MIDEAST: Israel Lands in Public Relations Nightmare By Mel FrykbergJERSUSALEM - Israeli riot police and soldiers have, since Friday, sealed off the Al Aqsa mosque, Islam’s third holiest shrine, restricting entry to women and Palestinian men over 50. MORE >>
THAILAND: In Convoys of Red, Rural Masses Stage Historic Protest By Marwaan Macan-MarkarBANGKOK - An unprecedented show of force by men and women from Thailand’s rural hinterland was on display over the weekend as they poured into Bangkok in the tens of thousands to stake a claim on having a voice in shaping this South-east Asian kingdom’s national agenda. MORE >>
RIGHTS-MALAWI: Country Not Safe for Homosexuals By Claire NgozoLILONGWE - Malawi is quickly becoming unsafe for homosexuals as the country’s police service recently launched a campaign to hunt down and arrest prominent people who are suspected of being gay. MORE >>
US-ISRAEL: Tiff or Tipping Point? Analysis by Jim Lobe*WASHINGTON - "Condemn" is not a word that rolls trippingly off the tongue of a U.S. politician addressing anything having to do with actions, however objectionable, by Israel. MORE >>
RIGHTS-GUATEMALA: 'Our Lives Are Cut Short at a Stroke' By Danilo ValladaresGUATEMALA CITY - "This is a time of great tension because we know that at any moment, when we least expect it, our lives can be cut short at a stroke," Tito Gálvez, a leader in the Resistance Front for the Defence of Natural Resources and Rights of the Guatemalan Peoples (FRENA), told IPS. MORE >>
ENVIRONMENT-INDIA: Law on Forest Rights Fails to Deliver By Manipadma JenaBHUBANESWAR, India - A four-year-old landmark law that was supposed to bring profound changes in the lives of India’s tribal and forest-dwelling peoples has failed to deliver on that promise. MORE >>
RIGHTS: Gender Confab Marked by Political Uncertainties By Thalif Deen and Anna Shen*UNITED NATIONS - When a two-week meeting on gender empowerment concluded at U.N. headquarters Friday, there were several lingering questions crying out for answers. MORE >>
POLITICS-NIGERIA : In the Shadows of Men: Women’s Political Marginalisation By Mustapha MuhammadKANO - Ten years after Nigeria returned to civil rule women still play second fiddle in the male-dominated politics of Africa’s most populous nation, women politicians and activists say. MORE >>
DEVELOPMENT-CAMEROON: Are Women the Magic Bullet for "Electoral Apathy"? By Mohamadou HoumfaYAOUNDE - A support network for women's political participation, is challenging head-on what it calls "electoral apathy", after noting a growing trend in electoral abstention. MORE >>
RIGHTS: Guatemala, El Salvador Ordered to Heed Rulings By Edgardo AyalaSAN SALVADOR - Guatemala and El Salvador have a terrible record in terms of compliance with the recommendations and sentences handed down by the inter-American human rights bodies on cases involving appalling abuses like forced disappearance, torture and massacres committed during the armed conflicts in the two Central American countries. MORE >>
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