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07.11.2009
A proposed Ugandan law on HIV/AIDS promotes dangerous and discredited approaches to the AIDS epidemic and would violate human rights, a group of more than 50 Ugandan and international organisations and individuals says in a new report.
more...Related topics/regions: [Uganda] [AIDS] Image: World AIDS Day
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06.11.2009
Ways of using DNA barcoding on issues ranging from protecting health to prosecuting smugglers of bushmeat, endangered birds and plants are to be discussed at an international meeting in Mexico.
more...Related topics/regions: [Mexico] [Science] [Biodiversity] |
06.11.2009
Campaigners have appealed to the UN to intervene to halt the evictions of thousands of families from their ancestral home in a Kenyan forest.
more...Related topics/regions: [Kenya] [United Nations] [Indigenous rights] [Forests] |
05.11.2009
British chancellor Alistair Darling and finance ministers from the world’s leading economies are accused of sticking to policies which threaten higher unemployment and climate chaos.
more...From: War on Want Related topics/regions: [United Kingdom] [Climate change] [Labour] |
05.11.2009
Countries meeting in Brazil this week should agree a temporary fishing ban for the beleaguered Atlantic bluefin tuna, as an essential measure to avoid imminent stock collapse, says an international environmental group.
more...From: WWF International Related topics/regions: [Conservation] [Fisheries] |
05.11.2009
A retreat from international funding commitments for AIDS threatens to undermine the dramatic gains made in reducing AIDS-related illness and death in recent years, according to a new report.
more...From: Médecins sans frontières Related topics/regions: [AIDS] Image: Punishing Success? Early Signs of a Retreat from Commitment to HIV/AIDS Care and Treatment
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05.11.2009
Major dams need not spell disaster for the communities they displace, according to research published today that spells out the need for benefits to be shared over decades and not just a few years.
more...From: International Institute for Environment and Development Related topics/regions: [Rivers] [Energy] |
04.11.2009
Britain's leading cheap fashion retailer, Primark, today faced accusations of cashing in on the recession by exploiting overseas workers producing its clothes.
more...From: War on Want Related topics/regions: [United States] [United Kingdom] [Corporations] [Labour] |
03.11.2009
Certifying palm oil is not a solution to the environmental damage and human rights violations caused by oil palm plantations, an international environmental group said at a meeting of the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil in Malaysia.
more...From: Friends of the Earth England, Wales and Northern Ireland Related topics/regions: [South East Asia] [Malaysia] [Forests] [Energy] [Agriculture] |
03.11.2009
Congolese armed forces in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo have killed hundreds of civilians and committed widespread rape in the past three months in a military operation backed by the United Nations, according to an international rights group.+ UN peacekeeping chief calls for probe into killings by armed forces
more...Related topics/regions: [Congo (Democratic Republic of)] [United Nations] [Conflict] |


