By Stephen Zunes, Foreign Policy in Focus. Posted April 22, 2009.The United States shamed itself in boycotting the United Nations conference on racism. Rejecting calls by liberal Democratic members of Congress, leading human rights groups, Pope Benedict XVI, and most of the international community to participate, the Obama administration instead gave into pressure by … [Read more...] about U.S. Shames Itself in Skipping Anti-Racism Conference
Maude Barlow Addresses UN General Assembly
UNITED NATIONS - April 22 - Food & Water Watch Board Chair Maude Barlow addressed the United Nations General Assembly today to support the Bolivian call for an annual "International Mother Earth Day" celebration. Her speech was a call to action to implement the human right to water and abandon the "hard path" of large-scale technology - dams, diversion … [Read more...] about Maude Barlow Addresses UN General Assembly
Monsanto CEO Voted Country’s Biggest ‘Biofool’
WASHINGTON - April 23 - Monsanto CEO Hugh Grant has been named the country’s biggest “biofool” after online voting in an April Fools Day competition sponsored by Friends of the Earth and the Rainforest Action Network came to a close yesterday. “It was a landslide. Nearly one third of all voters chose Grant,” said Kate McMahon of Friends of the Earth. “This result stresses … [Read more...] about Monsanto CEO Voted Country’s Biggest ‘Biofool’
Judge Rejects Last Ditch Attempt by Shell to Stop Human Rights Trial
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 23, 2009 4:15 PM CONTACT: Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR)press@ccrjustice.org Ruling Today Orders Royal Dutch Shell to Go to Trial for Complicity in Torture and Killing of Nigerian Protesters May 26, 2009 NEW YORK - April 23 - This afternoon, Judge Kimba Wood of … [Read more...] about Judge Rejects Last Ditch Attempt by Shell to Stop Human Rights Trial
ISRAEL: Conscientious objector Neta Mishli sentenced to 20 days imprisonment
Neta Mishli, 18, from Tel-Aviv, a signatory of the 2008 high school seniors refusal letter, began serving her first prison term on 23 April 2009. Neta Mishli arrived at the military Induction Base on 22 April and refused to enlist. For this she was first sentenced to seven days of confinement to base (she was told there was no room in the military prison for women). However, … [Read more...] about ISRAEL: Conscientious objector Neta Mishli sentenced to 20 days imprisonment