Nuclear-Armed Powers Squander 6.000 Every Minute on Their ‘MAD’ Policy — Global Issues

Nuclear-Armed Powers Squander $156.000 Every Minute on Their ‘MAD’ Policy — Global Issues

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Credit: US government by Baher Kamal (madrid) Friday, June 24, 2022 Inter Press Service MADRID, Jun 24 (IPS) – They call it MAD: Mutual Assured Destruction. It is about the nuclear-armed powers’ doctrine of military strategy and national security policy. And they spent on their MAD policy more than 156.000 US…

UN rights chief urges leaders to ‘turn the page on rhetoric’ — Global Issues

UN rights chief urges leaders to ‘turn the page on rhetoric’ — Global Issues

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The four-day mission marked the first visit by a UN human rights High Commissioner in more than two decades, and she noted that some of the same rights challenges from that era persist today. Ms. Bachelet hailed an “unprecedented ruling” handed down this week, sentencing three people for incitement to hatred…

UN rights chief urges leaders to ‘turn the page on rhetoric’ — Global Issues

Overturning of Roe v Wade abortion law a ‘huge blow to women’s human rights’ warns Bachelet — Global Issues

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The widely anticipated Supreme Court decision, by six votes to three, was made in the specific case of Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health, and Michelle Bachelet said in a statement that it represents a “major setback” for sexual and reproductive health across the US. The historic decision returns all questions…

New and Old Afghan Refugees Make the Best of Life in Neighbouring Pakistan — Global Issues

New and Old Afghan Refugees Make the Best of Life in Neighbouring Pakistan — Global Issues

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A man sells poultry in Refugees Market, Peshawar, on 17 June. Credit: Ashfaq Yusufzai/IPS. by Ashfaq Yusufzai (peshawar) Thursday, June 23, 2022 Inter Press Service PESHAWAR, Jun 23 (IPS) – “We came here in 1979 after Russia’s invasion of Afghanistan. My children and grandchildren have grown up here and they don’t…

Actions to stem violence against women and girls ‘needed now more than ever’ — Global Issues

Actions to stem violence against women and girls ‘needed now more than ever’ — Global Issues

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“Nearly one in two women reported that they, or a woman they know, experienced some form of violence,” Amina Mohammed said at the Commonwealth says No More Violence Against Women event, taking place as the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) gets underway in the Rwandan capital. Pointing to rising…

UN rights chief urges leaders to ‘turn the page on rhetoric’ — Global Issues

Violence against indigenous women, ‘legacy of colonialism’ rooted in racism — Global Issues

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“This violence is rooted in historic and unequal patriarchal power structures, racism, exclusion, and marginalization enabled by a legacy of colonialism,” said the UN Special Rapporteur on violence against women, Reem Alsalem, on Tuesday. Stem ‘alarming’ impunity Meanwhile, perpetrators continue to go free, without consequences. “The level of impunity…both State…

Iran urged to halt imminent finger amputation of eight prisoners — Global Issues

Iran urged to halt imminent finger amputation of eight prisoners — Global Issues

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The men were sentenced to “have four fingers on their right hands completely cut off so that only the palms of their hands and their thumbs are left”.  OHCHR is deeply concerned that the amputations are imminent.  Guillotine already installed  Of the eight prisoners, seven were identified as Hadi Rostami,…