Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Robert Stefanicki WARSAW, Jan 24, 2012 (IPS) – "I had to fight to be treated like a human, not animal," dissident Nikolai Avtukhovich wrote from prison. Last month Avtukhovich, Belarusian political activist and entrepreneur, convicted to five years in the penal colony for illegal storage of five [...]
EL SALVADOR: Giving Young Slum Dwellers a Chance
November 18, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Edgardo Ayala SAN SALVADOR, Nov 18, 2011 (IPS) – In a country where hard-line policies have failed to make a dent in soaring levels of violent crime, Salesian priest José María Moratalla has produced good results by offering educational and vocational opportunities to juvenile offenders and young [...]
RIGHTS-PERU: Following the Clues in Exhumation of Massacre Victims
July 13, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Milagros Salazar DOCE CORRAL, Peru, Jul 13, 2011 (IPS) – The daylight is fading, but Francisca Huanca’s hopes are growing brighter. "Yes, they’re his sneakers, he liked to play football," she says with tears in her eyes. She has just caught a glimpse of the remains of [...]
RIGHTS-EL SALVADOR: Rumours of Amnesty Repeal Cause Panic
July 11, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Edgardo Ayala SAN SALVADOR, Jul 11, 2011 (IPS) – The mere rumour that El Salvador’s Supreme Court (CSJ) might be thinking of repealing the amnesty law was enough to trigger an institutional crisis in this country, showing how fragile its recovery is from the wounds left by [...]
MEXICO-RIGHTS: Activists Tell U.N. High Commissioner They’re in Danger
July 10, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Emilio Godoy MEXICO CITY, Jul 8, 2011 (IPS) – Reports of extrajudicial executions, forced disappearances, kidnappings and assaults are some of the heavy baggage that U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay is taking home from Mexico. Pillay, who ended an official visit here Friday, met [...]
COLOMBIA: ‘Impunity’ – Keeping the ‘Black Hand’ Anonymous
July 1, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Constanza Vieira BOGOTA, Jun 30, 2011 (IPS) – The film "Impunity" has only just now arrived in Colombia, although the filming was completed a year ago and it was first shown to the public in Geneva in January. But the wait was apparently worth it because the [...]
No Impunity for Killing by Drones
June 26, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IDN By Richard Johnson IDN-InDepth NewsReport GENEVA (IDN) – "If you use drones you must confirm and report who they killed," international lawyers say, adding: "Drones don’t allow hit and run." In fact, states that authorize or use armed drones as well as those who launch and control [...]
RIGHTS-AFRICA: Rwandan Woman Sentenced to Life for Genocide
June 24, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Faustine Kapama ARUSHA, Tanzania, Jun 24, 2011 (IPS) – Rwanda’s former minister of family and women affairs and the only woman to be indicted by the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), Pauline Nyiramasuhuko, has been sentenced to life imprisonment for genocide and rape, among other crimes. [...]
