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Baltimore to be center of abortion debate
Narāl :: Bangladesh | 7 days ago
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Both sides of the abortion debate will be focusing on Baltimore today, when the City Council is expected to approve a first-in-the-nation law imposing new regulations on faith-based organizations that try to steer women away from the procedure...Rawlings-Blake...
Tags: Baltimore, pregnancy centers, Bangladesh, Narāl, Human rights, Crisis pregnancy center, Abortion, Pro-choice, Planned Parenthood, Pregnancy, Pro-life movement, Gynecology, Social Issues, Obstetrics, Fertility
Greens not surprised by intervention report
Sydney :: Australia | 7 days ago
Credibility The "Will they be Heard" report outlines a number of concerns about the consultation process, including a lack of independence, a failure to explain complex concepts and an attempt to gain support for decisions already made. Greens Senator Rachel Siewert...
Tags: Northern Territory, Australia, Sydney, Warren Snowdon, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission, Politics, Australian Greens, Members of the Australian House of Representatives, Green politics, Northern Territory National Emergency Response, Politics of Australia, Howard Government, Aboriginal Protection Act, Aboriginal child protection, Indigenous peoples of Australia, Law enforcement in Australia, Government of Australia, Social Issues, Jenny Macklin, Rachel Siewert, Pornography, Human rights, Prohibition, Binge drinking, Alcohol abuse, Drinking culture, Alcoholic beverage
Where God Walks
Terre Haute :: IN :: USA | 7 days ago
Credibility In a move to gather support from Democrats who oppose abortion, writers of the plan have changed the language so that federal funds through the health care option would not go to abortions. The Roman Catholic Church of America praised liberals for changing...
Tags: Catholic Church, health care, care option, Terre Haute, Pregnancy, Bioethics, Pro-choice, Religion and abortion, Jerry Falwell, Abortion debate, Abortion, Human rights, Social Issues, Religion Belief, Politics
China quake dissident gets 3 years
Beijing :: China | 7 days ago
Credibility A n advocate for the parents of children killed in last year's earthquake in China's Sichuan province was sentenced to three years in prison for what a judge ruled was illegally obtaining state secrets. The sentence is seen as a warning shot for those...
Tags: China, Sichuan Province, human rights, Huang Qi, Barack Obama, Mr Huang, Beijing, Japan, Asian Development Bank, Asian Financial Crisis, News agencies, Japanese media, Kyodo News, Business Finance, Sichuan, Wenchuan County, Allegations of corruption in the construction of Chinese schools, Sichuan earthquake, Tan Zuoren, Ai Weiwei, Law Crime, Zeng, Year of birth missing, Luo people, Punahou School alumni, Politics, Huang, Chengdu, Huang Xianfan, Jiang Pinchao, Wei Jingsheng, Jiang, Hu Jintao
Ann M Veneman: With universal standards, we can stop children suffering
London :: United Kingdom | 7 days ago
Credibility A historic decision was made on 20 November 1989, when world leaders adopted the Convention on the Rights of the Child in the UN General Assembly. Since its inception 20 years ago, the Convention has become the most-ratified human rights treaty in history....
Tags: United Kingdom, London, Convention on the Rights of the Child, Child sexual abuse, Child labour, Sex crimes, UNICEF UK, UNICEF, Human rights, Children's rights
Rwanda’s human rights failings exposed in Commonwealth bid,
Kigali :: Rwanda | 7 days ago
Credibility Rwanda’s Commonwealth bid meets opposition on human rights grounds. Iran’s opposition resolute in the face of government crackdown...All this and more in today's security update. A considerable degree of anguish has arisen over the prospect of Rwanda...
Tags: Rwanda, Commonwealth, human rights, Kigali, Hutu, Human rights in Rwanda, Paul Kagame, Rwandan Genocide, Politics, Politics of Rwanda, Commonwealth of Nations, Outline of Rwanda, United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda, Tutsi, War Conflict, Ethnic groups in Rwanda
Iran sentences former VP to prison
Tehrān :: Iran | 7 days ago
Credibility Tehran sentenced a former vice president to six years in prison for his alleged role in plotting against the Islamic republic in post-election unrest. Iranian media announced during the weekend that former Vice President Mohammad Ali Abtahi, who served...
Tags: Mohammad Ali Abtahi, Iran, Mr Abtahi, human rights, vice president, Tehrān, Iranian presidential election, Iranian reformists, Ahmad Zeidabadi, Year of birth missing, Politics of Iran, Law Crime, Politics, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Mir-Hossein Mousavi, Mohammad Atrianfar, Mohammad-Ali Abtahi, Mohammad Khatami, Criminology, Penology, Kurdish people, Human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran, Capital punishment in Iran, Capital punishment, Social Issues, Saleh Nikbakht, Khatami, Bail, Iranian Students News Agency, Zahra Kazemi, Iranian Azeris, Mehdi Karroubi
Money won't fix poverty
Sydney :: Australia | 8 days ago
Credibility Robin Cowcher Empowerment is the key to ending the shocking conditions endured by some Australians. W HEN I met Elsie she was squatting in the raw dirt of an open field, surrounded by all her belongings, which bore the dents and scratches I have seen...
Tags: Human Rights, Australia, Sydney, Politics, Society, Stand Up and Take Action, Millennium Development Goals, Poverty, Development, Culture, Social Issues, Empowerment, Discrimination, Utopia, Poverty by country, Indigenous Australians
Ensuring human rights are for all Australians
Melbourne :: Australia | 8 days ago
Credibility THE Federal Attorney-General, Robert McClelland, has acted in the interests of the government and the people he serves by introducing significant changes to legislation on the death penalty and torture. The changes, enshrined in federal law, are necessary...
Tags: death penalty, Australia, Melbourne, Capital punishment, Society, Torture, Robert McClelland (Australian politician), Human rights, Violence, Morality, Philosophy of law, Social Issues, Politics, Law Crime
Kennedy dispute reveals divide among Catholics
East Providence :: RI :: USA | 8 days ago
Credibility R.I.— A bitter dispute over abortion that prompted Rhode Island's Roman Catholic bishop to ask Rep. Patrick Kennedy not to receive Holy Communion has revealed the depth of the divide among Catholics over how politicians should reconcile their faith with...
Tags: Patrick J. Kennedy, catholic bishops, Thomas Tobin, receive communion, bishops thomas, abortion rights, Rhode Island Democrat, The Providence Journal, East Providence, American Catholic Church in the United States, Bishop, Kennedy family, Kennedy, Thomas Joseph Tobin, Religion Belief, Social Issues, Politics, Abortion, Pro-life movement, Religion and abortion, Pro-choice, Catholic Church, Bioethics, Abortion debate, Human rights, Eucharist, Christianity, Ted Kennedy, Mass, Catholic Liturgical Rites, Catholic Mass
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