Overseas news archive
June 2006
06.06.2006
For Anwar Bakar whose family was shot in front of his eyes in Darfur - it is simple: "I would be murdered or killed if I went to Khartoum."
more...From: OneWorld UK Related topics/regions: [United Kingdom] [Sudan] |
05.06.2006
Women are being sold off in "slave auctions" in the arrivals lounges of British airports, according to authorities desperate to crack down on the burgeoning trade in trafficking humans.
more...From: Guardian Unlimited Related topics/regions: [United Kingdom] |
05.06.2006
Women who have been genitally mutilated are significantly more likely to experience difficulties during childbirth and their babies are more likely to die as a result of the traditional practice, according to a new United Nations study.
more...From: United Nations |
05.06.2006
A week after the earthquake that affected up to 500,000 people in Indonesia, many survivors are still in need of basic assistance, including medical care, temporary shelter, food and water.
more...* Child begging risks in earthquake aftermath * MSF mobilises to complement Indonesian relief efforts Related topics/regions: [Indonesia] |
05.06.2006
More than 800 Burmese fleeing troops destroying villages have reportedly been refused entry into Thailand and are living in temporary shelters within a few miles of a Burma army camp.
more...From: Asian Human Rights Commission Related topics/regions: [Thailand] [Myanmar] |
05.06.2006
Despite the rapid fall in the number of asylum-seekers arriving in industrialised countries, attempts continue to be made to dehumanise them by portraying them as menacing statistics, as criminals and bringers of disease, says the UN refugee agency.
more...From: United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Image: UNHCR around the world
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04.06.2006
Activists from more than 70 groups from around the world have denounced the declaration on HIV/AIDS released on Friday at the end of a major international gathering.
more...* 40 million 'betrayed' at summit From: OneWorld US Image: HIV/AIDS poster, Kenya, © Peter Armstrong
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02.06.2006
The outcome of the UN meeting on HIV and AIDS in New York has been slammed by ActionAid: "40 million HIV-positive people have been let down by our governments and the international community, said a furious spokesperson.
more...* Kenya Aids drugs to be free Image: ActionAid International
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02.06.2006
At midnight on Thursday some campaigners at the UN Aids conference in New York felt that the efforts of civil society and a few progressive governments might have paid off and that there were hopes of an acceptable final statement - despite earlier fears of a sell-out on universal access to treatment.
more...* Countries Debate Draft of Final Declaration * Kaisernet webcasts **ONEWORLD NEWS BY EMAIL From: International HIV/AIDS Alliance Image: HIV and AIDS information in a Kenyan school © Peter Armstrong
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02.06.2006
More than 100,000 survivors of the Pakistan earthquake will be living in tents and transitional shelters this coming winter, as well as for the foreseeable future, the UNs top official in the country has warned.
more...From: United Nations' Integrated Regional Information Network Related topics/regions: [Pakistan] |
02.06.2006
Indigenous peoples worldwide face a shocking health crisis, according to a series of articles that provide evidence that their health is significantly worse than that of the rest of the population.
more...From: Survival International Image: Survival logo
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02.06.2006
Researchers at Costa Ricas flagship biodiversity institute are hoping that an ambitious new project - that aims to find chemicals in wild species that could form the basis of new drugs - will ease its financial worries.
more...From: SciDev.Net Related topics/regions: [Costa Rica] |
02.06.2006
The United Nations meeting on AIDS is in danger of watering down commitments to universal access to treatment, prevention and care and emerging with a toothless political declaration, according to civil society organisations engaged in last-minute lobbying in New York.
more...Conference webcasts From: International HIV/AIDS Alliance |
02.06.2006
US nuclear weapons should be withdrawn from NATO countries, according to a report presented to the UN by the Weapons of Mass Destruction Commission, which challenges the Bush administration's nuclear weapons programme and policies of pre-emptive attack.
more...* Short shrift for Trident renewal Related topics/regions: [United States] Image: Nuclear weapons test, 1951 © Nuclear Age Peace Foundation
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02.06.2006
Over 70 European organisations demonstrated their opposition to the EU's trade policy through an open letter to Trade Commissioner Peter Mandelson and member states' governments published as an advertisement in the Financial Times newspaper.
more...From: Friends of the Earth England, Wales and Northern Ireland Related topics/regions: [Europe] |
02.06.2006
Displaced and other vulnerable people in Burma cannot wait any longer for outside assistance, including health services, education, food production and building the capacity of civil society organisations, according to a new report, Ending the Waiting Game: Strategies for Responding to Internally Displaced People in Burma.
more...From: Refugees International Related topics/regions: [Myanmar] |
02.06.2006
A new website that tracks reproductive and sexual rights by state in the US demonstrates a correlation between abstinence-only education and high teen fertility rates.
more...From: Feminist Majority Foundation Related topics/regions: [United States] |
02.06.2006
A statement by the head of America's Focus on the Family group that those fighting for marriage equality are "from the forces of hell itself" is condemned not just for his words but because "leaders in Congress will do his bidding whenever he cracks the whip."
more...Related topics/regions: [United States] |
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