Global IssuesNews headlines for “Corruption”, page 33
RIGHTS-AFRICA: Women score high against Gender-Based Violence
- Inter Press Service
Women are celebrating a hard-won victory for gender rights after intense public protests led to today’s re-arrest of the country’s police boss a self-confessed wife-killer.
NIGER: Foreign Investments in Uranium Polluting Politics
- Inter Press Service
The reform of Niger's constitution to allow president Mamadou Tandja to remain in power beyond his original mandate and even become president for life, was motivated by the hundreds of millions of dollars flowing into the West African country as a consequence of opaque foreign, especially French, investments in the local uranium mines.
EAST TIMOR: Tackling Corruption Head On
- Inter Press Service
After a string of corruption allegations were levelled against Xanana Gusmao’s coalition government, a civil society organization in East Timor Thursday launched an anti-corruption campaign it says will help tackle East Timor's endemic corruption head on.
MEDIA: U.S. Rights Groups Condemn Closure of Venezuelan Radio Stations
- Inter Press Service
Several U.S. rights groups condemned the closure of 34 radio stations, as well as the proposal of restrictive media legislation, by Venezuelan authorities Monday.
AFGHANISTAN: Child Rapist Police Return Behind U.S., UK Troops
- Inter Press Service
The strategy of the major U.S. and British military offensive in Afghanistan's Helmand province aimed at wresting it from the Taliban is based on bringing back Afghan army and police to maintain permanent control of the population, so the foreign forces can move on to another insurgent stronghold.
AFGHANISTAN: Govt Denies Legal Inequality
- Inter Press Service
The head of the Afghan Supreme Court, Mohammad Zaman Sangri, denies that a legal double standard exists in Afghanistan, saying that all Afghans receive equal treatment before the law.
AFGHANISTAN: Rape - The Most Vulnerable Victims of Corruption
- Inter Press Service
Being powerful in Afghanistan does not only mean that you can break the laws of government. It also means that you can abuse your fellow citizens in the most awful ways and never be punished.
AFGHANISTAN: Two Justice Systems for Poor and Rich
- Inter Press Service
Three weeks ago, Afghan President Hamid Karzai pardoned five international narcotics traffickers after the Supreme Court found the men guilty and handed down a sentence of 12 to 15 years in prison.
DR-CONGO: Firms Fuelling 'Conflict Minerals' Violence, Report Says
- Inter Press Service
Several international companies are named as helping to prolong the more than 12-year conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in a new report by the British-based group Global Witness, released Tuesday.
PERU: Fujimori Loses First Corruption Trial
- Inter Press Service
Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori was sentenced to 7.5 years in prison Monday for giving 15 million dollars in public funds to his security chief Vladimiro Montesinos in the last few weeks of his government.
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