human rights

Woman charged with perverting course of justice told to represent herself in legal first The barrister who was originally instructed has had to withdraw after a disagreement arose. The only results I can see happening here are an acquittal or an application under Article 6 of the ECHR.

From the US Declaration of Independence: My question to you is this: in the absence of a belief in any supreme being, what for you, or for us as skeptics, is the proper formulation for the statements italicized above? How do we argue these truths today? Although I have placed the thread in US...

I guess at least a few people here have been wondering about that now and then. I know I did, once upon a time, but I´ve been working for a human rights NGO for going on seven months now, so I may be forgiven for assuming that I have something of a clue about what the answer to that question is...

I have been following this story ever since I saw this uplifting video... http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/queensland/four-sisters-family-consider-taking-legal-fight-to-italy-20121003-26zsg.html These kids made another stand at the airport, and two of them had to be hauled off a commercial...

In the past, I would have never thought about asking a question like this.. How much is human life much more important than other animals` life? I assume that we would all agree that the life of one human being is more valuable than the life of a dog or a cat. But what about the life of one...

I´ve spent today on a "vigil" with a human rights NGO. This basically means we have a booth with human rights relates materials, petitions to sign, balloons for the kids, and so on. It usually involves some property damage in the form of popped balloons, but no more serious mischief. I would...

And other violations of medical neutrality in Libya, Aug. 2011 So I just published another report for Citizen's Investigation into War Crimes in Libya (not a famous group, just my own, collaborative research but my own writing) It's about an event that happened a year ago as the rebels...

I've been reading about Palm Island, Queensland, Australia and was surprised to find out how much mistreatment of aboriginals was still occurring in the current decade. I was wondering if any of our Aussie forum members could offer any perspective on the matter? The history of this island is...

Anybody remember Gaddafi's 19-year-old "girl executioner," Nisreen al-Forgani? After the fall of Tripoli, she was shown to the world media, shackled to a hospital bed, explaining her sins. She'd been forced into the "popular gaurds," raped by its director Mansour Daw, abused and stuff and...

Not all feminists are against pornography, but many of the more radical feminists believe pornography should be outlawed because it is "demeaning" to women. It is "exploitation" and "denigrating", they claim. Some even claim that men who enjoy pornography on a regular basis are much more likely...

[URL="http://crooksandliars.com/susie-madrak/it-criminal-yet-human-rights-report-u"] Did anyone hear about this before? After all, the report is from 2006.

Apparently the US has been the sole objector to this UN resolution since at least 2005. I didn't look any further back than that. UN General Assembly GA/SHC/3941 24 November 2008 UN General Assembly GA/SHC/3910 21 November 2007 From an article in 2006 by a public health group: Human...

This is split off from another thread, that was split off from another thread. The question is what single thing helped the rights of women more than other things? Quotes from the thread are below. The nominations so far are 1. The Pill 2. The right to vote. Me I would add 3. The right to...

It makes me sick to my stomach that we're "allies" with these people. http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20071115/wl_mideast_afp/saudiwomenrightsjustice_071115145104

So for those that claim the War on Terror has only brought misery and bad into this world (believe me I dealt with these people a lot when I showed up at anti-war protests to heckle the naive hippy set) here is some crow to eat...

I've been following the news about developments in Myanmar (formerly Burma) quite closely; I've visited there twice, and have several good friends there. Outside of China, it is one of my favorite places on the planet. It also, sadly, is governed by a military dictatorship that makes China...

Dear Truth Movement supporters, By now you are probably aware of the dwindling and leaderless nature of the Truth Movement, which was plainly exposed on and around the sixth anniversary of September 11th, only a few days ago. A significant fraction of former members have left the Truth...

I did a quick search and didn't find this mentioned - did I miss it? To have a decision reversed, wouldn't they first have to show there was a court decision in the first place? I don't believe any such record exists... 2000 years later: Jesus gets his day in court

Not to pull an Oliver or anything, but from time to time I see variations on stories like this in the American media. At first it may seem funny, but how do people here really feel about these kinds of punishments? I know the laws over here in Norway explicitly prohibit degrading punishments...

As far as I've understood the issue, the Supreme Court has decided that the President does not have the authority to detain people without trial in Guantanamo, because it is Congress that passes laws and there was no law that allowed this. So, the Republican congress made such a law. But now...

***Quick Intro*** (The interesting stuff follows below) I'm Canadian, have been living/working in China since 1993. I live in Beijing, but have a non-profit organization that works with one of the most remote minorities groups in China (there's a separate topic discussing that minority, and...