Suchergebnisse

Seit 1992 kam es unter der Regierung von Idriss Deby im Süden des Tschad und dort besonders im Bezirk Logone Oriental immer wieder zu Morden an der Zivilbevölkerung und zur Plünderung und Zerstörung von Dörfern. Verantwortlich für die Massaker waren die Sicherheitskräfte des Landes unter Billigung der Regierung. Um die Vorgänge aufzudecken und entsprechende Forderungen aus den Ergebnissen abzuleiten, wurde Anfang 1993 eine Untersuchungskommission ins Leben gerufen. Sie legte ihre Ergebnisse der Regierung vor, die daraufhin die Sicherheitspolizei (CRCR) auflöste und durch einen neuen Sicherheitsdienst ersetzte. Weitere Maßnahmen der Regierung bleiben abzuwarten. (DÜI-Mlr)

Human rights have suffered seriously in Rwanda since the beginning of the war there on October 1, 1990. During the International Commission's investigation, which lasted from January 7-21, 1993, it visited five of the eleven prefectures - Kigali, Kigali-city, Gisenyi, Ruhengeri and Byumba. It gathered evidence from hundreds of witnesses and excavated two mass graves where victims of massacres had been buried. It investigated three major massacres - one at Kibilira in October 1990; the killings of Bagogwe, which took place in several communes from January through March 1991; and one in Bugesera in March 1992. In addition, it gathered evidence on other cases of communal violence, summary executions, assassinations and threats of assassinations, looting and destruction of property. The Commission concluded that both the government of Rwanda and the Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF) have been guilty of human rights abuses. (DÜI-Hff)

In Okinawa, the southernmost prefecture of Japan, "ecotourism" promises to provide employment for a dwindling population of rural youth while preserving the natural environment and bolstering regional pride. Footprints in Paradise centers on how Okinawans' sense of place is transforming rapidly, along with language, landscapes, cultural traditions, and wildlife: from marginalized and exoticized island phenomena into global heritage resources worth cherishing by insiders and outsiders. Footprints in Paradise is intended for readers interested in the anthropology of US-Japan-Okinawa relations, tourism and island environments, the politics of ecological sustainability, and the shifting ethics of human-animal relationships in the early twenty-first century.