Full Coverage: Justice and Crime

04/30/2005 Il 30 aprile 2005 in Vietnam cade il trentesimo anniversario della fine della guerra, ma indigeni e minoranze etniche non hanno nulla da festeggiare. Per loro le persecuzioni non sono mai finite. Nel rapporto sui diritti umani "Per la libertà di religione e i diritti sulla terra: Le minoranze del Vietnam chiedono la fine delle persecuzioni" dell'Associazione per i popoli Minacciati (APM) si legge che la riforma economica non ha comportato la libertà religiosa per buddisti, protestanti e cattolici. In considerazione dei metodi repressivi sempre più pesanti messi in atto, i monaci buddisti chiedono urgentemente aiuto. Particolarmente pesante è però la sorte delle popolazioni indigene le quali in quanto indigeni e cristiani subiscono una doppia persecuzione. Essi pagano in prima persona il boom del caffè la cui coltivazione ha accelerato il furto delle terre delle popolazioni indigene.

04/29/2005 Las bancadas mayoritarias del Congreso de Nicaragua han apoyado las protestas populares contra el alza del precio del combustible, para crear un clima de ingobernabilidad y forzar la renuncia del presidente Enrique Bolaños, aseguró este jueves el diputado Miguel López, presidente del partido gubernamental Alianza por la República (APRE).

04/29/2005 A five-member task force, constituted by the Indian government in March 2005 to save the fast-dwindling tiger in the wake of disappearance of the big cat from a north Indian sanctuary, has laid out its plan of action to save the tiger from extinction. Rahul Kumar writes this report from New Delhi.

04/29/2005 This appeal by Greenpeace activists found guilty of trespass during an anti-war protest is one of a number of cases in which the defence attempted unsuccessfully to call the Attorney General as a witness. Now that the infamous opinion has been published, perhaps Lord Goldsmith will be summoned by judges to appear in court?

04/29/2005 A female Iraqi member of parliament, who had no security detail and was forced to rely on her own sons for protection, was shot and killed at her home in Baghdad Wednesday. Threats against Iraqi women leaders and women working for the United States have been escalating over the past year, says the Feminist Majority Foundation.

04/29/2005 In-prison job and education skills programs improve inmates' chances of going straight once they get out. So why, in a country where nearly 600,000 people are released from prison each year and two-thirds are re-arrested within three years, is such a paltry amount spent on rehab programs, asks Marc Morial, President of the National Urban League.

04/28/2005 WASHINGTON, D.C., Apr 28 (OneWorld) - Rights watchdogs seized on Thursday's anniversary of the Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse scandal to complain of a lack of accountability for the torture of prisoners in U.S. custody, and to warn that problems which came to light there merely were ''the tip of the iceberg.''

04/28/2005 Médecins Sans Frontière augmente considérablement ses capacités de prise en charge de la malnutrition sévère au Niger. Le nombre d’enfants malnutris a atteint un niveau anormalement élevé pour cette période de l’année. Cette situation déjà alarmante en janvier se dégrade rapidement. MSF appelle les autres acteurs de l’aide à se mobiliser.

04/28/2005 Chaque année, les membres du SCFP dans tout le Canada organisent des activités, le 28 avril, pour reconnaître leurs consoeurs et confrères victimes d’accidents du travail mortels et non mortels et de maladies professionnelles. Nous vous encourageons à prendre quelques minutes, le 28 avril prochain, à 11 heures, pour réfléchir sur le prix ultime que les travailleuses et travailleurs doivent payer pour gagner leur vie

04/28/2005 Meet Salim, a 35-year-old Iraqi who is part of the well-oiled criminal machine supplying an overseas black market with fuel meant for domestic consumption and creating a huge problem for Iraq’s oil industry.

04/28/2005 Charles Taylor, the former despotic ruler of Liberia nicknamed the "Murderer of Monrovia," is already manipulating the country's elections set to take place in October to avoid standing trial for war crimes, writes Douglas Farah, a former West Africa-based U.S. journalist.

04/28/2005 WASHINGTON, D.C., Apr 27 (OneWorld) - If there is one consensus on human trafficking, it is this: as a cross-border problem, it cannot be solved without international cooperation. OneWorld presents part two of a three-part series on human trafficking from its new "treeless" magazine, Perspectives, which offers more background and context on the issue, viewpoints from non-profit organizations, and ways for individuals to get involved.

04/27/2005 The statement by the Gender Centre of the Government of the Republic of Srpska strongly condemns the latest case of rape that happened in the very centre of Banja Luka.

04/27/2005 Changemakers.net otvora nagradno takmicenje za inovativni i efikasni strategii za zapiranje na trgovijata so lugje. Konkursot vklucuva nagradi od po 5.000 amerikanski dolari za pobednicite, koi ke bigat izbrani id strana na posetitelite na web stranata na Changemakers.net.

04/26/2005 WASHINGTON, D.C., Apr 26 (OneWorld) - A leading human rights group has condemned the first reported execution of an Afghan woman for alleged adultery since the ouster of the extremist Taliban regime.

04/25/2005 Crnogorska NVO “Grupa za ljudska prava” je danas istakla da i pored brojnih obracanja crnogorskim drzavnim organima, jos nije dobila odgovor kakva ce biti sudbina gradjana Crne Gore koji su od 1998. do jula 2000. osteceni odlukama Saveznog suda SRJ, uprkos tome sto su njihovi predmeti u Crnoj Gori rijeseni pozitivno.

04/25/2005 WASHINGTON, D.C., Apr 25 (OneWorld) - The U.S. government should name a special prosecutor to look at Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld's possible role in the torture and abuse of Iraqi and other prisoners by U.S. troops, a leading human rights group has demanded.

04/25/2005 MANS invited the High State Prosecutor Vesna Medenica to submit her irrevocable resignation and contribute, with a personal example, to the successful reform of Montenegro judicial system.

04/25/2005 Media groups call upon Bangladesh government to identify the killers of a Bangladeshi journalist who was murdered last year after being kidnapped from his house. The World Association of Newspapers (WAN) has asked Prime Minister Khaleda Zia to ensure that the killers are pursued and prosecuted.

04/25/2005 The International Criminal Tribunal in The Hague can progress only as and when the blood pressure of Slobodan Milosevic permits. Efforts to overcome delays have been thwarted by a defence witness who refuses to give evidence in the absence of his former boss.