05/10/2008
NEW YORK, May 9 (OneWorld) - A human rights watchdog has launched a unique nationwide campaign to pressure the Bush administration to close the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay.
Read moreRelated: [United States] [Terrorism] [Security] [Arms & Military] [Conflict] [Law] [Justice and Crime] [Ethics & Value Systems] [Codes of Conduct] [Activism] [Civil Rights] [Human Rights]
Image: Experiencing a Guantanamo cell, in Miami. © Ginny Dixon, Amnesty International USA
05/08/2008
WASHINGTON, May 8 (OneWorld) - More than 800 development and human rights activists are gathering here this week, developing and calling on Congress to implement new strategies to tackle world poverty and hunger.
Read moreRelated: [Poverty] [International Cooperation] [Development]
05/07/2008
UNITED NATIONS, May 7 (OneWorld) - A major U.S.-based humanitarian aid group is urging the Bush administration to revise its aid policy toward Myanmar (formerly known as Burma) and provide immediate assistance to the cyclone victims in that country.
Read moreRelated: [United States] [Myanmar] [Geopolitics] [Emergency Relief] [Aid]
04/30/2008
BANGKOK, Apr 29 (IPS) - As if the burdens they shoulder are not enough, Asia's women are being compelled to bear the additional weight of rising food prices, say women's rights activists from across the region.
Read moreFrom: Inter Press Service (IPS)
Related: [Asia and the Pacific] [Gender] [Poverty] [Labor] [Food] [Agriculture]
Image: In Nepal. © Heifer International
04/24/2008
BANGKOK, Apr 23 (IPS) - A rising star within the ranks of Burma's military regime is reported to have unveiled a plan to ensure the junta gets its way at the May referendum for a new constitution, according to information revealed to IPS.
Read moreFrom: OneWorld US
Related: [Myanmar] [Law] [Governance] [Democracy]
Image: Burmese military officers. © The Burma Campaign UK
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