'06 News
December 2006
12/29/2006
Conflict has forced the World Food Programme to suspend a helicopter operation delivering humanitarian aid following the country's worst flooding in nearly a decade.
Read moreFrom: World Food Programme Image: Somali refugees who fled fighting in September. © UNHCR/J.Adongo
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12/22/2006
Serious human rights violations, impunity, and the failure to protect individual rights--notably those of the poor and marginalized--are highlighted in the Asian Human Rights Commission's annual report.
Read moreFrom: Asian Human Rights Commission Image: Hong Kong demonstration; November. © Asian Human Rights Commission
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12/22/2006
The Spanish government has made the largest contribution by any country to the UN to help meet the Millennium Development goals by 2015.
Read moreFrom: Environment News Service (ENS) Related: [Spain] |
12/22/2006
Hundreds of thousands of people are at risk in Somalia's flooded crisis areas because of severe water shortages, internal displacement, food insecurity, and the threat of escalating violence, according to Oxfam.
Read moreFrom: Oxfam International |
12/22/2006
The European Union took historic action last week to strengthen its laws on chemicals; health advocates hope the precedent will be followed in the United States.
Read moreFrom: Pesticide Action Network North America (PANNA) Related: [Europe] |
12/22/2006
A UK government decision to allow its departments to purchase wood products certified by schemes that allow destructive logging practices has come under fire from major environmental groups.
Read moreFrom: Friends of the Earth England, Wales and Northern Ireland |
12/22/2006
He dubbed himself "The Great Head of the Turkmen People," required all students read his spiritual tome, and held total control of all state institutions. Following Saparmurat Niyazov's death Thursday, the future is uncertain for the former Soviet republic that holds vast gas and oil reserves and is considered a strategic regional country bordering Iran and Afghanistan.
Read moreFrom: Eurasianet (Open Society Institute) Related: [Turkmenistan] Image: Surrounded by Turkmen carpets, a man sells newspapers at a bazaar in Ashgabat. © Keith Mellnick / Eurasianet (Open Society Institute)
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12/21/2006
Six aid organizations have warned that an upsurge in violence since December 1 has forced them to temporarily evacuate staff supporting nearly 500,000 people across Darfur.
Read moreFrom: International Rescue Committee Related: [Sudan] Image: Darfur refugee. © United Nations' Integrated Regional Information Network
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12/21/2006
For the first time, an international treaty requires states to incorporate the crime of enforced disappearance into their domestic legislation and to prosecute and punish the perpetrators.
Read moreFrom: International Committee of the Red Cross |
12/21/2006
Don't drop "smart sanctions" against the Zimbabwe government, two major international trades union groups have urged the European Union.
Read moreFrom: International Confederation of Free Trade Unions |
12/20/2006
Early results from three elections held last week indicate that Iranian voters have repudiated most candidates associated with President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's political camp; even the president's sister managed only 11th place in the Tehran city council vote.
Read moreFrom: Eurasianet (Open Society Institute) Related: [Iran ] Image: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. © Radio Netherlands Wereldomroep
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12/20/2006
Despite a death and injuries in an explosion in the Lebanese village of Marjayoun on Tuesday, mine clearance specialists say the incidence of cluster bomb casualties has fallen significantly in recent weeks.
Read moreFrom: United Nations' Integrated Regional Information Network |
12/20/2006
Following the December 10 "megamarch" demanding the freeing of political prisoners and the departure of federal troops from the restive Mexican province of Oaxaca, groups supporting the protestors have declared Friday an international day of action.
Read moreFrom: Independent Media Center Related: [Mexico] Image: © Independent Media Center
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12/20/2006
The Botswana government's statement that it will not appeal a High Court ruling in favour of the Central Kalahari Bushmen was welcomed by Survival International Tuesday.
Read moreFrom: Survival International |
12/20/2006
Air pollution from ozone and soot over Asia is twice the global average and is especially strong over tropical regions, a scientist has told government representatives of 20 Asian countries.
Read moreFrom: SciDev.Net |
12/20/2006
The "last cod" was presented to the British government by Greenpeace campaigners yesterday as they accused politicians across Europe of wiping out the fish.
Read moreFrom: Greenpeace UK Image: "The last cod" (Greenpeace)
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12/20/2006
Britain's aid ministry is failing to support democracy in Burma and failing to provide aid to some of the most vulnerable people in the country, according to a report launched today.
Read moreFrom: Burma Campaign |
12/19/2006
Community groups mobilized across the United States Monday to call for immigration policies based on the principles of dignity, justice, and equality.
Read moreFrom: Human Rights Education Associates Related: [United States] |
12/18/2006
More than 89,000 people in 70 countries have joined a campaign asking Starbucks to stop dragging its feet and to support Ethiopia's ownership of its coffee names--a move that could be very important for the country's coffee farmers.
Read moreFrom: Oxfam America Related: [Ethiopia] |
12/18/2006
Equality advocates are hailing last week's passage of a law on civil unions in New Jersey as a positive step, though they are disappointed that the legislature did not provide for same sex marriages.
Read moreFrom: Human Rights Campaign Related: [United States] |
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