Neutrality Resolution
Nadia Prupis - Truthout,
11 Apr 2011
The Republican-controlled House of Representatives on Friday [8 Mar 2011], with the support of a handful of Democrats, passed a joint resolution to repeal the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) net neutrality regulations that would enforce competitive behavior among Internet companies.
→ read full articleAT&T to Limit Internet Access and Charge Overage Fees
Nadia Prupis - Truthout,
21 Mar 2011
Starting May 2, AT&T will begin implementing monthly usage limits for its U-Verse and DSL users and charge $10 fees every time a customer exceeds the cap.
→ read full articleStudy: Majority of Consumers Obtain News from Online Sources
Nadia Prupis - Truthout,
21 Mar 2011
For the first time, 21st century consumers are reading the news online more than in print, according to the “State of the News Media 2011” report by the Pew Research Center Project for Excellence in Journalism. Only television remains the most-used resource for news among American adults, but the gap is closing.
→ read full articleUnder the Disguise of Counterterrorism: Obama Expands U.S. Military Ops in Africa
UPI – TRANSCEND Media Service,
26 Apr 2010
Amid a surge in big oil strikes in Africa and the threat of growing al-Qaida penetration in the north and east, President Barack Obama is expanding U.S. military involvement across the continent. This has given weight to the U.S. Africa Command inaugurated Oct. 1, 2008, which is viewed with growing suspicion by many in Africa who consider its primary mission is to secure oil supplies that America considers vital as it cuts its reliance on the Middle East.
→ read full articleISRAEL VIOLATES INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW
Prof. Richard Falk - United Nations Special Rapporteur for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories,
4 Jan 2009
The Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip represent severe and massive violations of international humanitarian law as defined in the Geneva Conventions, both in regard to the obligations of an Occupying Power and in the requirements of the laws of war. Those violations include: Collective punishment – the entire 1.5 million people who live […]
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