June 2010 Archives (News)
A Worrying Front in the War on Drugs
06 June 2010
This article by Patrick Gallahue in the Guardian's Comment is Free is based on his article published last month in the International Yearbook on Human Rights and Drug Policy . Last year, the US embarked on a controversial and ill-advised strategy for dealing with the Afghan drug trade. It placed 50 traffickers with links to the Taliban on a… Read more
Colombia's War on Drugs fails in Cordoba, Guaviare, and Cauca
08 June 2010
The Colombian departments of Cordoba, Guaviare, and Cauca saw significant increases in coca cultivation in 2009, although national production dropped 16%, El Tiempo reported Tuesday. According to a forthcoming United Nations report, coca production in the northern department of Cordoba rose from 1,710 to 2,700 hectares, a 58% increase, after… Read more
International Drug Crime Measures 'Lead' to executions'
21 June 2010
Enforcement by Britain, the UN and the EU backs up regimes that ignore human rights, says report The United Nations, the European commission and individual states including Britain are flouting international human rights law by funding anti-drug crime measures that are inadvertently leading to the executions of offenders, according to a… Read more
Mandatory Death Penalty for Drugs challenged in India
23 June 2010
The text reproduced here was originally published by the Lawyers Collective, on June 23. The Bombay High Court admitted a petition challenging the constitutionality of Section 31 A of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (NDPS Act) that prescribes a mandatory death sentence for certain drug offences upon subsequent… Read more
New UN Drugs Tsar must be a Leader on Human Rights
24 June 2010
China's likely execution of drug dealers this week should inspire UN to choose a drugs tsar who will avoid complicity in abuses This weekend China will most likely execute dozens of people and, contrary to standard practice, it will make sure everyone knows about it. Why? Because once again it is time to mark the UN's international day against… Read more