Archive for the ‘Human Rights’ Category
Wednesday, June 27th, 2007
(via the brilliant UnitedDiversity blog)
One child dies every three minutes because of armed conflict. Children should never be affected by war. Full stop.
"Immodesty Blaize the famous burlesque dancer is headlining the first ever War Child UK fundraising ball this summer. Come and join in the fun at Koko's club, Camden ...
Posted in Events, Human Rights, News & info, War Child UK, war | 4 Comments »
Thursday, June 21st, 2007
I've been meaning to write about this wonderful network - the Women's Learning Partnership (WLP) - before but have been procrastinating.
No time like the present:
In a nutshell, they're about female empowerment as part of human equality, and positive thinking : they're a network of networks - they work with ...
Posted in Bangladeshi Women and Equal Rights to Nationality, Citizenship, Feminism, Global Civil Society, Human Rights, Middle East, Nation-States, Nationality, Patriarchy, Policy, Universality, Women's Learning Partnership, World Affairs: politics and news, knowledge society, society and sociology | 14 Comments »
Friday, May 11th, 2007
via Pickled Politics ( thanks Sunny!)
"Prominent journalist and fellow blogger Tasneem Khalil has been arrested by the military police in Bangladesh, a serious attack on press freedom in the country.
An editor and outspoken journalist for the English daily newspaper Daily Star, he also worked for CNN and Human Rights ...
Posted in Activism, Bangladesh, Democracy, Human Rights, Media, Media freedom, Military Rule, Politics, Power, World Affairs: politics and news | 9 Comments »
Thursday, March 8th, 2007
Urgent human rights alert from the Women's Learning Partnership:
"Thirty-four of our colleagues and partners in the Iranian women's movement were arrested on Sunday, March 4 outside of Tehran's Revolutionary Court. They were staging a peaceful protest against the increasing government pressure on civil society activists and, in particular, the ...
Posted in Activism, Campaigns & Petitions, Gender, Human Rights, International Women's Day, News & info, World Affairs: politics and news | 4 Comments »
Thursday, March 1st, 2007
A photography exhibition at St. Paul's Cathedral which documents the ordinary lives and everyday locations caught up in human trafficking and calls for an end to this illegal 21st century trade. The exhibition seeks to expose the reality of trafficking and the action needed to tackle it. Running until the ...
Posted in Activism, Amnesty International, Events, Exhibitions, Human Rights, Human Trafficking, London, News & info, Slavery, UK, UN, World Affairs: politics and news | 2 Comments »
Monday, October 9th, 2006
Good for Lord Falconer. Glad someone's standing in the way of the Sun and David Cameron in their attempts to get rid of the Human Rights Act. Why they think it will help them I'm not sure -but it seems to be one of those time where the 'rights of ...
Posted in Human Rights, Policy, Politics | 10 Comments »
Thursday, August 17th, 2006
So the discussion around 'foreign policy' - Ministers saying but of course we wouldn't change our foreign policy just because of some stupid terrorist threat, or what some stupid people suggested has something to do with the threat'. Right - if that's the only reason you were going to ...
Posted in Democracy, Human Rights, International Relations, Irony, Policy, Politics, Social Organization, Terrorism, War on Terror, World Affairs: politics and news, society and sociology, stupidity and violence | 32 Comments »
Tuesday, June 6th, 2006
"The [USA] should take immediate measures to eradicate all forms of torture and ill-treatment of detainees by its military or civilian personnel, in any territory under its jurisdiction"
UN Committee against Torture
"Since AI started highlighting specific cases of Guantanamo detainees, 16 of them have been released from US detention. Of those ...
Posted in Guantanamo, Human Rights, News & info, Torture, Torture Awareness Month, USA | 4 Comments »
Tuesday, June 6th, 2006
June is Torture Awareness Month
I will be covering this topic in-depth this month - i've quite a few things saved up from the last issue of the Amnesty International magazine - and also this Bloggers Against Torture initiative has spurred me on some more. If you are a blogger, please ...
Posted in Blogging, Human Rights, Torture Awareness Month, civil society | No Comments »