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Chinese Editor Reveals Twists and Turns of Obama Interview
Hong Kong :: China | about 1 hour ago
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An exclusive interview with President Obama by a Chinese newspaper was censored by propaganda officials, according Hong Kong’s “Apply Daily.” Sensitive topics such as human rights and freedom of the press were removed from the original interview conducted...
Tags: Southern Weekend, China, human rights, Hong Kong, Media of the People's Republic of China, Xinhua News Agency, Propaganda, Politics
Brussels says churches must lift ban on employing homosexuals
Brussels :: Belgium | about 7 hours ago
Credibility It has emerged that the commission wrote to the government last week raising concerns that the UK had incorrectly implemented an EU directive prohibiting discrimination on the grounds of a person's sexual orientation. The ruling follows a complaint from...
Tags: employ homosexual, religious groups, european commission, Belgium, Brussels, Rights, Employment Equality Regulations, Labor, Politics, Discrimination, Human rights, International relations, Social Issues, Religion Belief
Keyes: Allowing states to make abortion decision not an option
Hopkinsville :: KY :: USA | about 15 hours ago
Credibility Keyes, a four-time candidate for president and former U.S. ambassador, was the keynote speaker for the organization’s “The Candidates and the Constitution” rally. In addition to Keyes, Andy Barr and Matt Lockett, who are seeking to represent the Kentucky’s...
Tags: Dr. Alan Keyes, U.S. Senate, David Adams, U.S. Supreme Court, Matt Lockett, Bill Johnson, University of Kentucky, Hopkinsville, Pro-choice, Roe v. Wade, Pro-life movement, Maya Keyes, Human rights, Alan Keyes, Conservatism in the United States, Politics
Women's Reproductive Health Is Not a Social Issue
Bedford Heights :: OH :: USA | about 15 hours ago
Credibility Connie Schultz, t r u t h o u t Op-Ed Language matters, so let's be clear: Women's reproductive health is not a "social issue." Deciding whether to carry the red purse or the black bag to dinner Saturday night?...Wondering why your child wasn't invited...
Tags: abortion, social issuing, health care, Stupak-Pitts, Congress, Bart Stupak, Bedford Heights, Pro-choice, Reproductive rights, Women's rights, Human rights, Gender studies, Social Issues
Human rights for Native Americans should be a priority
Lexington :: KY :: USA | about 16 hours ago
Credibility One representative from each of the 564 federally recognized tribes was invited and nearly 400 came to the White House Tribal Nations Conference. As perhaps the most forgotten Americans, they came hoping to be recognized, acknowledged and helped. In...
Tags: native americans, Barack Obama, human rights, Native American, Lexington, Punahou School alumni, Native Americans in the United States, Political positions of Barack Obama, Indian termination policy, Politics, Native American history, American culture, Social Issues
U.S. Taps Tough Critic for U.N. Council
Priština :: Kosovo | about 17 hours ago
Credibility Eileen Chamberlain Donahoe, shown here, has been tapped to be the Obama administration's representative on the U.N. Human Rights Council. (Facebook) The California scholar and Obama donor tapped to be the first U.S. ambassador to the U.N. Human Rights...
Tags: U.N. Human Rights Council, Eileen Chamberlain Donahoe, U.S, Kosovo, Priština, Human rights, United Nations Human Rights Council, Social Issues, Hillel Neuer, Barack Obama, United Nations, Politics
The Child Labour: The negligence goes on and on ......
I was rather depressed to read at dawn.com editorial this morning (see below) the fate of young kids who must be going to schools and enjoying their childhood by indulging in sports and healthy activities. Its not only the state, its all of us at fault...
Tags: child labour, neglected children, Labor, allnews, Pakistan, Pensions etc, Nicolas Asfouri, Justice, Dawn, Human rights, Child protection, Childhood, Abdul Sattar Edhi, Childrens rights, Labor rights, Anti Pakistan, Social Issues
Arar-case lawyer sees torture déjà vu
Kabul :: Afghanistan | about 22 hours ago
Credibility In light of the human rights record of Afghanistan, you would expect that officials would check it out," says Paul Cavalluzzo. Afghanistan's widely criticized record on human rights should have been enough for Canadian officials to suspect detainees in...
Tags: Paul Cavalluzzo, human rights, Afghanistan, Arar, rights records, Syrian, Mr. Colvin, Canadian, Richard Colvin, Kabul, War in Afghanistan, Franco Pillarella, Abdullah Almalki, Public inquiries, Maher Arar, Human rights abuses, Politics
Children be protected from abuses: Fehmida ...
Islamabad :: Pakistan | 1 day ago
Credibility Staff Report Islamabad�Speaker National Assembly Dr. Fehmida Mirza on Friday said that children are the hope of mankind and continuity of human race and needed to be protected from degrading living conditions, violence, drug trafficking, child labor and...
Tags: Dr. Fehmida Mirza, beings protection, Pakistan, Islamabad, Human rights, Politics, Society, Fahmida Mirza, Torture, Human rights abuses, Crimes against humanity, Culture, Social Issues, Labor
RIGHTS-MEXICO: State Held Responsible for Three Juárez Killings
Mexico :: Philippines | 1 day ago
Credibility The families of three young women murdered in Ciudad Ju�rez, in the northern Mexican state of Chihuahua on the border with the United States, had to wait eight years for justice, which they finally obtained through the inter-American system. The Inter-American...
Tags: human rights, Ciudad Ju�rez, Court, Cotton Field, Commission, Mexico, Philippines, Human rights abuses, Political repression, Femicide, Inter-American Court of Human Rights, Organization of American States, Homicide, Crimes against humanity, Law Crime
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