Support Urged for Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) 2005 Review Conference will take place at the United Nations in New York from May 2 to 27, 2005.
Cuba Calls for Human Rights Reform at the UN
Cuba has demanded a thorough reform of the United Nations Comission on Human Rights (UNCHR), which it compared to a 'sinking ship'.
Japanese Peace Movement Calls for Denying the Return of US Marines
The Japan Peace Committee (JPC) on March 4 demanded that the government oppose the planned return to Okinawa of U.S. Marines from Iraq where they committed massacre.
Review: Nobility & Civility, by Wm. Theodore de Bary
At 85, Wm. Theodore de Bary is one the deans of Asian Studies in the United States.
Imprisoned Without Charge: Yvon Neptune and Haiti’s Political Prisoners
Around 10 PM on March 10, nearly three weeks after beginning a hunger strike to protest his imprisonment, Yvon Neptune, Haiti’s prime minister under former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, was hospitalized after suffering dehydration.
Nobel Prize Winners Support Cuba at the UN
Portuguese writer José Saramago is among more than 200 outstanding world thinkers who have signed a document supporting Cuba at the UN Human Rights Commission in Geneva.
Bush and NEWSPEAK
Although there isn’t any great personality cult around Bush (no surprise given his personality) there is a multi-faceted censorship that invents its own news stories, never admits its distortions and lies even when the are documented beyond dispute, and punishes any critic for the most minor error.
Darfur: Arrest and Torture Continues
SOAT is gravely concerned by the continued arrests and detention without charge of civilians in Darfur for their perceived support of the rebel opposition group, Sudan Liberation Army (SLA), by government security apparatus.
Louisiana Signs Trade Deal With Cuba
LOUISIANA Governor Kathleen Babineaux Blanco and Pedro Alvarez, director of the Cuban firm Alimport, have signed a $15 million trade deal for agricultural products.
Impasse in Northern Ireland
The primary cause of the impasse in the North has been the foot-dragging of the British in relation to demilitarisation, the full implementation of the Patten reforms in policing, and the transfer of policing powers to the Assembly and the Executive.
