CODELCO OUT OF PARAISO; The Constitution and The Chinese Factor
CODELCO OUT OF PARAISO; JUNIN NEXT? THE CONSTITUTION AND THE CHINESE FACTOR The latest news is that Codelco, on Thursday, met with the Paraiso community and said they were abandoning the exploration plans in the area. This is the official news. The unofficial, from a reliable source, but not official by any means, is that [...]
Libya: Tripoli (and others) Should Welcome Benghazi’s Demand for Autonomy
Last week, 3,000 militia and tribal leaders from eastern Libya announced unilateral plans to begin establishing their own autonomous government. They demanded a return to the loose federation that existed before Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi came to power in 1969. Predictably, the leaders of the National Transitional Council (NTC) in Tripoli rejected these calls. Mustafa Abdel [...]
An emerging new generation of Pashtun kaffirs
‘I am officially the first Pashtun Christian,’ wrote a man this week on Facebook. According to his updates on the social networking site, he comes from Waziristan, the most conservatively Talibanized and Taliban-affected mountainous tribal area which typically represents the centuries old Pashtun tribal system – i.e. loose and ungoverned tribes, religious and cultural values [...]
BANGLADESH: UN expert shared concern over political Victimization of Religious Minorities
I wrote to Ms. Rita Izsák, Independent Expert on minority issues, with the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in Geneva; which brought a response from Graham Fox, Human Rights Officer, with the Mandate of the Independent Expert on minority issues; Special Procedures Branch, Groups in Focus Team. This is listed below, and [...]
The “fifth power”: Transnational mining
In this opinion piece in the Mexican daily La Jornada, Magdalena Gómez, a lawyer and expert on indigenous rights, takes a critical look at the power of transnational mining companies in Mexico, in the wake of the murders of two anti-mine community leaders in Oaxaca. La Jornada: In our country we have a formal system based [...]
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Harry Wu and the Quality of Labor
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Food speaks the language of Tradition and Culture
Execution of at least 10 prisoners postponed until Saturday
Aeras, GSK deal to Advance TB Vaccine research
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Doubts Raised About the Alleged Assassin of Marisela Escobedo
Urgent: 10 prisoners scheduled for execution today
Kenya’s Professionals call for a supreme natural resource law
Africans innovators called to participate in Project Incubator Award
Israel goes to the polls in two or three months
Morsi’s 100 days, a performance which is viewed with mixed feelings
Syria: Arrest of prominent human rights defender Mr Khalil Matouk
Tanzania: Miners plead for time to make positive contribution
