Iraqi Union Leader: 'We are the resistance'
WHEN Mahdy Ali Lafta, the head of Iraq?s teaching union in Baghdad, started his career in 1970, he had no idea what life would later hold in store.
50th Anniversary Celebration of Bandung Conference Held
An Asia-Africa Summit will be held from April 22-24 in the Indonesian capital of Jakarta. On April 24, the participating leaders will move to Bandung to attend a ceremony to mark the 50th anniversary of the 1955 Asia-Africa Conference.
Union Raises Awareness of Gender Discrimination at Wal-Mart
, America's Campaign to change Wal-Mart, announced today a new grassroots initiative to highlight Wal-Mart's systematic discrimination against women workers.
Torture was Official US Policy, Says Rights Group
Allegations of mistreatment of US-held prisoners at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba have prompted numerous lawsuits since 2002 by civil liberties groups in the US, demanding full disclosure by the Pentagon of what has happened there over the last two years.
UN Commission on Human Rights Fails to Address Torture Directly
In its assessment of the 61st Session of the UN Commission Human Rights (UNCHR), international human rights organization Amnesty International criticized the undue influence of the US relationship with Cuba on the overall work of the commission.
