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No Nobel Prize for President Gayoom! Say People of Maldives
"When Dictator Maumoon Abdul Gayoom asked the Royal Commonwealth Society in London “Is there a Right to a Safe Environment?” and argued that climate change was a human issue linked to human rights, those who...Secret court may jail Burma comic Maung Thura for helping Cyclone Nargis victims
Burma's most popular comedian, Maung Thura who is well known as Zarganar faces 20 years in Rangoon’s notorious Insein prison for helping Cyclone Nargis victims in the Irrawaddy delta " The repressive and...
created by sweet east pearl | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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Howard Stern to Remake Rock 'n' Roll High School
Rock 'n' Roll High School was a surreal high-school flick about a girl who wanted The Ramones to record her song, even as a new principal wanted to eradicate the influence of rock music from the eponymous high...
created by Jordan Yerman | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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China's free pass
"China's free pass
Posted by Damian Lanigan on 31 Jan 2008 at 00:09
Tags: China, Hu Jintao, Gordon Brown, Beijing Olympics, Hu Jia
China's government is rounding up human rights activists in preparation for the Olympics. Hu Jia is under house arrest for the crime of airing... VP tells ministers and officials not to abuse power
""We know that in the past if someone wanted to work in the seaport tax and custom office, he had to go through a long bureaucracy, get 21 signatures, and probably paid a certain amount of money so that the requests could be fulfilled," he said. However, at present the...US President George W. Bush Announces New Sanctions Against The Myanmar Junta
"US President George W. Bush has announced new sanctions against the Myanmar junta, the announcement came following the president's address at the UN general assembly where he focussed the attention of the international community on the need to take action against the Burmese... Report highlights blog censorship
"Bloggers are now finding themselves prey to censorship from repressive governments as much as journalists in traditional media, a report says.
Reporters Without Borders' annual study of press freedom says China is one of the worst offenders, having imprisoned 50 people for... RI urged to encourage democratization in Myanmar
""Indonesia must take firm and concrete steps supporting political reforms in Burma (currently Myanmar)," the coalition said in a press statement issued on Thursday. The coalition also asked President Susilo...We will 'play our part' in Africa, says PM
"The Prime Minister called today for further action to end the genocide in Darfur, calling it one of the "great tragedies of our time". Speaking at a Q+A session at his Party's conference, Mr Brown said that he didn't want to look back say "we should have acted, we could have...Hanging crackdown in Iran
"Surge in public executions is a push to silence political activists, say critics Robert Tait in Tehran Sunday August 19, 2007 The Observer Nikoubazl/Reuters Iran has hanged up to 30 people in the past month...Freedom Isn't Free
"Since the events of September 11, 2001, the phrase "Freedom Isn't Free" has served as a mantra of the American Nationalist movement. The dismissive and alliterative catch-phrase has served to justify the blood...Southern Africa: Totalitarian tendencies...
It is ironic that a couple of days before Human Rights Day here in South Africa, we had to witness the pathetic response from the ANC-led coalition government to the human-rights abuses by police in...March 1st Movement
"The inspiration for the Samil Movement came from the repressive nature of Japanese policies under its military administration of Korea following 1905, and the "Fourteen Points" outlining the right of national "self-determination" proclaimed by President Woodrow Wilson at the...
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