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Thursday, September 02, 2010   20:28 GMT    
Human Rights

LEBANON
Rich Feast Through Month of Fasting
By Mona Alami
BEIRUT - Although not a celebration in the traditional sense, Ramadan in Lebanon is a time of joy for many, during which families reconnect and share their wealth with the poor. But in this country of extremes, not everyone has the luxury of celebrating the holy month.
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MIDEAST
Pessimistic About Peace, Yet…
Analysis by Jerrold Kessel and Peter Klochendler
JERUSALEM - As President Obama on Wednesday initiates the ninth U.S. attempt in the last 30 years to bring about a final Palestinian-Israeli peace agreement, expectations are low and pessimism is high.
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U.N. Lagging on Water and Sanitation Development Goals
By Thalif Deen
UNITED NATIONS - The United Nations stands accused of marginalising water and sanitation in its much-touted Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) aimed at improving the lives of billions of people in the developing world.
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PHILIPPINES
Criminal Ban, Stigma Drive Unsafe Abortions
By Diana Mendoza
MANILA - "I felt scared. When I looked around, all the mothers had finished giving birth, while I was still there. The blood that flowed from me had already dried and caked onto my body," Lisa, a 19-year-old married mother of three, says, recounting her experience in post-abortion care at a public hospital here in the Philippine capital.
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SRI LANKA
Anger Rises Over Torture Case, But Solution Unclear
By Feizal Samath
COLOMBO - The ordeal of a Sri Lankan domestic worker whose Saudi Arabian employer allegedly drove nails and metal wires into her body has sent alarm bells ringing among government officials and activists, but how such abuses can be stopped remain far from clear.
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Further Victims Identified in DRC Mass Rapes Case
By Aprille Muscara
UNITED NATIONS - The number of women raped by rebel groups during last month’s raid of more than a dozen villages centred around Walikale, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), has risen to over 240, U.N. officials told reporters here today.
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COLOMBIA
US Military Aid Contingent on Reversal of Rights Record
By Matthew Berger
WASHINGTON - As a new administration takes over in Bogotá, some groups are hoping for change in the human rights record of Colombia - and that the U.S. will use its clout in the country to ensure that change occurs.
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SOUTH AFRICA
"Xenophobia Simmering Just Below Boiling Point"
By Kim Cloete
CAPE TOWN - "Xenophobia is part of life. We do not live easy here. We only survive," says Somali shopkeeper, Abdinasir Shaikh Aden, looking tense.
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Mexico Massacre Galvanises Migrant Rights Activists
By Emilio Godoy *
MEXICO CITY - Activists in Latin America have been galvanised by atrocities like the recent massacre of 72 migrants near the U.S. border to step up their efforts on behalf of migrant rights.
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500,000 Pregnant Women at Risk in Pakistan Floods
By Aprille Muscara
UNITED NATIONS - Aid groups and U.N. agencies are raising the alarm over the vulnerability of pregnant women and babies in flood ravaged Pakistan.
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