The Center for Public Integrity, which does "investigative journalism in the public interest," published a report yesterday on how US military aid in the deterioration of the human rights situation…
MANILA, Philippines — The umbrella group Bagong Alyansang Makabayan today assailed the allegedly secrecy employed by the Arroyo government in entering into a Status Forces Agreement with Australia.
?The Philippine government has entered into an agreement with a foreign government with no one else knowing the details. The contents of the SOFA have been deliberately hidden from the public so as to avoid scrutiny and protest. The signing is treasonous because it allows foreign intervention in our country,? said Bayan secretary general Renato M. Reyes Jr.
by Alex Berkofsky
?China has not started any wars lately,? Financial Times columnist Gideon Rachman wrote in February, pointing to Beijing?s competitive advantage over the U.S., whose Iraq misadventure is making sure that Washington?s international image deteriorates on a daily basis.
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(Hong Kong, May 31, 2007) ? The Chinese government is backtracking
on new rules that allow much greater freedom to foreign journalists, and is
continuing to deny comparable freedoms to Chinese journalists, Human
Rights Watch said today.
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At its World Congress on Thursday, the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) announced the election of Jim Boumelha of the National Union of Great Britain and Ireland as its president.…