NEW YORK, Oct 31 (IPS) - If Washington follows through on threats to slash aid to Mexico as punishment for its accession to the International Criminal Court (ICC), it risks further alienating key U.S. allies and drawing attention to its own increasingly shaky human rights record, say activists.
"There will be a price to be paid by the U.S. government in terms of its credibility," Richard Dicker, director of Human Rights Watch’s International Justice Programme, told IPS.
Mexico signed the (…)
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MEXICO - Mexico Defies Washington on ICC (Katherine Stapp, IPS)
1 November 2005, posted by Dial
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VENEZUELA - Community TV, Interview With Blanca Eekhout, Director Of ViVe TV (Justin Podur, ZNET)
10 October 2005, posted by Dial
September 06, 2004 - ZNET - A key part of Venezuela’s process has always been communication, and especially television. While the role of the state Channel 8 in reversing the military coup of April 2002 is known outside of Venezuela, largely thanks to the video documentary ‘The Revolution Will Not Be Televised’, the role of community media with a more critical eye and a grassroots focus is increasingly important. The first example of this was CatiaTV, a TV channel based in the barrio of (…)