Human Rights
/World Peace and Security
- Thu Jan 24 2008
U.N. Human Rights Council rebukes Israel on Gaza
The U.N. Human Rights Council on Thursday demanded Israel lift its week-long blockade of Gaza, rebuking the Jewish state for violations in the Palestinian territories for the third time since it was set up in 2006.
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World Peace and Security
- Fri Jan 18 2008
Kenya: Let us not find revolutionaries where there are none
A whole nation, where ethnic cleansing has already started, is at stake. International solidarity should be with the Kenyan people and not with individual leaders.
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World Peace and Security
- Mon Jan 14 2008
U.S. seen in policy retreat
Recent months have witnessed several notable political reorientations in the Middle East, involving Iran, the Gulf states, Egypt and Lebanon. Several experts say the changes reflect a shift in Washington's regional strategy following recent U.S. policy setbacks.
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World Peace and Security
- Thu Jan 10 2008
Bush's "vision" is Palestine's nightmare
Much more important issues than the siege on Gaza were on
Bush's agenda. The need to realize and work on a "vision"
for the future was in the forefront of Bush's mind.
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World Peace and Security
- Thu Jan 03 2008
Kenya: Violence spreads following presidential elections
At least 300 people have died in clashes since the Kenyan presidential elections held on December 27 last year, with tens of thousands fleeing their homes fearing further attacks.
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Human Rights
/World Peace and Security
- Wed Jan 02 2008
131 Palestinians killed by Israel's security forces in 2007
According to B'Tselem data, the number of Israelis and Palestinians killed in clashes in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip dropped. However, there has been deterioration in many other measures of the human rights situation in the Occupied Territories.
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World Peace and Security
- Tue Dec 04 2007
U.S. spy agencies contradict Bush: Iran ended nuke arms work in 2003
A new assessment by American intelligence agencies concludes that Iran halted its nuclear weapons program in 2003 and that the program remains frozen, contradicting judgment two years ago that Tehran was working relentlessly toward building a nuclear bomb.
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World Peace and Security
- Mon Nov 26 2007
Public opinion on the upcoming Annapolis Middle East Peace Conference
According to a recent poll, only half of the Palestinians (51 %) support the Palestinian Authority to launch negotiations for permanent peace deal with Israel.
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Human Rights
/World Peace and Security
- Thu Nov 22 2007
Palestine protests biased U.N. reporting
The Permanent Observer Mission of Palestine to the United Nations has lodged a formal protest against the continued "misrepresentation" of facts in recent U.N. reports on the Israeli-occupied territories.
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Human Rights
/World Peace and Security
- Tue Nov 20 2007
Thailand: the newly adopted Internal Security Act must be repealed
The International Federation for Human Rights expresses its deep concern following the adoption by the Thai parliament, of the Internal Security Act (ISA), on November 7th 2007.
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