Indonesia: The Dangerous Business Empire Of The Military
In a report released yesterday, Human Rights Watch (HRW) says the Indonesian government has failed to dismantle the military owned or controlled businesses. The New-York based human rights organization says that these businesses are implicated in human rights abuses, crime and corruption, and could also easily undermine the civilian government. The HRW’s report provides a […]
UN: Blackwater’s Mercenaries Cannot Stay Unpunished
The dismissal of an indictment against 5 Blackwater employees by a United States court is causing a ripple effect and rightly provoking an international outrage. Today, a team of UN human rights independent experts called “for those behind the 2007 incident where 17 people were killed in Baghdad to be brought to justice”. Independently from […]
Iran: The Green Revolution Marches On Despite Bloody Crackdown
Today, following the violent protests in several cities on Sunday during the Shia Ashura rituals, the Iranian parliament has called for a crackdown on protesters. For his part, President Ahmadinejad claimed today that “the demonstrations were organized by the Zionists and the Americans”. However, it seems that Iran is quickly getting to a tipping point. […]
Respecting our Differences to Reclaim our Common Ground
We are coming to the close of a decade, and hopefully the next one will not be under the same negative hospices of conflicts, irrational violence and turmoil. The most troubling event of the last decade was unquestionably the attack of 9/11/2001. The shock waves of this tragedy are still felt today worldwide, and have […]
France Will Compensate Nuclear Tests Victims
On Tuesday, the French parliament approved a long overdue bill offering compensation to the victims of controversial nuclear tests carried out by France for almost four decades, between 1960 and 1996. French authorities, across the political spectrum, had previously failed to accept responsibility for the numerous and serious health problems suffered by those present or […]
