Shiria Ebadi is a brave woman. The Iranian lawyer who was awarded the Nobel peace prize in 2003 for her work promoting women’s and children’s rights on Iran have received death threats again.
On April 3 at the entry to her office building , there was a [a] note written. “Shirin Ebadi, your death is [...]
April 14, 2008
Nobel Prize Laureate Receives Death Threats
Filed under Barbados, Government, People, Politics
Tags: human right issues, Iran, Shirin Ebadi
April 14, 2008
Haiti’s Prime Minister Jacques Alexis Fired!
Haiti is searching for a new Prime Minister. That’s because the previous one was fired on Saturday. Prime Minister Jacques Edouard Alexis, was fired on Saturday in a vote by 16 opposition senators who said he had not done enough to ramp up food production and reduce the cost of living.
The latest upheaval follows a [...]
Filed under Barbados, CARICOM, Economy, Government, People, Politics
Tags: CARICOM, David Thompson, food crisis, food shortages, Government, Haiti, politicians, Politics, Rene Preval, World Bank, Yvonne Tsikata
