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Song of the moment - Muse: “Uprising”
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"They will not force us They will stop degrading us They will not control us We will be victorious"2 hours ago -
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Maori Party leader disagrees with Race Relations Commissioner over Harawira emails During the week Race Relations Commissioner Joris de Bres was careful to avoid saying that Harawiras expletive-ridden email was abusive, because to do so would be an admission that Harawira had breached the Human Rights Act, which says ...3 hours ago -
Bloggers and youth activists Emin and Adnan jailed in Azerbaijan
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Azeri bloggers and youth activists Emin and Adnan received jail sentences of 2.5 and 2 years, respectively. ( here and here ) Live blogging from the court hearings and the reactions to that spread via Twitter under the #EminAdnan hashtag. Sadly, this yet another sign of a total deterioration of human rights in ...3 hours ago -
Iran: Shadi Sadr’s Speech Accepting “2009 Human Rights Defenders Tulip”
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The Latest from Iran (11 November): Revelations & Connections Receive our latest updates by email or RSS SUBSCRIBE TO OUR FEED Buy Us A Cup of Coffee? Help Enduring America Expand Its Coverage and Analysis Lawyer, journalist, and human rights activist Shadi Sadr accepting the 2009 Human ...5 hours ago -
Junta linked attack to KNU
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YANGON, Nov. 11 (Xinhua) — Three people were killed and two others wounded in an attack on a passenger boat Tuesday on the Thanlwin River in Myanmar’s southeastern state of Kayin, official media report confirmed Wednesday. The passenger boat “Saw Ohmma”, owned by the state-run Myanmar Inland Water ...5 hours ago -
Distance university student’s picnic blocked by university staff in Moulmein.
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November 11, 2009 HURFOM, Moulmein: Students from a university level distance education program in Moulmein were denied permission by the school dean to organize a picnic after completing their exams. After being warned, their trip was banned without explanation. According to a student from the University Distance ...5 hours ago -
Home Office to keep DNA for six years
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Government expected to announce limit in response to ruling by European court of human rights Home Office ministers are expected to announce a six-year limit on the retention of DNA profiles on the national database for people arrested but not convicted of any offence, bringing it more in line with Scotland, where ...5 hours ago -
Arakan Rivers Network (ARN) Releases Preliminary Report on Impact of the Kaladan Multi-Modal Transit Transport Project
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India-Burma Transport Project to Devastate Local Livelihoods and Cultures Local civilians in Western Burma (Myanmar) face severe negative consequences from the planned construction of the Kaladan Multi-Modal Transport Project; these include heavy damage to the environment and therefore livelihoods, as well as ...6 hours ago -
Deputy Executive Director Vacancy Re-Advertisement: Kenya Human Rights Commission (KHRC)
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Those who had applied previously are kindly requested to re-submit their application. The Kenya Human Rights Commission (KHRC) is a national non-governmental organisation with a mission to promote, protect and enhance the enjoyment of all human rights by all men and women. The vision of the KHRC is a Kenya ...6 hours ago -
KNPLF and Border Guard 1-VDO
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non-ceasefire Shan State Army SSA: 20-year ceasefire “not for fun”
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WEDNESDAY, 11 NOVEMBER 2009 13:22 S.H.A.N. Responding to the ruling military junta’s off-and-on statement that it has waited more than 20 years for the ceasefire groups to change, the non-ceasefire Shan State Army (SSA) South leader Col Yawdserk says it was “not for fun” that the latter had concluded truce ...6 hours ago -
အတိုခ်ဴပ္ ဘာသာျပန္ျခငး္ by Kawthoolei Media Service
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အႏိၵယမွာ ၁ဝ ႏွစေ္က်ာ္ အဖမး္ခံထားရတဲ့ စစ္အာဏာရွငေ္တာ္လွနေ္ရးသမား ရခိုင္ ႏွႈင့္ ကရင္ ၃၄ ေယာက္မွာ ကၽြနေ္တာ္တို႕ကရင္ ...6 hours ago -
Regional Finance Coordinator Career Opportunity
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The American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) is a non-profit Quaker organization established over 90 years ago working in the US and internationally. The regional office for Africa program is based in Nairobi, Kenya. The organization includes people of various faiths who are committed to social justice, peace and ...6 hours ago -
Iran ready to implement full shariah, start amputations for criminal punishment
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While I tend to favor capital/corproal punishment in extreme cases, amputating an extremity for theft is too extreme, even for me. Iranian police ‘ready to carry out hand amputation’ in return to Sharia punishment for criminals Iranian police have said that they are prepared to use the full force of Sharia law ...7 hours ago -
When Is a Trial Not a Trial? When the Registry Says So
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by Kevin Jon Heller Another day, another attempt by the Registry to undermine the fairness of Dr. Karadzic’s trial. Rule 3.3 of the Registry’s Remuneration Scheme for Persons Assisting Indigent Self-Represented Accused provides that a self-representing defendant’s legal team is entitled to be paid for “a ...7 hours ago -
Australia Considers Same-Sex "Marriage"
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By Thaddeus M. BaklinskiCANBERRA, November 10, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – As part of its inquiry into the Marriage Amendment Bill the Australian government yesterday heard arguments for and against same-sex “marriage.”The Australian Green party is pushing for the redefinition of marriage as part of their platform ...7 hours ago -
Blackwater Bribes Iraqi Officials for Silence Over Massacre
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Bribery , a form of pecuniary corruption, is an act implying money or gift given that alters the behavior of the recipient. Bribery constitutes a crime and is defined by Black’s Law Dictionary as the offering, giving, receiving, or soliciting of any item of value to influence the actions of an official or other ...8 hours ago -
Coptic Blogger in Egypt Threatens Hunger Strike
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Authorities deny Christian’s application for release.ISTANBUL, November 9 (CDN) — A Coptic Christian blogger in Egypt held in prison for more than a year without charge said today he will go on a hunger strike unless authorities grant his next application for release.Hani Nazeer, a 28-year-old high school social ...8 hours ago -
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Remember. One day every year, we pay special homage to those who died in service to their country. We remember these brave men and women for their courage and their devotion to ideals. We think of those who are in the military today, all around the world. Those much braver than us. We wear poppies, attend ceremonies, ...10 hours ago -
Albertan Hate Crimes Awareness Day
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. .. It’s a sobering report into how hate crimes are reported and investigated in Alberta. 2008 statistics released by the Alberta Hate Crimes Committee shows there were 68 hate crimes identified by Calgary police last year, compared to 155 by police in Edmonton. The difference is that the cops themselves are ...10 hours ago
