The Week With IPS 2/6

2015/2/6	Click here for the online version of this IPS newsletter
	Battling Terrorism Shouldn’t Justify Torture, Spying or Hangings, Says U.N. Rights Chief Thalif Deen The United Nations, which is the legal guardian of scores of human rights treaties banning torture, unlawful imprisonment, degrading treatment of prisoners of war and enforced disappearances, is troubled that an increasing number of countries are justifying violations of U.N. conventions on grounds ... MORE > >
	The Soul of Buenos Aires Is Turning Grey Fabiana Frayssinet If cities have souls, the Argentine capital’s is turning more and more grey. Real estate speculation, the fencing in and paving of parks, and the installation of private bars and restaurants in public squares have changed the face of the city. Green spaces with carefully tended flower beds? Today ... MORE > >
	Bangladesh Fighting Inequality at the Preschool Level Naimul Haq Shanta* is only four years old, but already she loves school. Every morning, her mother walks her to the small pre-primary facility in Mohonpur village, about 140 km away from Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka, and leaves her in the care of a young female teacher, who oversees the day’s activities: ... MORE > >
	A New “Republic” to Save Chile’s Glaciers Marianela Jarroud Chile’s more than 3,000 glaciers are one of the largest reserves of freshwater in South America. But they are under constant threat by the mining industry and major infrastructure projects, environmentalists and experts warn. The lack of legislation to protect them allowed the global ... MORE > >
	Row Erupts over Jamaica's Bid to Slow Beach Erosion Zadie Neufville A plan that government says will slow the rate of erosion on Jamaica’s world-famous Negril beach is being opposed by the people whose livelihoods it is meant to protect. Work is set to begin in March, but some in the tourist town continue to resist the planned construction of two breakwaters, ... MORE > >
	India Still Struggling to Combat Child Labour Neeta Lal Eleven-year-old Chottu* works 12 hours daily at a roadside tea joint near New Delhi's bustling interstate bus terminus. The moment fume-spewing buses halt here to disgorge groups of tired and hungry passengers, the frail boy has to push his way through the crowd to sell his wares – packets of ... MORE > >
	Ecological Latrines Catch on in Rural Cuba Ivet González Most people in Cuba without toilets use the traditional outhouse. But an innovative, ecological alternative is catching on in remote rural communities. So far 85 dry latrines have been installed in eastern Cuba – the poorest part of the country - thanks to the support of the non-governmental ... MORE > >
	Dying in Childbirth Still a National Trend in Zimbabwe Jeffrey Moyo For 47-year-old Albert Mangwendere from Mutoko, a district 143 kilometres east of Harare, the Zimbabwean capital, transporting his three pregnant wives using a wheelbarrow to a local clinic has become routine, with his wives delivering babies one after the other. But these routines have not ... MORE > >