RIGHTS-US: Ill Migrants Left to Languish Behind Bars
Ben CaseNEW YORK, Mar 18 2009 (IPS) - Clinical staff at U.S. immigration detention centres systematically abuse detainees in their...
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DEVELOPMENT: Making Sanitation Sexy
Ali GharibWASHINGTON, Apr 14 2009 (IPS) - Though the issue of human excreta is often taboo in polite company, human...
HEALTH: Flu Fuels Concerns about ‘Factory Farms’
Shari NijmanNEW YORK, May 15 2009 (IPS) - While the swine flu virus does not appear to be as potentially...
FIJI: Swine Flu Spreads to Vulnerable Pacific Island Nations
Shailendra SinghSUVA, Jun 23 2009 (IPS) - Fiji has become the second Pacific island nation to confirm cases of the...
MIDEAST: Malnutrition Begins to Bite
Eva BartlettGAZA CITY, Jul 15 2009 (IPS) - No one is buying meat these days, says Yousef Al-Jerjowi, sitting next...
POPULATION: UNFPA Partners With Faith-Based Groups
Sonali SalgadoUNITED NATIONS, Aug 13 2009 (IPS) - The United Nations has realised that if it wants to achieve the...
POPULATION: 'Time to Shelve the ICPD Plan of Action’
Zofeen Ebrahim interviews Muslim youth advocate IMANE KHACHANIBERLIN, Sep 16 2009 (IPS) - At least 1.5 billion people aged 10...
POLITICS: Zimbabwe Blasted for Condoning “Sexual Terror”
Thalif DeenUNITED NATIONS, Dec 10 2009 (IPS) - Zimbabwe s ruling political party has been accused of launching a widespread...
RIGHTS-US: Lawsuit Probes Role of Psychologists in Terror War
William FisherNEW YORK, Nov 2 2009 (IPS) - The state board responsible for licensing and disciplining psychologists in Louisiana is...
PERU: IACHR Calls for Justice for Victims of Forced Sterilisation
Ángel PáezLIMA, Nov 26 2009 (IPS) - The Peruvian government is once again being called on to bring to justice...