03/07/2014
Human Wrongs Watch
Bonn, 2 July 2014 — “We need media that covers power and doesn’t cover for power,” said U.S. journalist Amy Goodman in a discussion on political opinion-making in the digital age at the three-day [30 June-2 July 2014] Deutsche Welle Global Media Forum in Bonn.*
Amy Goodman | Photo: Deutsche Welle Global Media Forum 2014
Discussing the proper role of journalism in covering topics such as war and political crises, U.S. journalist and co-founder of the independent news program, Democracy Now!, Amy Goodman, says, “I really do think that the media can be the greatest force for peace on Earth. Instead it is all too often wielded as a weapon of war.”
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These are critical times in the U.S., says Goodman, “when whistleblowers are under attack, when journalists who are supposed to be there to ensure the functioning of a democratic society, are very much under siege.”
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She stated that under the Obama Administration, “More whistleblowers have been prosecuted than in all the presidencies combined of the past.”In reference to NSA inquiries taking place this week in Germany, she said, “There is a very serious opportunity this week for Germany to open up a discussion that we may not be having in the United States.”
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03/07/2014
Human Wrongs Watch
Bonn, 1 July 2014 — While press freedom rankings determine national and international media policies, it is not always clear how objective these rankings really are. A new DW Akademie publication takes a closer look.
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Every year organizations such as Reporters Without Borders and Freedom House publish their respective press freedom rankings. They usually cause an outcry, especially from countries low on the list.
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While politicians hotly defend their media policies, opposition parties and NGOs seize the opportunity to criticize the government’s approach. Freedom of the press rankings are of global interest and spark international debates.
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They also play an important role in determining the amount of aid a country receives for media development. However, it is not always clear what the strengths and weaknesses of these individual rankings are and how these rankings are conducted.
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03/07/2014
Human Wrongs Watch
Russia Today* (RT), 3 July 2014 — There is nothing new in the Western policy towards Middle East and it’s clear that the winners are the State of Israel and its Western backers, and the losers are the people of the region, independent filmmaker Sukant Chandan told RT.
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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, a State Department translator, and Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki pose for a photograph before beginning a meeting in Baghdad on June 23, 2014. [State Department photo/ Public Domain]
Western nations were well aware that extremist groups in the form of ISIS can overrun war-torn Iraq, whereas the only way for Iraqis to beat the extremists is to unite against common enemy, Chandan said.
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03/07/2014
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By Nivedita Menon*, TRANSCEND Media Service — In the context of massive propaganda campaigns, the subtle use of stereotypes, and the fact that both the Western and the Indian media share certain basic biases, many people end up believing in a range of myths about the adherents of the world’s second largest religion. This is a quick attempt at exposing those myths.
A panoramic view of Al-Masjid al-Nabawi (the Mosque of the Prophet) in Medina, Hejaz region, today’s Saudi Arabia, the second most sacred Mosque in Islam | Author: Ahmed Medineli** | Wikimedia Commons
Myth: ‘Muslim’ countries are never secular. Muslims do not tolerate minorities in ‘their’ countries but demand minority rights in other countries.
The world’s largest Muslim majority country is Indonesia (total population approximately 25 crores[i], larger than Pakistan).
Indonesia is a secular democracy.
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03/07/2014
The Earth Policy Institute on 2 July 2014 issued its Climate Change Fact Sheet, in which it reports* that the global emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2)—the principal climate-altering greenhouse gas—come largely from burning coal, oil, and natural gas:
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Photo source: EPI
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Coal, mainly used for electricity generation, accounts for 44 percent of global fossil-fuel-related CO2 emissions.
Oil, used primarily for transportation, accounts for 36 percent of CO2 emissions.
Natural gas, used for electricity and heating, accounts for the remaining 20 percent of CO2 emissions.
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03/07/2014
Aiming to stem the tide of violent attacks and recrimination against Sri Lanka’s Muslim and Christian communities, a group of United Nations human rights experts on 2 July 2014 called on the Government to adopt urgent measures to stop the promotion of racial and faith-based hatred and end “the atmosphere of impunity” fueling hate speech and violence by Buddhist extremists.
A man injured in communal violence between Muslims and Buddhists in Sri Lanka. Photo: IRIN
Among other incidents, the UN independent experts – respectively monitoring freedom of religion, minority issues and summary executions – expressed serious concern about violence against Muslim and Christian communities by Buddhist groups with extremist views, and urged the Sri Lankan authorities to bring perpetrators of such violence to justice.*
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03/07/2014
A newly issued United Nations-backed expert panel report takes a close look at where and how food waste occurs and recommends a number of actions that could help reduce the 1.3 billion tones of food that are squandered worldwide each year.*
One-third of all food produced worldwide is lost or wasted. Credit: FAO
Recently, global food losses and waste has become a high visibility issue and according to the UN Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO), “globally around one-third of food produced is lost or wasted along the food chain, from production to consumption.”
Food loss and waste not only impacts food security and nutrition but also the sustainability of food systems – that ensure sufficient, quality food for this and future generations, says the new report.
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