Human Rights

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• Vietnamese Buddhists seek asylum in France

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 986
  Followers of radical leader Thich Nhat Hanh claim they are not safe in Vietnam after standoff with authorities turns violent Hundreds of Vietnamese followers of a radical Buddhist leader have called on the French president, Nicolas Sarkozy, to grant them temporary asylum, a week after they were attacked by ...
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• What is This Graph About? (5)

  
  P.A.P. Blog - Human Rights Etc. — Authority: 504
  The answer is here . More mystery graphs . Posted in quiz, what is this graph about? Tagged: casualties, facts, graphs, human rights, human rights facts, mystery graph, statistics, violence, war
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• Iconic Images of Human Rights Violations (36): Neda, Victim of Government Crackdown in Iran

  
  P.A.P. Blog - Human Rights Etc. — Authority: 504
  A picture combo shows a screen grab posted on YouTube (L) of Iranian Neda Agha Soltani, who was reportedly killed when hit by a bullet during a protest in Tehran, along with an undated picture of her posted on the Internet on June 22, 2009. A video showing the young woman bleeding to death was put online on June 20 ...
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• Pressure group Burma Campaign UK (BCUK) said this week that it will not be publishing its annual ‘dirty list’planned to add the names of law firms to the list for the first time this year.

  
  democracy for burma — Authority: 156
  Staff shortage stops Burma probe into international law firms Wednesday 16 December 2009 by James Dean An investigation into international law firms’ dealings in Burma has been called off because of a staff shortage at the organisation planning the probe. Pressure group Burma Campaign UK (BCUK) said this week ...
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• ITLOS: PROCEEDINGS INSTITUTED IN THE DISPUTE CONCERNING THE MARITIME BOUNDARY BETWEEN BANGLADESH AND MYANMAR IN THE BAY OF BENGAL

  
  democracy for burma — Authority: 156
  2009-12-16 | INTERNATIONAL TRIBUNAL FOR THE LAW OF THE SEA Press Release On 14 December 2009, proceedings were instituted before the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea in the dispute relating to the delimitation of the maritime boundary in the Bay of Bengal between the People’s Republic of Bangladesh ...
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• Egypt: The Capital of Hell on Earth

  
  Global Voices Online — Authority: 704
  Many Egyptian bloggers and activists have been detained by State Security on various occasions and for various reasons - real or fake - Wa7da Masreya interviewed several bloggers and posted a detailed post on torture techniques and psychological tricks those bloggers have been subjected to in State Security ...
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• Credit Suisse-The financial institution admitted to hiding illegal business it was doing with Cuba, Iran, Sudan, Burma and Libya.

  
  democracy for burma — Authority: 156
  Credit Suisse to pay $536M to U.S. BLOOMBERG NEWS Credit Suisse agreed to pay $536 million to settle claims the bank helped process payments that let Iran and other nations — including Cuba — avoid government sanctions and gain access to U.S. financial markets. The Zurich-based bank entered into a deferred ...
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• Honduras: a few deft murders

  
  The Mex Files — Authority: 472
  As I mentioned earlier today, Matt Yglesias not only made a fool of himself mistaking Ecuador for Honduras (as Bina noted in her comment, other than both being banana exporters, they don’t have a lot in common beyond a national language) the guy  has forced me to consider exactly what is meant by his Wikipedia ...
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• Quote(s) of the Day

  
  IPE at UNC — Authority: 131
  From Copenhagen . Mugabe: Why is the guilty north not showing the same fundamentalist spirit it exhibits in our developing countries on human rights matters on this more menacing threat of climate change? Chavez: If the climate was a bank, they would have already saved it. Fair play on the last point, although ...
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• MISA-Zimbabwe statement on shortwave radio stations

  
  The Zimbabwe Times — Authority: 142
  MISA-Zimbabwe has been following with particular interest the seemingly contentious issue of shortwave radio stations within the context of the ongoing SADC mediation process. It is MISA Zimbabwe’s well considered view that broadcasts by shortwave radio stations is an internationally accepted global phenomenon in ...
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• Saudi Arabia urged to quash witchcraft death sentence – BBC News

  
  Paranominal — Authority: 158
  BBC NewsSaudi Arabia urged to quash witchcraft death sentenceBBC NewsThe New York-based group Human Rights Watch has called on Saudi Arabia to overturn a death sentence given to a man convicted of practising witchcraft. …Rights group rejects Saudi witchcraft chargesThe Associated PressSAUDI ARABIA: Kingdom steps up ...
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• GSP+ Latest Statement by EU + Radio Netherlands Worldwide Newsline Program by Suren Surendiran

  
  Dandelion Salad — Authority: 447
  by Suren SurendiranFeatured WriterDandelion Saladhttp://www.tamilsforum.com16 December 2009Radio Netherlands Worldwide ran a headline story regarding the allegations of war crimes reignited by General Sarath Fonseka’s interview to a Sri Lankan broadsheet news paper at the weekend. RNW interviewed me and requested ...
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• 2009 in Pictures – Displacement, Environment, Protests

  
  The Global Sociology Blog — Authority: 134
  Great 3-parter from the Boston Globe , lots of protest movements, refugees and displaced peoples, and environmental catastrophes… kinda says it all. Pick your “favorite” as in most striking and representative.  Mine? (click on the image for big version) Shelling of a UN schools in Gaza by the Israeli army: ...
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• Zimbabwe Leaders to Reveal Constitutional Commissions Next Week

  
  Net News Publisher — Authority: 448
  Principals to Zimbabwe’s global political agreement (GPA) have agreed on the composition of three out of the four proposed constitutional commissions and the members will be announced next week, one of the parties announced Wednesday. Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai’s Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) party ...
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• Pakistan Army Abusing Human Rights

  
  PakPoint — Authority: 443
  This video evidence of Pakistani Army torturing Pakistani civilians hasappeared on Facebook and YouTube, which is the strongest prove yet ofclaims by Human Rights and Missing Persons advocates that PakistaniArmy is involved in kidnappings, torture ... {PakPoint.com Copyrights Notice : If you are looking this text on ...
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• Israeli feminists decry militarization of Israeli education system

  
  i-bloggers.com | create an independent voice — Authority: 158
  
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• Patriarch Kirill blames Strasbourg Court for infringing on religious rights

  
  ADF Alliance Alert — Authority: 531
  Interfax : "The European Court of Human Rights often does not properly consider the churchs rights, said Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia. In our view, the court sometimes lopsidedly uses different interpretations of individual rights to the detriment of collective rights of traditional religious ...
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• Swiss minaret appeal goes to European Court

  
  ADF Alliance Alert — Authority: 531
  "An appeal against last months decision by Swiss voters to ban minarets has been submitted to the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg."
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• Further privatisation of the State’s functions

  
  The Cedar Lounge Revolution — Authority: 478
  The Irish Human Rights Commission has advertised for contract workers for its human rights education project . The two temporary contract posts are, the IHRC’s web-site informs us, funded by Atlantic Philanthropies . As I flip between typing this post and the the IHRC’s site, I stare at the advert, to check, ...
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• *UPDATE* Turkey: another LGBT rights organization faces closure

  
  bird of paradox — Authority: 567
  “Money is the road to justice – and power walks it on crooked legs” A couple of months ago I wrote about the closure threat facing Black Pink Triangle Association in Izmir. An update on the situation has now been published in Bianet . I’m just going to quote it verbatim as it covers all the ...
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