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Secretary-General meets with top officials in Myanmar
Published Jul 4, 2009 - 8:46:57 AM
Secretary-General has held talks with top officials in Myanmar on key issues, including the release of political prisoners such as Nobel laureate and opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
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Myanmar: Cyclone survivors struggle with debt burden
Published Jul 4, 2009 - 7:05:16 AM
A year ago, Soe Soe was US$20 in debt. Like many survivors of Nargis who lost their homes, she had no choice but to borrow from money lenders to feed her family - often at extortionate interest rates.
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"Hunger season" neglected
Published Jul 4, 2009 - 7:03:48 AM
Most of the world's 600 million hungry and under-nourished people suffer seasonal hunger rather than effects of conflict or natural disasters, but donors and governments often treat recurring nutritional problems as one-off emergencies and this weakens their response actions.
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Syria: Disclose Fate of Detainees
Published Jul 4, 2009 - 6:06:56 AM
Syrian authorities should immediately make public the fate of all detainees at Sednaya prison, at least nine of whom are believed to have been killed when military police used lethal force during unrest in the prison last July, Human Rights Watch said today. Syria should also free those who have finished serving their sentences, Human Rights Watch said.
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Iranian aide accuses Mousavi of being U.S. agent
Full story: Toronto Star
Iraq: US threatens political disengagement if ethnic, sectarian violence return
Full story: France 24
Countries 'wasting money and blood' in Afghanistan
Full story: ABC Australia
Carbon capture no 'silver bullet' for climate change
Full story: CBC Canada
Fears for the world's poor countries as the rich grab land to grow food
Full story: The Guardian UK
North Korea 'tests Scud missiles' in show of defiance to US
Full story: The Guardian UK
Honduras coup leaders to end membership of OAS
Full story: France 24
Russia to Open Airspace to U.S. for Afghan War
Full story: New York Times
Honduras: Decree Suspends Basic Rights
Published Jul 3, 2009 - 7:26:12 AM
The Organization of American States (OAS), should press Honduras' de facto government to ensure full respect for human rights guarantees, Human Rights Watch said in a letter released today to OAS Secretary-General José Miguel Insulza.
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Darwin Survey Shows International Acceptance of Evolution
Published Jul 3, 2009 - 6:23:31 AM
A British Council survey into awareness of Charles Darwin and attitudes towards evolution has found that there is a broad international consensus of acceptance towards his theory of evolution.
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Thailand offering elephants up for adoption
Full story: Edmonton Sun
Israel draws up strategy for PR offensive
Full story: Sydney Morning Herald
Doctors Declare Demjanjuk Fit to Stand Trial
Full story: Der Spiegel Germany
Wildlife crisis worse than economic crisis, says IUCN
Published Jul 2, 2009 - 9:35:52 AM
Life on Earth is under serious threat, despite the commitment by world leaders to reverse the trend, according to a detailed analysis of the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
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Another Iranian Researcher Jailed
Published Jul 2, 2009 - 9:33:11 AM
The Middle East Research and Information Project (MERIP) condemns the arbitrary arrest and detention of the economist Bijan Khajehpour by authorities of the Islamic Republic of Iran. Khajehpour was snatched from the Tehran airport on June 27 upon arrival from Britain. His whereabouts are thus far unknown to his wife, two young children, family, friends and colleagues.
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Gaza: UN Expert denounces seizure of aid boat by Israeli forces
Published Jul 2, 2009 - 7:19:22 AM
The UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967, Richard Falk, denounced the unlawful naval seizure by an Israeli gunboat on the high seas of a ship carrying medicine and reconstruction material to blockaded people of Gaza.
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