Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IPS Thursday, October 30, 2008 All rights reserved, IPS – Inter Press Service, 2008. Constanza Vieira BOGOTA, Oct 30 (IPS) – The dismissal of 20 officers and seven noncommissioned officers for extrajudicial executions of civilians presented as battlefield casualties ”is a triumph for human rights organisations and for Colombian society [...]
POLITICS-ETHIOPIA: A Career In Dissent
October 29, 2008 By
Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IPS Wednesday, October 29, 2008 All rights reserved, IPS – Inter Press Service, 2008. Michael Chebsi ADDIS ABABA, Oct 29 (IPS) – Frozen in disbelief on the steps of the courthouse where she presided as a federal judge, Bertukan Mideksa watched as a man she had just ordered released on [...]
RIGHTS-US: New Davis Reprieve Raises Hopes of Retrial
October 27, 2008 By
Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IPS Monday, October 27, 2008 All rights reserved, IPS – Inter Press Service, 2008. Jonathan Springston ATLANTA, Georgia, Oct 27 (IPS) – A federal appeals court in Atlanta has stayed the execution of Georgia death row inmate Troy Anthony Davis scheduled for Monday — the third time he has been [...]
RIGHTS-SRI LANKA: Court Steps in as Governance Falters
October 27, 2008 By
Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IPS Monday, October 27, 2008 All rights reserved, IPS – Inter Press Service, 2008. Feizal Samath COLOMBO, Oct 27 (IPS) – Finding themselves up against corrupt politicians and indifferent governance Sri Lankans are increasingly turning to the country’s Supreme Court for relief, even for solutions to everyday issues. A landmark [...]
EGYPT: Ruling Party in Free Fall
Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IPS Wednesday, October 29, 2008 All rights reserved, IPS – Inter Press Service, 2008. Adam Morrow and Khaled Moussa al-Omrani CAIRO, Oct 29 (IPS) – A high-ranking member of Egypt’s ruling National Democratic Party (NDP) is facing trial on charges of arranging the murder of a Lebanese pop singer. The [...]