Beauty as an optical illusion

Eva Carroll interviews activist FÁTIMA HERNÁNDEZ MANAGUA, Oct 25, 2011 (IPS) – Fátima Hernández, a young Nicaraguan rape victim who has become a symbol in her country in her fight for justice, is now working to help women in a similar situation, and preparing to take her case to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights. [...]

Christian Papesch interviews ELISE AUERBACH, Iran country specialist for Amnesty International USA UNITED NATIONS, Oct 21, 2011 (IPS) – The Islamic Republic of Iran has one of the most desperate human rights situations in the world. On Tuesday, the United Nations Human Rights Committee, which monitors states’ compliance with their obligations under the International Covenant [...]

José Domingo Guariglia interviews NATÁLIA GARCIA, creator of the project Cidades para Pessoas UNITED NATIONS, Oct 13, 2011 (IPS) – In May 2011, Brazilian journalist Natália Garcia decided to spend one year travelling to different cities around the world to better understand how to make urban landscapes more liveable for inhabitants. She called her project [...]

Laura Lopez Gonzalez interviews CIVICUS secretary general, INGRID SRINATH MONTREAL, Canada , Sep 30, 2011 (IPS) – Assassinations, intimidation and disappearances were the manifestations of civil society repression in Africa, but this may be changing as the crackdown on civil society is becoming more formally accepted and increasingly “by the book”, according to Ingrid Srinath, [...]

José Domingo Guariglia interviews advocate for the Uyghur people, REBIYA KADEER UNITED NATIONS, Sep 19, 2011 (IPS) – Before 1999, she was best known as the richest woman in China. Her business empire included a trading firm, real estate investments and a department store, putting her among the top 10 wealthiest individuals in the Asian [...]