Gold and democracy don’t mix: Eldorado Gold faces determined opposition in Greece As Eldorado Gold holds its annual shareholders’ meeting in Vancouver today, Canadians may ask themselves why the company’s plans to mine gold in northern Greece are meeting such strong...
http://economicrisis.com/the-war-on-libya-a-grand-display-of-natos-lynch-mob-mentality/5687 The War on Libya: A Grand Display of NATO’s Lynch Mob Mentality The media has gone very quiet on Libya of late; clearly, liberal imperialists don’t like to dwell on their...
http://economicrisis.com/police-state-usa-supreme-court-upholds-secret-wiretaps/1165 Police State USA: Supreme Court upholds Secret Wiretaps The US Supreme Court ruled 5-4 on Tuesday that a group of United States-based attorneys, journalists and human rights activists,...
So 2012 is almost over, though it seems that it wasn't that long ago when it began. But alas, as you get older, time definately seems to go faster. Now one of the things you might notice if you are interested in politics, and subscribe and/or a member of various political...
I think we are all very much well aware of Gangnam style, the song and video by the South Korean rapper, Psy. Of course, Gangnam style has a strong chance of being the Macarena of our time. If you are too young to remember the Macarena, google it or ask your uncle or older...
It it Amnesty International's 50th anniversary. As I write about them, I sit here in my Amnesty International t-shirt which arrived yesterday. They are a great organization and they are having a fund raiser on March 4th, entitled the Secret Policeman's Ball. Actually, they...
It it Amnesty International's 50th anniversary. As I write about them, I sit here in my Amnesty International t-shirt which arrived yesterday. They are a great organization and they are having a fund raiser on March 4th, entitled the Secret Policeman's Ball. Actually, they...
" The rights group Amnesty International has criticised Nigeria's government over mass evictions in the oil-rich Niger Delta. Plans for urban development and slum demolition have been a violently contested issue in Port Harcourt. Amnesty is warning that continued...
NGO Monitor Amnesty’s annual report highlights the exploitation of human rights values May 2010 “Amnesty’s annual report repeats the discredited allegations and distorted human rights rhetoric used to target Israel,” said NGO Monitor President Gerald Steinberg....
UPDATE 17 March 2010AP reports that Malawi church leaders meet on gay rights just days ahead of the March 22nd sentencing scheduled for Monjeza and Chimbalanga.Several advocacy groups continue their call for the...
In a damning report by Amnesty International, it accuses the Czech Republic of discriminating against Roma children. One of the ploys to segregate and discriminate against Roma children was to enroll them in...
Omar Khadr was arrested on the battlefield in Afghanistan in 2002. He is alleged to have murdered a U.S. soldier with a grenade. Supporters of Omar Khadr consider him a child soldier and want him brought back...
Special Correspondent Lynn Sherr and producer Megan Thompson examine the state of gay marriage in Greece. "Homosexuality dates back thousands of years in Ancient Greece, where same-sex relationships were well...
""Killing people for what they did as children is wrong and repellent, and killing them for alleged homosexual conduct is just as wrong and repellent. The Iranian government has flouted its most basic human rights...
Canadian singer and poet Leonard Cohen performed to a sold out crowd in Israel Thursday night, despite many calls to cancel his show by Palestinian rights activists. It was 75-year-old Cohen's first Israeli...
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