Full Coverage: Civil Rights

10/31/2006 MEXICO CITY, Oct 30 (IPS) - The Mexican government justified on Monday the violent storming by federal police of social protests in the capital of the southern state of Oaxaca, saying it had restored peace and order. But the evidence tells a different story.

10/31/2006 La Asamblea Popular de Pueblos de Oaxaca(APPO) y el equipo de Radio Universidad lograron que la señal esté de nuevo en el ciberespacio. Sin embargo en este momento la transmisión es intermitente.

10/30/2006 El 27 de octubre del 2006, es ya una fecha inolvidable, para miles de oaxaqueños; una fecha aciaga, donde las bandas paramilitares, los policías vestidos de civil y los golpeadores tuvieron luz verde para agredir impunemente a los ciudadanos y ciudadanas

10/30/2006 Meksikon tärkeimmät vasemmistoliikkeet lyöttäytyivät ensimmäistä kertaa julkisesti yhteen. Zapatista-liike EZLN, viljelijöiden maiden puolustamiseksi perustettu FPDT ja Oaxacan asukkaiden oikeuksia ajava APPO tavoittelevat yhdessä poliittisten vankien vapauttamista ja aikovat perustaa kansanliikkeen kuntien, osavaltioiden ja valtion johtoa vastaan.

10/28/2006 El Consejo Supremo Electoral (CSE) alertó este jueves que el gobierno de Nicaragua estaría preparando una denuncia de fraude en caso de victoria de Daniel Ortega, candidato del Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional (FSLN), en las elecciones del 5 de noviembre.

10/28/2006 Today the town of Texcoco is making history yet again, but this time as the site of an historic encounter of representatives from three of the Mexican left's most significant political movements: The Other Campaign of the Zapatista Army of National Liberation (EZLN), the Peoples' Front in Defense of the Land (FPDT) from San Salvador Atenco, and the Popular Assembly of the People of Oaxaca (APPO)

10/28/2006 Guy Delva has worked as a journalist for over 20 years in his native Haiti, for numerous radio stations, Le Nouvelliste newspaper, and as a correspondent for the Caribbean News Agency and the BBC World Service. He heads the Haitian Journalists’ Association and is a dedicated defender and promoter of journalists’ rights.

10/27/2006 RAWALPINDI, Pakistan, Oct 27 (IPS) - Sitting on a red plastic stool behind the iron bars that form a caged courtyard outside Cell 74, Mirza Tahir Hussain, though only 36, looks like an old man. His white untrimmed beard, the long salt-and-pepper hair and a slight shuffle in his gait expose a life of constant worry.

10/27/2006 JOHANNESBURG, Oct 27 (IPS) - Various African researchers and civil society groups have given a mixed response to the launch of a five-million-dollar prize for African leaders who relinquish power and promote good governance.

10/26/2006

Predrag Vostinic

“Ako bojkotuješ referendum onda si isti kao onaj što ga ne podnosim...“ Je li to jedini argument da mi kažeš DA NE bojkotujem? E, onda ću da bojkotujem! Evo zašto... Sigurno nisam isti kao taj što ga ti ne podnosiš, ali se takođe mnogo razlikujem od tebe koji ljude deliš na one koje podnosiš i koje ne podnosiš. Mada čujem da ih deliš i po mnogo drugih osnova, ali ovaj ti je najsebičniji i najgluplji jer ima najmanje smisla. Koga se, osim tebe, tiče koga ti podnosiš, a koga ne, i kako to odjednom može da postane opšti argument? Ti to izvodiš iz, samo tebi poznate, činjenice da si ti neko koga treba slušati. A to, pak, držiš činjenicom jer si na vlasti ili planiraš da budeš. Činjenice ne nastaju ubeđivanjem da to jesu, metodologija je malo komplikovanija. Na primer, da bi postao neko koga treba slušati moraš prvo mnogo toga da čuješ, u čemu je prvi korak da naučiš da slušaš. Evo prve vežbe.

10/25/2006 Una vez más, la ciudadanía costarricense ha salido a las calles a expresar su repudio al TLC que el gobierno de Abel Pacheco negoció con los Estados Unidos, y que el actual presidente, Oscar Arias Sánchez, respalda por completo. Se estima que unas 75 mil personas participaron en la Jornada Nacional de lucha contra el TLC convocada por la Coordinadora Nacional y múltiples organizaciones populares.

10/25/2006 Inicijativa nevladinih organizacija iz Vojvodine za bojkot referenduma o novom Ustavu Srbije uputila je zahtev tužilaštvu i nadležnim organima gonjenja da po službenoj dužnosti započnu istragu o incidentima u Beogradu, na kojima je grupa izgrednika na nacionalnoj osnovi vređala čitav jedan narod, aktiviste NVO i lidere političkih partija iz Beograda koje se zalažu za bojkot referenduma o ustavu Srbije.

10/25/2006 Concerning trade union rights, on the 3rd October, Turkey received a strong message delivered by Olli Rehn, the Finnish European Commissioner, who is responsible for enlargement. According to him Turkey needs to ensure that full Trade Union rights are respected in line with EU standards and ILO Conventions.

10/25/2006 Organizaciones sociales: agricultores, estudiantes, magisterio, iglesia luterana, feministas, organizaciones comunales, culturales, artesanales y hasta sindicales protagonizaron este 23 de octubre, una de las más contundentes y multitudinarias manifestaciones sociales en contra del tratado de libre comercio TLC.

10/25/2006 La Instancia de Monitoreo y Apoyo a la Seguridad Pública dio a conocer que los abusos de poder por parte de losservidores de la Polícia Nacional Civil se han incrementados y las principales victimas son mujeres.

10/24/2006 Izvršni direktor Medjunarodne helsinske federacije za ljudska prava Aron Rods zabrinut je zbog novog ustava Srbije. "Srbi zaslužuju Ustav koji je u skladu s visokim međunarodnim standardima. Nas najviše brine to što postoji mnogo problema u ustavu na koje međunarodna zajednica nije ni reagovala", rekao je Rods.

10/24/2006 India is a poignant example of how food sufficiency at the aggregate level has not translated into food security at the household level. The revised thrust of the World Food Programme will be to bring the hungry, malnourished, and vulnerable within the ambit of human development.

10/24/2006 La Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos (Corte IDH) aprobó una nueva sentencia contra el Estado de Honduras en el caso Servellón García. El Estado fue condenado por violar los derechos a la vida, a la integridad y a la libertad personal

10/23/2006 With the Commonwealth Games 2010 in sight and the experience of the exploitation of the construction workers during the Asian Games 1982 in hindsight, the Social Jurist, a civil rights group, has set up a separate unit namely, Labour Rights Group to monitor the conditions of the construction and other workers in Delhi and and provide totally free legal assistance & support.

10/21/2006 October 2 marked another anniversary of the 1968 massacre in Tlatelolco Square, a former prehispanic marketplace in Mexico City. Students and others were gunned down by soldiers and government agents