Social Watch news
Published on Wed, 2011-07-27 07:34
Source: Eurostep. The European Commission launched seven sustainability schemes which will be used to verify actual mitigation impact of biofuels. The launch, however, has raised fresh concerns about the European Union’s policy on this matter, with critics arguing those plans fall short in addressing the social impacts of biofuel production, reported Eurostep. |
Published on Tue, 2011-07-26 13:42
Source: Report by Salma Shukrallah, Al Ahram Parties and civil organizations, amongst them Mosharka (national focal point of Social Watch), demand that Egypt's military council and government take responsibility for Abbassiya violence. The groups call for an independent committee to investigate the episode, as they compare it to the infamous 'Battle of the Camel'. |
Published on Mon, 2011-07-25 12:00
Source: Mizzima, reproduced by Burma News International The National League for Democracy (NLD), opposition party banned by the Burmese military regime, plans to take its case to the United Nations Council of Human Rights (UNCHR). Thai-based Burma Lawyers’ Council (BLC, focal point of Social Watch) supports the move, reported Mizzima, a news agency run by Burmese journalists exiled in India. |
Published on Fri, 2011-07-22 07:41
Source: Social Watch Leonor Briones, of Philippines, and Tanya Dawkins, of the United States, were elected as co-chairs of the Coordinating Committee of Social Watch on 16 July, after the network’s Global Assembly, held in Manila last week. The 15 members of this body were chosen in a gender balanced way and represent Latin America, Europe, Asia, Africa, North America and the Arab region. |
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Published on Fri, 2011-07-22 07:33
Source: The Star of Malaysia Two rating agencies, Moody’s and Standard and Poor, warned they might downgrade United States debt from its AAA status if the political impasse over a possible default continues, wrote Martin Khor, Executive Director of South Centre, in his most recent column for The Star, one of the leading Malaysian newspapers. There are several reasons why the world, and especially the developing countries, should be alarmed at this situation. |
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Published on Fri, 2011-07-22 07:29
Source: Ceské Noviny The Social Watch 2010 report released on Thursday in Prague criticised the Czech Republic for cutting welfare benefits and the planned government reforms that it says threaten low-income families who may fall into poverty, reported the Ceské Noviny newspaper |
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Published on Fri, 2011-07-22 07:27
Source: TunisiaLive.net The Tunisian League for Human Rights, focal point of Social Watch, condemned the attempts by the European Union and the United States to deny the humanitarian Freedom Flotilla 2 from sealing toward Gaza, reported the news portal TunisiaLive.net. |
Published on Thu, 2011-07-21 07:30
Source: Third World Network The last two rainy seasons did not materialize over a major portion of the Horn of Africa. All of Somalia, and large swaths of Ethiopia, Kenya, Djibouti and northern Uganda are now experiencing their worst drought in sixty years, warned Doreen Stabinsky, Professor of Global Environmental Politics at College of the Atlantic in Maine, United States. |
Published on Wed, 2011-07-20 07:17
Source: Social Watch In its 5th Global Assembly held in Manila last week, Social Watch concluded that “the current growth-led economic model is economically inefficient, socially unjust, environmentally damaging and politically unsustainable”. Thus, it pledged to “challenge the prevailing economic paradigm based on GDP growth worldwide” and to further its contribution to “the development of alternative indicators”. |
Published on Tue, 2011-07-19 07:20
Source: Social Watch India Most of the 70,000 complaints filed every year at the National Human Rights Commission of India “are against police”, said Dr. K. S.Subramanian, former policeman and author of the report “Social Watch India Perspective Series Vol.:3”, launched last week. |
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