POLITICS: NGOs Hold Arms Exporters to Account for Abuses
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Suzanne Hoeksema
UNITED NATIONS, Oct 8 (IPS) – With 2,000 people dying daily in armed violence fuelled by irresponsible arms transfers, talks to create an international treaty regulating these weapons can no longer be delayed, says a coalition of NGOs in a new report ”Dying for [...]
RIGHTS-AFRICA: Elusive Justice for Victims of Gender-Based Violence
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By Joshua Kyalimpa
NAIROBI, Kenya, Aug 14 (IPS) – Florence Mukambi will always bear the brunt of the country’s post-election violence.
Her two young children were burnt alive in their beds while she was disfigured and rendered destitute as the ethnic hatred raged through the slum where she still [...]
IRAN: Mourners for Neda’s ‘40th’ Undeterred
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Sara Farhang
TEHRAN, Jul 31 (IPS) – In line with the Shia tradition of paying respects to the dead, tens of thousands of Iranians went to Behesht Zahra cemetery on Thursday to mourn the death of Neda Agha Soltan û an iconic victim of post-election violence [...]
