In 2007, an estimated 33.2 million people lived with AIDS/HIV worldwide, and it killed an estimated 2.1 million people, including 330,000 children. Over three-quarters of these deaths occurred in sub-Saharan Africa, retarding economic growth and destroying human capital. From Wikipedia
AIDS has become the leading cause of death in Sub-Saharan Africa where approx. 1 in 4 deaths [...]
Some facts about gay rights (or LGBT/Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Rights).
This is a problem of discrimination and unequal treatment, both in law (legal discrimination) and in social life (homophobia and hate crime). It’s not about special rights or special treatment for homosexuals as some kind of minority group with a separate identity, but about their [...]
BlogCatalog ha organizado el "Bloggers Unite Challenge for May 15th" en conjunto con Amnesty International. En éste día, bloggeros de todo el mundo nos uniremos para postear sobre Derechos Humanos buscando el reconocimiento de los derechos fundamentales (y los necesarios) y las libertades en todos los seres humanos de nuestro planeta.Declaración Universal de Derechos Humanos como ideal común p
The International Indian Treaty Council and the Longest Walk focused on human rights as inherent rights of Indigenous Peoples, as the walkers arrived for prayers at Cahokia Mounds and the St. Louis Arch, the gateway to the west. For the Longest Walkers on the northern route, it was the gateway to the east, marking the completion of three-fourths of their sacred walk for Mother Earth. Walkers
California’s Supreme Court struck a blow for the rights of gays and lesbians by ruling the state ban on same sex marriages was unconstitutonal. “Our state now reognizes that an individual’s capacity to establish a loving and long-term committed relationship with another person, and responsibly to care for and raise children does not depend upon [...]
One of the arguments against democracy and in favor of authoritarian forms of government turns to the economy. Economic development requires consistency, coherence, long term and central planning, all of which is said to be incompatible with democracy. The rotation in office typical of a democracy puts always other people in power, with other priorities [...]
"So much for the guarantees given to the IOC about human rights back when the 2008 games were awarded. Where is the condemnation from sports bodies and the International Olympic Committee now that..." In an initiative designed to harness the power of Blogosphere and Social Network members, today is the day that tens of thousands of online writers come together to demonstrate unified collaboration
Taken from the Amnesty International Report 2007Found at: -america/bolivia#reportHead of state and government: Evo Morales Ayma (replaced Eduardo Rodríguez Veltzé in January 2007)Death penalty: abolitionist for ordinary crimesInternational Criminal Court: ratified Peasants were killed during a joint security force operation to eradicate coca crops. There were demonstrations calling for the righ
While the words might change from country to country and are sometimes taken for granted, human rights represent one of the universally agreed upon ideas — that all people are born with basic rights and freedoms that include life, liberty, and justice. This year marks the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights adopted by the United Nations.Bloggers Unite For Human Rights c
In a controversial and long standing fight, gay rights activists are rejoicing as the California Supreme court today overturned the gay marriage ban. In what could be a historic ruling, the California Supreme Court ruled:
“. . . that a ban on gay marriage was unlawful Thursday, effectively leaving same-sex couples in America’s most populous state [...]
Well, that is what I usually do but today it's extra important. May 15 is Bloggers Unite For Human Rights day!!! This event has spread like wildfire thanks to Amnesty International and Facebook. Check it out here.
Some the issues the group is hoping to see blogs promote are:
1. Human Rights in China. This is especially on our minds after their tragic 7.9 magnitude earthquake that struck over the
Well, that is what I usually do but today it's extra important. May 15 is Bloggers Unite For Human Rights day!!! This event has spread like wildfire thanks to Amnesty International and Facebook. Check it out here.
Some the issues the group is hoping to see blogs promote are:
1. Human Rights in China. This is especially on our minds after their tragic 7.9 magnitude earthquake that struck over
According to CNN, over 7 million bloggers unite to raise awareness on human rights issues, supporting Amnesty International's campaigns. Are you a blogger, or trying to make a difference on human rights issues? Check here.More posts on The Road about human rights.
It has been over 50 years since the United Nations (UN) Universal Declaration of Human Rights was signed by most governments in the world and yet the abuses continue to grow.
Freedom of Speech and Human Rights are taken for granted in the west, but recent years have seen conditions deteriorate around the world. As early [...]
"By writing your lawmakers today, you bring us one step closer to equal immigration rights, so citizens can sponsor their same-sex partners for immigration.No more separation. No more deportation. No more fear.Help Congress get the message loud and clear: America supports passage of the Uniting American Families Act."Contact your Congressional Representatives and Senators:Click Here to Take Action
I am writing this post as part of the Bloggers Unite for Human Rights campaign that is being spearheaded by
Today, bloggers from all over the blogosphere, thus all over the world, are raising our voices for those who cannot speak. Who better to give viral voice to those that fear death or torture for themselves or their loved ones than those of us who have a voice unencumbered by those fears. Ple
From The Guardian : It would seem self-evident that a country which tortures and kidnaps its own people has no place on the world's leading human rights body. Apparently not: Sri Lanka, despite repeated criticism for its human rights record, is running for re-election to the UN human rights council, with a vote to be held in New York on May 21. Governments owe it to Sri Lankan human rights vict
This is a subject that should be totally unnecessary to write about. In fact I HATE the fact that I have to write this… but we need to unite all over the world to get focus on all this violating of human rights that are going on and hopefully make a difference.
We just have [...]
At the initiative of the Cuban government, the UN Human Rights Council will convene on May 23, 2008 for an emergency “special session” to address rising food prices. Several EU states also added their names to the Cuban request. The world food crisis is certainly an urgent issue, but few expect this meeting to achieve anything other than provide a platform for attacks against the West
From the World Tribune : At least 200 Syrians have reportedly been sentenced to death in Saudi Arabia. Human rights groups said nearly half of all executions in Saudi Arabia during the past year were of foreigners. Some 158 people were executed in 2007. On April 17, Saudi Arabia beheaded two Syrians in Tabouk prison. Both men, identified as Feras Al Aghbar and Feras Al Maktabi, were accused of
American President George W. Bush should call on Israel to end its economic blockade of the Gaza Strip, Human Rights Watch (HRW) and two other rights groups said in a letter to the president. The international rights organization said that Bush's visit to the Middle East must be productive in light the current tensions plaguing the region. The two Israeli human rights organizations, Gisha Legal Ce
Protests are mounting all over the world against the year-long detention of Dr. Binayak Sen, a distinguished Indian human rights and health activist, under draconian laws in the central state of Chhattisgarh. Sen, national vice president and Chhattisgarh general secretary of the well-known People's Union of Civil Liberties (PUCL), was arrested under allegations of helping left-wing extremists, k
Today's Way Khool Site is: Blog Catalog's Bloggers UniteI believe this is the second year the social networking platform Blog Catalog has encouraged it's members to unite and blog on an awareness-raising subject matter. I participated last year, and I'm participating again this year. This year's focus is Human Rights.If you haven't become affiliated with Blog Catalog, you may wish to as they are a
The Gay and Lesbian Humanist Association (GALHA) has written to Foreign Office minister Lord Malloch-Brown about the activities of the Organisation of Islamic Conference. It is concerned that the work of the United Nations Human Rights Council is being undermined by the presence of Islamic nations on the council. Last year 54 member states of the UN Human Rights Council asked the council to
An Uzbek woman imprisoned for criticising the government over its armed response to a protest in the town of Andizhan three years ago has won a prestigious international human rights award, organisers said on Thursday. Mutabar Tadjibaeva, laureate of the 2008 Martin Ennals Award for Human Rights Defenders, is in declining health and her life is in danger, according to a statement by 10 leading hu
We at FeelingUSA.com want to join Bloggers Unite to call for worldwide awareness and
attention to protect human rights.
It's a shame that we are unable to protect all people and especially children from the horrors going on,
as for example in Darfur. In May a bomb was rained on a school in Darfur, 12 people were killed,
including 6 children. It took over 48 hours for the international community t
I just heard about this on CNN this morning… I’m afraid I’ll probably not get a decent Rant or Essay up in time because I’m too addle brained to rush something intelligent together without thinking long and hard on it first… But I want to show my support ASAP.
HERE GOES…
I’d like to point out the [...]
This year marks the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights adopted by the United Nations and today - May 15 - thousands of bloggers are sharing their unified support for human rights everywhere.I feel it's tremendous that we can take the medium of blogging and use it to raise awareness on important and basic issues. Human Rights is extremely basic and rests on the foundation
Image via WikipediaToday is May 15th, the day that all bloggers that joined the Bloggers Unite for Human Rights movement are supposed to write about human rights. When trying to select an issue to report about I began doing research, being a researcher by trade. I probably should have selected an issue first and then just researched it. Because by researching Human Rights, I couldn't pick just one
You might have noticed the little ad on the right for ‘bloggers unite for human rights’. Today is the day when bloggers all over the world will share their thoughts and highlight situations where human rights are violated.
I had hoped to write something well researched but just haven’t had the time. And I guess that’s [...]
As part of our ongoing initiative to support charities and causes worldwide, we're continuing to partner-up with social blog community BlogCatalog for their Bloggers Unite project. (You may remember December's challenge: "Acts of Kindness." ) Today, May 15th, is another challenge - a challenge for the blogosphere to use its influence to raise awareness of human rights. If you have the ti
New Delhi: The Government has accorded a very high priority to the implementation of the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act. The State Governments have been asked to publicise provisions of the Act, train the official and constitute relevant committees. The basic unit for the implementation of the Act [...]
Today, bloggers and great blogs around the world are reminding their readers that help and money is needed to continue the effort to protect human rights. I'm taking a break from normal business issues with this post, to ask that...
The saddest sight these days is the image of hundreds of thousands of children kidnapped and lured into being child soldiers from the age of eight. Sir Roger Moore
According to The Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers
“a child soldier any person under the age of 18 who is a member of or attached [...]
While the words might change from country to country and are sometimes taken for granted, human rights represent one of the universally agreed upon ideas — that all people are born with basic rights and freedoms that include life, liberty, and justice. This year marks the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights [...]
I write about nutrition, hoping people will read my posts and learn about what they should be doing to live long, happy, energized lives. A worthy aim surely.
Often my thoughts drift to the ones who have no choice. Those who suffer hunger and malnutrition.
It’s a basic human right to have enough to eat. [...]
Softbpo Global to consider Rights Issue on May 21, 2008, in the meeting thats going to be held that day they are going to decide on
1. Issue of further Equity Shares on Rights basis.
2. Increase in Authorised Share Capital of the Company.
3. Approval of the Notice of Extra-Ordinary General Meeting.
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Today is Bloggers Unite for Human Rights Day, May 15, 2008. The United Nations recently declared and celebrated April 2, 2008 as the first World Autism Awareness Day. The celebration of the event brought an inundation of media and other attention to autism and autism issues. Hopefully this historic development will lead to the recognition of the human rights of autistic persons like my son Conor
Three cartoons about child labor:
(copyright Fredrikke Palmer & unknown & Robert Minor respectively)
Child labor not only keeps children from attending school. It often harms them physically and mentally. It is therefore a double problem from the point of view of the human rights of children.
It denies them the education that they need for the exercise of [...]
It’s coming, the Bloggers Unite For Human Rights Day is this Thursday, 15 May. Please help spreading the work out and blog about a human rights issue, also add a badge to your blog and help promote the event. Badges can be found here on this link.
For more information on the event, please [...]
In show of our support to BlogCatalog and Amnesty International, we dedicate this rhetorical reflection on the topic of human and environmental rights to "those who speak out in defense of the environment [and] are often silenced." Imagine, for a...
EarthRights International combines the power of law and people in defense of human rights and the environment. ERI is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit group of activists, organizers, and lawyers with expertise in human rights, the environment, and corporate and government accountability....
The Business & Human Rights Resource Centre has become the world's leading independent resource on the subject. Their website is updated hourly with news and reports about companies' human rights impacts worldwide—positive and negative. The Resource Centre is an independent...
On May 15, 2008, Bloggers Unite will blog about the abuses of human rights around the globe.
Where to start?
So sign up here today and let the World know how you feel.
Do you publish a blog? It...
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Since 1961, Amnesty International members have worked to stop the abuse of internationally recognized human rights in over 150 countries and territories and in every region of the world. Amnesty International USA works on issues related to the environment and...
Today is May 15th which is Bloggers Unite for Human Rights day. The trouble I’ve got since I threw my blog into the ring is that I write a humor blog, and how is one supposed to write about human rights violations in a funny way?
After racking my brain for several hours, I’ve surrendered to [...]
Today is May 15, and the topic for today is human rights. If you want to know the "official" definitions of human rights, you can read up United Nation's Universal Declaration of Human Rights. There are 30 articles and I'm not going to list them down here.
Looking at the declaration, it seems like violation of human rights can happen in every country. "Everyone has the right to equ
Australia said sorry... twice
"From beyond the frontiers of the sculptural forms within this mountain forest scene, a new force within the human range can be evoked, a power ... which by its...
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A characteristic element of modern democratic states is their ability to offer fair trials to those accused of crimes. We try to treat everyone, even suspected criminals, with fairness, and we have two principal reasons for this:
We only want to punish real criminals. A fair trial is one in which everything is done to [...]
The Holmes County School Board must end its unconstitutional ban on students' right to free speech, Federal Judge Richard Smoak of the Northern District of Florida has ruled. Smoak has ordered the district to immediately allow students to wear clothing,...
(copyright Ron Tandberg)
Life expectancy, or the average length of life in a given population (mostly a country), is of importance to the issue of human rights. A low life expectancy means shorter life spans. Now, it’s not because a life is relatively short that is has to be less fulfilling, less happy or less meaningful. [...]
SMOKE NAZIS On the March in: ChicagoSmoke Nazis in the Chicago area rolled over the right of free association, when they forced attendees to the Chicagoland International Pipe and Tobacciana Show to go outside to smoke.At the Chicagoland International Pipe & Tobacciana Show in St. Charles, IL, attendees have been told that, due to a statewide smoking ban that went into effect in January, they
Infant mortality is the number of deaths of children aged one year or younger, per 1000 live births. This gives the Infant mortality rate (IMR). The rates have significantly declined over the last centuries, mainly due to improvements in basic health care, and in all regions of the world.
However, there’s still a long way to [...]
Blogcatalog.com is organising a Bloggers Unite campaign on May 15, 2008. Do sign up. This time the subject is “Human Rights.” Knowing as to how much Human Rights is abused in our country (encounter...
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Unike Gavin Hood's Rendition, which addressed the same concerns but with a wider, multi-character perspective, Threapleton's film was always going to have the narrow focus of one man's experience. And, while the two films' respective producers engaged in "dialogue" to ensure they weren't doubling up on the portrayal of the torture elements involved, Threapleton was determined that water-boar
The African National Congress came out with a strong message of support for foreigners living in their nation. Due to unsettled conditions in many parts of the African continent, thousands have come to South Africa in search of safety and work. During the past several months there have been a series of xenophobic attacks on [...]
It has long been recognized that an essential element in protecting human rights was a widespread knowledge among the population of what their rights are and how they can be defended. Boutros Boutros-Ghali, Sixth UN Secretary-General, 1992-1996
Female genital mutilation (FGM), or the practice involving the cutting away of one or more parts of the female genitalia (often the clitoris), violates girls’ and women’s human rights, denying them their physical integrity, their right to freedom from violence and discrimination and, in the most extreme cases, their right to life.
The sanitary conditions in [...]
That is correct-you read that right. The left believes they are the “Rights” moral compass. Give me my vanilla latte and I will explain. And no, we will not be serving up a steaming hot cup of ghetto latte here.
Lets begin with Cindy Sheehan boo hooing on the Daily Kos. It [...]
This is for all American public school students who are Queer or allied. This is a small write up about your rights provided by the ACLU - Get Busy, Get Equal!"If you experience any problems at school, first talk to your principal or another official. If nothing happens it's time to take action.HARASSMENT:If you are being harassed, or witness harassment, report it to the principal, a counselor,
It’s coming, the Bloggers Unite For Human Rights Day is this Thursday, 15 May. Please help spreading the work out and blog about a human rights issue, also add a badge to your blog and help promote the event. Badges can be found here on this link.
For more information on the event, please check out [...]
Aide memoire! In an initiative designed to harness the power of Blogosphere and Social Network members, on May 15th, tens of thousands of online writers will join together to demonstrate unified collaboration in support of the inalienable moral entitlements attached to persons equally by virtue of their humanity.Find out more at: Bloggers Unite for Human RightsIn the interim, check out my Russia's
US Internal checkpoint 50ish miles from the Mexican border. Note the driver's legal tactic of asking, "Am I being detained?" She has to let him go, because they have no legal grounds for stopping people like this in Arizona, but not every state has the same laws about traffic stops & inspections. Please contact your local ACLU, tell them about this video & ask what
‘Voices Against 377 is a coalition of Non Governmental Organisations (NGO) and progressive groups based in Delhi. It is a point of intersection and dialogue between various social movements that these groups represent, where a united voice is being articulated against Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code which criminalizes private consensual sexual acts deemed to be against the order of nature.Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code is cited below:“377. Unnatural Offences.Whoever voluntarily has carnal intercourse against the order of nature with any man, woman or animal, shall be punished with imprisonment for life, or with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to ten years, and shall also be liable to fine.”The law penalizes certain sexual acts equally. For e
Codemasters®, developer and publisher of award-winning racing video games, has secured the exclusive video game rights to FORMULA 1. In a worldwide licensing agreement with Formula One Administration Limited, Codemasters will develop a new generation of the multi-million selling FORMULA 1 game franchise across multiple platforms.
Codemasters Studios, creators of genre-leading racing titles DiRT™ and GRID™, [...]
Israel is celebrating the 60th anniversary of its establishment as an independent nation. There are parades, speeches and parties as Israeli citizens continue marvel the nation has remained intact despite wars and conflicts. On the same day an alternative “celebration” was being held by Palestinians who regard the birth of Israel as a sad event [...]
Should a person who has fought her entire adult life against full equality for not only gays and lesbians but also women be honored with an honorary degree? No, says PFLAG. Which is exactly why the group is asking St....
The issue of women’s rights, not in the sense of special kinds of human rights reserved for women, but in the sense of the equal enjoyment by women of their general human rights, remains an important one. The Universal Declaration and the human rights treaties forbid discrimination on the grounds of gender. Article 2 states [...]
MIRICO – Human and Minority Rights in the Life Cycle of Ethnic Conflicts
University of Frankfurt am Main - Wilhelm Merton Centre for European Integration and International Economic Order
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Enjoying your human rights doesn’t only mean that other people are not doing certain things to you. It also means that you are able to do certain things with other people; debating, associating, participating in cultural events or (local) government etc. Hence, rights such as free expression, assembly and association require a personal investment of [...]
Liberty lies in the hearts of men and women; when it dies there, no constitution, no law, no court can save it. Judge Learned Hand
It’s always very real people who violate rights, not states or institutions or corporations. And people can always decide not to violate rights. It’s not their culture or tradition or profession [...]
Fremont General Corp., DBA Fremont Investment and Loan, said today that it has entered an agreement with Litton Loan Servicing to sell the remainder of its $12.2 billion loan portfolio.
“Pursuant to the Agreement, at closing, Litton will pay FIL for the MSR’s and will reimburse FIL for the unreimbursed delinquency and servicing advances made by [...]
Why is China economically so successful? So successful indeed that all talk about human rights suddenly disappears when China signals to other states that criticizing its human rights record means losing interesting contracts. Well, the answer is complex and should take into account many factors such as Chinese labor ethics, business sense, culture, undervalued national [...]
From The Economist: Western democracies trade enthusiastically with countries like China and Indonesia. They may wince at massacres in Beijing or East Timor, but they will not, in Jack Kennedy’s words, ‘pay any price, bear any burden’ to promote liberty. They will almost certainly not go to war and they are generally reluctant to disrupt [...]
The Jim Crow laws, often referred to as merely Jim Crow, were state and local laws in force mainly in the Southern states of the United States between 1876 and 1965 (mostly voted by Democratic Party politicians). They enforced the segregation of blacks and whites in all public facilities (public schools, public places, public transportation, [...]
Here are some of the worst famines in the 20th century. In China between 1958 and 1962, an estimated 10 to 30 million people died as a result of Mao’s Great Leap Forward. The government was unaware of the problems and continued to export food and cut imports several years into the famine. Farmers were [...]
Ludhiana: In a step towards strengthening fish farming in the state, department of fisheries, Punjab, today generated Rs 90.21 lakh in revenue, as compared to Rs 89.25 lakh last year, by auctioning the notified water fishing rights (NWFR) for 2008-09 here today.
Seven districts - Ropar, Amritsar, Kapurthala, Ferozpore, Jalandhar, Hoshiarpur and Gurdaspur - went under [...]
New Delhi: “For we people in this Devbhumi, the Scheduled Tribes and other traditional forest dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act has literally opened the gates of heavens”, a social worker in Nagnathpokhri, an old educational center in the interior of Chamoli district in Uttaranchal thus expressed his joy at the passage of the Act. [...]
Dimitry Medvedev was sworn in as president of Russia and in his inaugaraton speech promised to strengthen the rule of law and expand the number of Russians into the middle class. “I fully understand how much needs to be done to make the state genuinely fair and attentive to citizens and to guarantee the highest [...]
Stand up for your rights to be womenStand up for your rights to be men,to be menStand up for your rights to be humansStand up for your rights to be godsUh-huh,huh,huhPeople gonna stop yaPeople gonna make you what they areWhich is sad and depressedStand up for your rights to be The Stand Up For Your Rights Or Sit Down songs lyrics by Frogs artist are strictly for educational use only.
Understanding Your Maternity Rights
The government of the United Kingdom has taken some significantly proactive steps when it comes to the maternity rights of mothers. As a matter of public policy, the government recognizes the importance of a mother being able to spend quality time with her baby during the early months of that child’s life. [...]
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Please be informed that the Global Human Rights Leadership Training Institute (GHRLTI) is now accepting applications for this year Certificate Course on “Human Rights Leadership...
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The last official Formula One game was released over a year ago and it looks like Sony’s Formula One Championship edition for Playstation 3 will have to wait a little longer to get a successor.
According to the TG Daily website, talks between Sony and Bernie Ecclestone over renewing their license have come to a halt. [...]
On any given night in the U.S., anywhere from 700,000 to 2 million people are homeless, according to estimates of the National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty. That’s approx. 0.7 % of the total population. The majority are single men and/or African-American. One fourth of homeless have been homeless for at least five years.
Take [...]
