By Lisa Vives, Global Information Network NEW YORK (IDN) — A plane carrying Cameroonian, Angolan and Congolese asylum seekers due to take off from Alexandria, Louisiana, was cancelled with minutes to spare after advocacy groups published affidavits by detainees of torture by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents. The affidavits listed a host of violent […]
Ugandan Election Rights Violations Elicit Threat of European Union Sanctions
By Lisa Vives, Global Information Network NEW YORK | BRUSSELS (IDN) — As Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni bore down on rights groups and the opposition, the European Union (EU) Parliament responded with the threat of sanctions against Ugandan individuals and organizations they hold responsible for abuses during the recent general election. Museveni apparently sparked the […]
Chocolate Multinationals Collude with Mali’s Child Slavery Rings
By Lisa Vives, Global Information Network NEW YORK (IDN) — A federal class-action suit filed on behalf of eight Malian citizens against Nestle SA, Cargill, Hershey and Mars, Inc. among others for their alleged complicity in the trafficking and forced labour of African children, is now under review by the US Supreme Court. The plaintiffs […]
House Impeachment Manager Joe Neguse Is First Eritrean-American In US Congress
By Lisa Vives, Global Information Network NEW YORK (IDN) — Colorado Congressman Joe Neguse , one of the standout speakers at the impeachment trial of ex-president Donald J. Trump, got raves from news pundits, saying a new national political star had been born. He credits his parents with the values that propelled him into a […]
Children Experiencing Severe Harm in Ethiopia’s Tigray Region
By Reinhard Jacobsen BRUSSELS | NEW YORK (IDN) — A United Nations agency had drawn attention to the dire situation of children in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, where fighting continues between Government troops and regional forces of the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF). As more supplies and emergency personnel reach the area, “an incomplete but troubling […]
Gender Bias Against Women Career Scientists Upsets UNESCO
By Jaya Ramachandran PARIS (IDN) — “Even today, in the 21st century, women and girls are being sidelined in science-related fields due to their gender,” warns the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Director-General Audrey Azoulay. Women need to know that they have a place in science, technology, engineering and mathematics and that […]
New German Law Seeks Corporate Accountability for Rights Violations in Global Supply Chains
An Important Step Towards Implementing UN Guidelines By Rita Joshi BERLIN (IDN) – After protracted negotiations, Germany’s coalition government has announced an agreement on a German ‘mandatory human rights due diligence law’ focusing on corporate accountability for human rights violations in global supply chains. In doing, it has taken into account the UN Guiding Principles […]
US and India: The Nexus Between Identity Politics and Economic Achievements
Viewpoint by Chandra Muzaffar This article is being reproduced from the Website of the International Movement for a Just World (JUST) presided over by Dr Chandra Muzaffar. KUALA LUMPUR (IDN) – According to official estimates, Donald J. Trump obtained a little more than 74 million votes in the November 2020 presidential election losing to Joseph […]
Youth Movement Leads for Food Systems Transformation
By Ronald Joshua ROME (IDN) – A wave of self-organised youth-led groups across the world has joined the growing momentum behind the 2021 UN Food Systems Summit, which will peak in September. The UN Food Systems Summit was announced by the UN Secretary-General, António Guterres, on World Food Day last October as a part of […]
DON’T QUOTE ME: When UN Elections were Tainted by Bribery, Cheque Book Diplomacy & Luxury Cruises
By Thalif Deen The following are excerpts from a just-published book “No Comment – and Don’t Quote me on That”, a collection of political anecdotes reflecting over 40 years of reporting from the United Nations*. NEW YORK (IDN) – When UN member states compete for the presidency of the General Assembly or membership in the […]