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• in Film
  Big Oil and the Greedy Lying Bastards That They Are
  Greedy Lying Bastards exposes big oil-- the filmmaker Craig Rosebraugh chats with Bryan Cain-Jackson about the film
  by makingsense / on Mar 27, 2012
• in Film
  Death With Dignity: How to Die in Oregon (2011; now on DVD)
  Would you want the right to choose when it’s your time?
  by missbobetier / on Feb 6, 2012
• in Lifestyle
  Your Role In Human Trafficking & Modern Slavery
  Mark Regier, a faith based investor, discusses the threats of Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery
  by makingsense / on Jan 26, 2012

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “human rights”

 

• Whistleblower Bookmarks

  
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  These are bookmark entries-opinions on people-organizations who transgressed in morals, ethics and value system at CIC New Delhi and IIM Ahmedabad. For detailed chronicle of transgressions visit related blog at http://my-voice-of-dissent.blogspot.com/ People concerned with probity in public life are ...
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• UN envoy Annan heads to Syria days after massacre that killed over 100

  
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  The head of the U.N. observer mission in Syria said Monday he will emphasize "the suffering of the Syrian people" during special envoy Kofi Annans visit, which comes just days after a gruesome weekend massacre that killed more than 100 people. The mass killings Friday in the west-central area of Houla -- punctuated ...
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• Brother of Blind Chinese Dissident Returns Home

  
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  Brother of Blind Chinese Dissident Returns HomeReviewed by Bonnie-rochman on May 28.Rating: A rights lawyer.......
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• Amnesty International Releases Annual Report On North Korean Human Rights

  
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  Amnesty International has actually found time out of their busy schedule of criticizing Lee Myung-bak and  advocating for the return of Bradley Manning’s blanket  to actually write a report about executions happening in North Korea: A new Amnesty International report paints a gruesome picture of summary ...
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• UK judge to hear bail application from radical preacher Abu Qatada

  
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  A U.K. immigration judge is to decide whether radical Islamist cleric Abu Qatada should be granted bail. Abu Qatada is being held in a high-security prison while he fights deportation to Jordan over terror charges. Both the British and Jordanian governments want Abu Qatada to stand trial in Jordan, but ...
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• 23-Year Old Hamza Deported by Malaysia on Blasphemy Charges

  
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  Hamza Kashgari, a 23 year old journalist for the Al-Bilad newspaper in Jeddah, may be beheaded over blasphemous tweets he made, addressed to the Prophet Mohammad. Blasphemy in Saudi Arabia is punishable by death. Two of the offending tweets responsible for getting Kashgari into so much trouble he fled to Malaysia ...
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• Activists say shelling kills at least 24 in central Syrian city

  
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  Activists say troops have shelled several neighborhoods in a central Syrian city, killing at least 24. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights and the Local Coordination Committees say the bombardment of Hama lasted until the early hours of Monday. The LCC said 24 were killed while the Observatory put ...
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• Dignity in la-la land: Why anybody can’t paint anybody’s penis

  
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  By Leonhard Praeg We all know that political liberals live in a la-la land that hovers, somewhat like a virtual reality, over the real geography of political time and space. For citizens of la-la land “freedom of expression” is the same in South Africa as it is in Zimbabwe as it is in New Zealand,...
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• Tech tea parties help women stay in touch with the world

  
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  Matthew Hall – IT Pro – Monday, 28 May 2012 (originally published 23 May) The seemingly simple act of buying a phone can come with stigma in some countries if you’re a woman. In Qatar, women can usually communicate only with men who are family members. Going to a shop is mostly off limits. This [...]
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• Improve the U.S. Criminal Justice System

  
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  The U.S. currently houses one quarter of the worlds prison population, and over half of those released from prison will be re-incarcerated within three years. Our criminal justice system has many shortcomings, from discrimination to poor rehabilitative efforts. Tell the Senate to support legislation that would create ...
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• AFP: Syrian human rights group says more than 13,000 people have been killed since start of uprising in country

  
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• Mining and gas company vandalism in Papua New Guinea

  
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  My following interview appears in this week’s Green Left Weekly: Independent journalist and author  Antony Loewenstein  visited Papua New Guinea in January and February as part of his research for an upcoming book and documentary about disaster capitalism and privatisation. He spoke to  Green Left Weekly ...
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• Activists demand intelligence, para-military forces answer RTIs

  
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  New Delhi, May 27 (IANS) Activists and government representatives met here to discuss ways to make the dissemination process under the Right To Information (RTI) Act more transparent and accountable and demanded that intelligence agencies and the paramilitary forces respond to queries under the law. A two day ...
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• Syrian children get murdered, Chávez sends diesel to Syrian regime

  
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  We hear about the massacre of 32 Syrian children during the latest clashes between the Assad troops and the rebels. And just a few days ago the Chávez regime shipped diesel to that Assad regime badly needed to move their tanks. The Western had applied sanctions to Syria and Chávez helps his pal to circumvent ...
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• Sunday Reads: Memorial Days and One Hot Summer Ahead

  
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  Memorial Day 1909, click image to see more vintage postcards. Morning all! This is a long weekend for many of you, and I hope that you all are enjoying it! Take care because it is during these weekends that bring about travel and water related fatalities. Earlier this week, Boston Boomer mentioned something in a ...
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• #PalHunger | Again Israel violates agreements: IOA renews administrative detention of Haj

  
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  [ PIC 27/05/2012 - 08:43 AM ] JENIN, (PIC)– The Israeli occupation authority (IOA) has renewed the administrative detention of Hamas leader Abdulbaset Al-Haj in violation of the agreement with the prisoners. Family of Haj, 42, told the PIC reporter in his village of Jalkamus, east of Jenin, that the six-month ...
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• Nick Clegg on Andrew Marr this morning - Eurozone, human rights, immigration and vested interests

  
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  Another superb performance from Nick Clegg on Andrew Marr this morning. As befits someone who was there when the Euro was born, working for then EU Trade Commissioner Sir Leon Brittain, he showed that he really knows his stuff on the decisive reforms needed to sort the crisis out. I did for a moment think that Id ...
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• Iran: Deprivation of Medical Care Jeopardizes Blogger’s Life

  
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  Hossein Ronaghi Maleki , Iranian blogger, is in dire condition serving 15-year prison term.Father says months-long torture caused kidney failure. Written by Fred Petrossian · comments (0) Share: Donate · facebook · twitter · reddit · StumbleUpon · delicious · Instapaper
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• Iconic Images of Human Rights Violations (77): Korean War

  
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  1950, early in the Korean War, American Marines march through bitter cold down a canyon road they dubbed “Nightmare Alley” during a grim retreat from the Chosin Reservoir. Originally published in the December 25, 1950, issue of LIFE – Photo by David Duncan Douglas ( source ) More on the Korean war , and on ...
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• My Thoughts on Johan Jaafar and BERSIH3.0

  
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  May 27, 2012 My Thoughts on Johan Jaafar and BERSIH3.0 Comment: Dato’ Johan Jaafar’s views on BERSIH3.0 are mainstream and understandably so since he is Chairman, Media Prima, the UMNO company which controls TV3, Utusan Malaysia and The New Straits Times.  In this article (below), he chose to ...
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