The Kaieteur News, one of Guyana’s daily newspapers, is notorious for publishing explicit front-page photographs of crime scenes and murder victims, an editorial policy that has roused controversy in the past. But the gruesome photo and accompanying report that led the paper’s edition of Saturday 31 October, 2009, triggered widespread outrage not at the Kaieteur […]
Ecuador: Lawsuit Against Oil Company for Environmental Damage
The court case Aguinda vs. Chevron, which started 16 years ago had received a lot of attention among the international media. including a recent story in the United States news show 60 Minutes. The multinational petroleum company Texaco, and its parent company Chevron have been sued by lawyers representing the local communities located in Nueva […]
Barack Obama’s Inauguration in D.C.
To culminate the many times I got to see Barack Obama speak both in Chicago and New York City over the last year and a half, including being in Grant Park on election night, I planned a semi-spontaneous trip to D.C. for the Inauguration. It was too expensive to get there in any direct manner, […]
Ethnic Uzbeks Opt Out of Turkmen Polls
Many feel alienated by election process and do not plan to lend their votes to anyone. By IWPR staff Members of the sizeable ethnic Uzbek community in Turkmenistan say they will not take part in the December 14 election since they have been given no stake in it. The Uzbeks are the country’s second […]
NYT Obama Papers Draw Record Demand
As consumption goes online, classifieds flee to craigslist, and circulation drops, print media gets a tough time these days. But for the Gray Lady at least, November 5th was a reprieve. The day after Barack Obama’s election, America knew she was witnessing history, and snatched up the newspapers to prove it. The New York Times […]
Intermediaries in Peril
By Katy Glassborow in The Hague (AR No. 180, 28-Jul-08) Lawyers at the International Criminal Court, ICC, are seriously concerned over the absence of protection for so-called intermediaries who communicate between victims in Africa and lawyers in The Hague. For the first time in international law, victims of war crimes can take part in investigations […]