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• UN concern at tainted Nepal general’s promotion

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 729
  Kathmandu, Dec 25 (IANS) The UN has expressed concern at the Nepal government’s decision to promote an army officer whose brigade ran a secret torture camp and who is alleged to be responsible for the disappearance of 49 prisoners, saying he and others should not be promoted until a transparent and unbiased enquiry ...
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• Sass Rogando Sasot

  
  The Not SO Talented Delfin 'DJ' Justiniano Ocampo Montano II — Authority: 124
  Fight against discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity Christmas is not merry for everyone.... Watching this clip moved me deeply and I hope you guys will watch it too. Be PROUD of Sass Rogando Sasot Another REAL Filipina HERO She is MY HERO!
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• The Most Absurd Human Rights Violations (22): Losing Your Job Over a Vulgar Comment Online

  
  P.A.P. Blog - Human Rights Etc. — Authority: 481
  From the Huffington Post : A school employee lost his job after he posted a one-word vulgarity in the comments section of an online article at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch ran an article asking readers what was the “craziest thing you’ve ever eaten” and invited them to submit the ...
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• Experts devise bang-up cracker formula

  
  Ohaiyo Business Magazine — Authority: 137
  British researchers say they have devised a guaranteed method of pulling crackers, to avoid disappointment at the dinner table this Christmas. The researchers say the method for always winning the long end of the cracker, and therefore the prize inside, is in the angle that you grip it. They have released a ...
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• Peru forensic team finds bodies of 25 children killed in Ayacucho during internal war

  
  Peruvian Times — Authority: 414
  A forensic team last week in Ayacucho unearthed the bodies of 25 schoolchildren and five adults, buried 26 years ago in three mass graves in the village of Umasi , nine hours south of the city of Huamanga, Ayacucho. The exhumation was ordered by the Ayacucho sub-provincial criminal court, acting on testimonies from ...
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• In the Time of Cholera

  
  (Mis)readings — Authority: 115
  Red and green are invading houses, malls, streets, churches, and stores. Along with the proliferation of Santa Claus outfits on TV ads, Christmas lights and decors adorning the campus, holiday greetings, and the chilly mornings, all these announce the start of the Yuletide season. Perhaps most of us are already busy ...
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• Pair held over $4m card skimming scam

  
  Ohaiyo Business Magazine — Authority: 137
  Police in Sydney have arrested two men over an EFTPOS scam which has so far netted more than $4 million from bank accounts in Western Australia. Thousands of Western Australians have had their card details stolen at several McDonalds restaurants across Perth since October. Police allege the 31-year-old Canadian man ...
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• Goa chief minister’s gold medals to police officers come under cloud

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 729
  Panaji, Dec 22 (IANS) The Goa chief minister’s gold medal awarded to two senior police officers for ‘dedicated and commendable’ services has come under cloud with civic groups alleging that the tainted police officers have been decorated.While police Inspector Santosh Dessai has been accused of major human ...
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• Kashmir’s security situation improving: Omar Abdullah

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 729
  Ajmer (Rajasthan), Dec 21 (ANI): Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, has said that the withdrawal of 30,000 troops from the State showed the improvement in the security situation during the last one year. Talking to reporters after offering prayers at the Ajmer shrine on Sunday, Abdullah said: “For the ...
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• Maguindanao Massacre 14

  
  durianburgdavao — Authority: 135
  Another autopsy urged on Maguindanao massacre victims AMPATUAN, Maguindanao – A foreign forensic expert has suggested new examinations on the corpses of victims of the Maguindanao Massacre, saying substandard procedures were used in the first autopsy. Commission on Human Rights (CHR) Commissioner Jose Manuel ...
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• Crew finds Centaur shipwreck

  
  Ohaiyo Business Magazine — Authority: 137
  A search team has discovered the wreck of Australian wartime hospital ship Centaur. The WWII ship was torpedoed by a Japanese submarine in 1943 and sank off the south-east Queensland coast. Of the 332 people on board the AHS Centaur only 64 survived. This morning, seven days into an official search, the crew of the ...
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• Geelani questions need for deployment of troops in Kashmir

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 729
  New Delhi, Dec 19 (ANI): Syed Ali Shah Geelani, the chairman of the hardline faction of the separatist All Parties Hurriyat Conference, on Friday (December 18) has questioned the need for heavy deployment of troops in Kashmir. Geelani’s statement has come against the background of the decision announced by Union ...
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• Antony asks Army to ensure non-violation of human rights

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 729
  New Delhi, Dec 18 (ANI): Defence Minister AK Antony today asked the top brass of the Armed Forces to ensure that there is no violation of human rights at any level. Delivering the key note address at a seminar on ‘Internal Security: Duties and Obligations in upholding human rights’, Antony said, though cases of ...
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• LAWYERS’ GROUP EYES INTERNATIONAL TRIAL FOR AMPATUANS

  
  durianburgdavao — Authority: 135
  LOCAL JUDGES FACING SECURITY RISKS A group of private lawyers assisting the ongoing investigation of the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) on the November 23 Maguindanao massacre is seriously considering elevating the multiple murder cases earlier filed against several suspects in the killing to the International ...
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• The Most Absurd Human Rights Violations (21): The North Korean Famine

  
  P.A.P. Blog - Human Rights Etc. — Authority: 481
  The North Korean famine ( source ) From 1995 to 1997, famine raged in North Korea. According to a report by North Korea’s Public Security Ministry, up to 3 million lost their lives ( source ). As this isn’t the most neutral observer, real numbers are probably much higher. (See an older post here about not ...
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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: 481
  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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• Between Equality and Diversity: The Rule of Law, Except When…

  
  P.A.P. Blog - Human Rights Etc. — Authority: 481
  One of the principles of liberal democracies is the equality before the law . The law shouldn’t protect or harm some citizens more than others (and to some extent this even applies to non-citizens within the jurisdiction of the democracy ). The law applies equally to all . Diversity This principle, however, ...
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• Pope issues ‘green-tinged’ World Day of Peace message

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 729
  Vatican City, Dec 15 (DPA) Pope Benedict XVI has delivered a strong new call for mankind to safeguard the environment, in his message for the Catholic Church’s World Day of Peace which falls Jan 1.The message titled: “If You Want to Cultivate Peace, Protect Creation,” was issued by the Vatican on Tuesday, and ...
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• Amid violence, Maoists at war within

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 729
  Ghatshila (Jharkhand), Dec 15 (IANS) They may have stepped up attacks across different parts of India, but the debate still rages within the larger body of Indian Maoists: is the violence the way foward?Even as the outlawed Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) answers with a firm ‘yes’, not everyone ...
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• Iconic Images of Human Rights Violations (35): The Great Depression

  
  P.A.P. Blog - Human Rights Etc. — Authority: 481
  ( source ) Read the whole story here . More about the current recession here . And if you’re wondering what this has to do with human rights, there’s something about the right to work here . More iconic images of human rights violations here . Posted in iconic images of human rights violations, work ...
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