Opinion by Noura Hamladji, Samuel Rizk (united nations) Friday, March 03, 2023 Inter Press Service UNITED NATIONS, Mar 03 (IPS) – There is no better environment for the expansion of violent extremist groups than a vacuum in state authority. It provides ideal conditions for these groups to prey on existing and…
Opinion by Andrew Firmin (london) Friday, February 24, 2023 Inter Press Service LONDON, Feb 24 (IPS) – Over the year since the start of Russia’s war on Ukraine, on one side of the border civil society has shown itself to be a vital part of the effort to save lives and…
Opinion by Ines M Pousadela (montevideo, uruguay) Wednesday, February 22, 2023 Inter Press Service MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, Feb 22 (IPS) – On 9 February, Nicaragua’s dictator, Daniel Ortega, unexpectedly ordered the release of 222 political prisoners, including several former presidential candidates, opposition party leaders, journalists, priests, diplomats, businesspeople and former government supporters…
Opinion by Arul Louis (united nations) Monday, February 20, 2023 Inter Press Service UNITED NATIONS, Feb 20 (IPS) – Paralysed by its own Charter and structure, the world organisation that is charged with preventing wars confronts an existential challenge from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. When Security Council Permanent member Russia sent…
Opinion by Ines M Pousadela (montevideo, uruguay) Thursday, February 16, 2023 Inter Press Service MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, Feb 16 (IPS) – In late January, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, finished an official visit to Venezuela. He said he’d found a fragmented society in great need of bridging its…
Opinion by Andrew Firmin (london) Friday, February 10, 2023 Inter Press Service LONDON, Feb 10 (IPS) – Thulani Maseko knew speaking out in Eswatini was a risky business. An activist and well-known human rights lawyer, he’d previously spent 14 months in jail for criticising the country’s lack of judicial independence. Now…
War damage at a children’s facility in Ivanivka, Kherson. Investigators want changes in the way war crimes are investigated and prosecuted. Credit: Nychka Lishchynska by Ed Holt (bratislava) Friday, February 10, 2023 Inter Press Service BRATISLAVA, Feb 10 (IPS) – As plans are announced to set up an international centre in…
Opinion by Purnaka de Silva, Geetika Chandwani (new york) Friday, February 10, 2023 Inter Press Service NEW YORK, Feb 10 (IPS) – The opioid addiction crisis in the United States is an acute public health emergency and a profound threat to national security – which is caused by the over-prescription, misuse,…
by Thalif Deen (united nations) Tuesday, February 07, 2023 Inter Press Service UNITED NATIONS, Feb 07 (IPS) – Hinting at “Western hypocrisy”, a senior UN official once told a group of reporters, perhaps half-jokingly: “When you go on one of those sight-seeing tours in Europe, they will show you their palaces…
Opinion by Neville de Silva (london) Friday, February 03, 2023 Inter Press Service LONDON, Feb 03 (IPS) – On February 4, Sri Lanka commemorates 75 years of Independence. But it will not be the extravaganza of the past years, the minaturised imitations of the grand displays on Moscow’s Red Square or…
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