News and Views: June 2006
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- Supreme Court Blocks Trials at Guantanamo (The New York Times)
- No More Tears Sister: A film about Sri Lankan human rights activist Dr. Rajani Thiranagama (POV documentary on PBS, June 26th)
- Death Squads at Colombia Universities: A Public Statement to the National and International Community
- Shut Down Guantanamo and Stop Torture (NYC Events: June 25 & 26)
- Support First Military Officer to Refuse Iraq Deployment
- Rape in war 'a growing problem' (BBC News)
- No Permanent Bases: Passed Both Houses, Removed in Conference Committee (David Swanson, AfterDowningStreet.org)
- Gaza humanitarian situation ‘deplorable and getting worse,’ UN official warns (UN News)
- Guantanamo's First Suicides Pressure US (Julian E. Barnes and Carol J. Williams, The Los Angeles Times)
- For the Women of Iraq, the War Is Just Beginning (Terri Judd, The Independent )
- Female Focus Needed to Stop AIDS, Say African and U.S. (Katherine Curtis, OneWorld US)
- Fresh floods threaten already-hit Guatemala village (Reuters AlertNet)
- Resist this US backlash against Cuba (Ian Gibson, The Guardian)
- Genital Cutting Raises by 50% Likelihood Mothers or Their Newborns Will Die, Study Finds (Elisabeth Rosenthal, New York Times)
- Toward a Third Intifada (Fred Schlomka, Baltimore Sun)
- Abortion Adds to Colombia's Election Turmoil (Nicole Karsin, Women's eNews)
- Colombia's Deep Divide (Christian Parenti, The Nation)
- A Flagging Commitment on AIDS (New York Times Editorial)
- Aids, America, abstinence... (Oliver Duff, The Independent (UK))
