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UN rights chief speaks out against US failure to close Guantanamo detention facility
The United Nations human rights chief today spoke out against the failure by the United States to close the Guantanamo Bay detention facility and to ensure accountability for serious violations – including torture – that took place there.
Violence against women: Prevention, protection and empowerment in Haiti
It is a lesser known reality of the earthquake that devastated Haiti on 12 January 2010 and left more than 200,000 dead. The merciless disintegration of the Haitian State created a situation of utter chaos for the country’s most vulnerable.
Haiti: UN urges investing in water and sanitation services to combat cholera
Dramatic improvements in water and sanitation services are needed to eliminate cholera in Haiti and the Dominican Republic, health experts who took part in a United Nations-organized briefing to outline concrete steps to stem the spread of the disease …
WTO extends adoption deadline for panel reports in origin labelling dispute
At the joint requests of Canada, Mexico and the US, WTO members meeting as the Dispute Settlement Body agreed on 5 January 2012 to extend to 23 March 2012 the deadline for the adoption or appeal of the panel reports in the case about country of origin …
Australia donates AUD 14 million to WTO development programmes
At the 8th WTO Ministerial Conference of 15-17 December 2011, Australia announced it will give three donations to WTO development programmes. Australia will offer a donation of AUD 8 million to the Doha Development Agenda Global Trust Fund (DDAGTF) for…
ARCHIVO: Conferencia sobre cambio climático de la ONU en Cancún, México
El viernes, 10 de diciembre, Democracy Now! filmó a guardias de seguridad de la ONU golpeando a un fotógrafo de Reuters que fue detenido mientras cubría una protesta en la conferencia climática de la ONU en Cancún. Los guardias tomaron l…
Messico, Droga: Anonymous contro Los Zetas
Il gruppo di hackers Anonymous e’ intervenuto con un messaggio contro i cartelli della droga che minacciano la liberta’ di espressione, in particolare contro i Los Zetas. Con un video pubblicato in Rete i primi giorni di ottobre, il gruppo denuncia che appartenenti al proprio collettivo di Veracruz, sono stati sequestrati da questo gruppo criminale [...]
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USA, Militari per operazioni antidroga in Sudamerica
La DEA, agenzia antidroga statunitense, ha utilizzato segretamente negli anni passati cinque gruppi di militari in diversi Paesi del centro e sudamerica. I ‘commando’ sono stati impiegati ad Haiti, in Honduras, Repubblica Dominicana, Guatemala e Belize. Lo rivela il New York Times, spiegando che il programma risale ai tempi dell’amministrazione di George W. Bush ed [...]
Australia – Spurious media access to immigration detention centres
In the wake of a Sri Lankan refugee’s death at Villawood Immigration Detention Centre in Sydney on 25 October, Reporters Without Borders strongly condemns the immigration minister’s draconian new rules for media access to such centres as an abusive restriction on news and information that is tantamount to censoring coverage of a matter of great public interest. The Sri Lankan refugee was the seventh detainee to die at one of these centres this year. “If these rules are applied, they would (…)
Ecuador – Eagerly awaited free speech hearing in Washington, but radio director under travel ban
Amid continuing tension between the Ecuadorean government and some of the country’s privately-owned media, Reporters Without Borders hopes that solutions will emerge from the hearing on freedom of expression in Ecuador that the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) is due to hold today in Washington (4.30 pm local). Expectations are all the greater as three Ecuadorean cabinet ministers – foreign minister Ricardo Patiño, justice minister Johana Pesántez and national secretary for (…)
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United States – Journalist in legal fight with Obama administration over sources
Reporters Without Borders urges the Department of Justice to withdraw the appeal it filed yesterday in a bid to force New York Times reporter James Risen to testify about his confidential sources in the trial of Jeffrey Sterling, a former Central Intelligence Agency officer who is accused of leaking top-secret information. “We remind the Obama administration that its role is not to determine what is good coverage of national security issues,” Reporters Without Borders said. “Jeffrey (…)
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Paraguay – Politicians accused of masterminding journalist’s murder still at large
Eight months after radio journalist Merardo Romero’s murder in Ytakyry, in the eastern department of Alto Paraná, the alleged perpetrators are in prison but the suspected masterminds continue to enjoy complete impunity. The important political posts they hold seem to account for the murder’s limited media impact and the lack of progress in the investigation. Community radio La Voz de Ytakyry’s programme director, Romero was gunned down in his home in front of his children on 3 March. A (…)
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United States – Reporters arrested, roughed up while covering Occupy Wall Street protests
The often violent response to the Occupy Wall Street campaign that is growing in the United States and elsewhere is affecting the freedom to inform. Reporters Without Borders condemns the arrests of reporters in recent weeks, especially in New York where the police assume the right to decide who are journalists. On the eve of major worldwide demonstrations planned for 15 October, Reporters Without Borders urges the authorities not to resort to repressive methods, which constitute acts of (…)
APOLIDIA: SOSTEGNO AI TRATTATI, MA SERVE MAGGIORE SLANCIO
Significativi sviluppi in materia di apolidia questa settimana a margine della sessione dellAssemblea Generale delle Nazioni Unite a New York. Sono tre infatti gli stati – Croazia, Filippine e Nigeria – che hanno aderito a uno o entrambi i trattati i…
