(October 4, 2005) Thailand’s energy planners have dusted off plans for mainstream Mekong dams studied by Canadian firm Acres International in the early 1990s.
Five years in Wuhan Women’s Prison for requesting fair treatment
Wang Xidong was attending a meeting at her son’s school when the police arrived for her. They took the mother of three away on April 21, 2004, and if she serves her full sentence, she won’t be home again until 2009.
Fighting fraud and corruption: World Bank fills out its armoury of counter measures
(October 3, 2005) Corruption remains a formidable barrier to development, the recently appointed World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz said in his first address to the annual World Bank and International Monetary Fund meetings in Washington.
Dictator-hunter homes in on ‘Africa’s Pinochet’
(October 3, 2005) A U.S. human rights lawyer who campaigns to bring ex-dictators accused of atrocities to justice has set his sights on snaring a former U.S.-backed ruler of Chad he calls "Africa’s Pinochet."
Chile re-evaluates Pinochet, Allende
(October 3, 2005) Augusto Pinochet has few public friends left; Salvador Allende’s reputation is being revived.
Loot: Let’s emulate Nigeria
(September 30, 2005) After years of negotiations, Switzerland has finally agreed to repatriate to Nigeria millions of dollars stolen and stashed in its banks by former dictator Sani Abacha.
The phantom of debt relief: a historical dimension
(September 30, 2005) "It is instructive that while African countries were earning huge royalties from the exploration of their mineral resources, their leaders did not stop at looting the treasury with the advice and connivance of their Western mentors and advisers."
Declaration of Havana, II South-North Consultation
(September 30, 2005) Resistance and alternatives to debt domination.
Check against misuse of foreign aid
(September 29, 2005) A top economic consultant said it appeared African aid had been insufficiently allocated and in some cases simply looted by irresponsible governments with a consequent legacy of unsustainable odious debt.
Debt relief for Nigeria: Not yet uhuru
(September 29, 2005) “Since the debt by President Obasanjo’s own admission, are of dubious origin, the issues of the responsibilities of the creditors must be put on the table during the discussions with the Paris Club in September.”
The villagers who seek to safeguard Shangri-La
(September 29, 2005) ‘The government talks about environmental protection being a priority, so why then do we have to move away from this beautiful valley at the expense of the environment?’ – A villager’s lament in a CCTV documentary on Tiger Leaping Gorge.
Open letter to the PRC from the Salween Watch Coalition
(September 29, 2005) ‘We would appreciate it if your government shared with us on what basis decisions are being made that will have huge and irreversible impacts on our lives, livelihoods and environment.’
Nigeria without external debt
(September 27, 2005) “We should learn from our past experience by ensuring that we no longer take loans in an unregulated or uncontrolled manner. We believe that the environment is no longer conducive and all that abuse is now in the past.”
Nu River campaign gathers steam
(September 27, 2005) A bold open letter calling on Beijing to release documents related to controversial plans to dam the Nu River in southwest China has sparked an Internet petition drive that is steadily gaining momentum.
Cautious welcome to debt relief deal
(September 27, 2005) Jubilee USA Network welcomed the agreement reached by the IMF and World Bank to implement the G-8 debt relief for 18 poor countries, but raised concerns about unresolved details of the deal.
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