2011-04-09

Articles [50]

Report on global human rights practices notes tightening of Internet freedoms
Posted: 8 April 2011
Source: Washington Post
Tags: censorship, internet censorship, global report, wrongful imrisonment

Only Washington can fix broken immigration system
Posted: 9 Apr 2011
Source: The Salt Lake Tribune
Tags: US, immigration, economic rights,

New lease of life for child sex workers
Posted: 8 April 2011
Source: Sunday Nation
Tags: sexual abuse, gender violence, children,

NDFP, MILF working with UN in anti-child soldier campaign
Posted: 8 April 2011
Source: Phillipine Online Chronicle
Tags:

2011-04-07

Articles [48]

Religious leaders revive bid to pass transgender bill
Posted: 5 April 2011
Source: The Boston Globe
Tags: transgender, Massachusetts, harassment, religion, hate crimes

Some Massachusetts religious groups back 'transgender' rights
Posted: 5 April 2011
Source: Catholic Culture
Tags: ^^

Donors Asked to Withhold Aid Over Proposed Law in Cambodia
Posted: 7 April 2011
Source: The New York Times
Tags: Cambodia, Asia,

2011-04-05

Articles [47]

OAS Human Rights Group Weighs in on Brazil’s Amazon Dam
Posted: 5 April 2011
Source: Forbes
Tags: Brazil, South America, indigenous rights, economic rights, environmental rights, industrial growth, investment

Kenyans sue UK for alleged colonial human rights abuses
Posted: 5 April 2011
Source: The Guardian (UK)
Tags: Kenya, Africa, colonialism, detention camps, wrongful imprisonment, monetary compensation, UK, justice, abuse, torture

"Among those detained and abused was Barack Obama's grandfather."
Wow...

Blowin' in the Wind

This song came up on my iPod recently, and I can't get it out of my head.
Rightly so.
Enjoy.



How many roads must a man walk down
Before you call him a man?
How many seas must a white dove sail
Before she sleeps in the sand?
Yes, 'n' how many times must the cannon balls fly
Before they're forever banned?
The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind,
The answer is blowin' in the wind.

Yes, 'n' how many years can a mountain exist
Before it's washed to the sea?
Yes, 'n' how many years can some people exist
Before they're allowed to be free?
Yes, 'n' how many times can a man turn his head,
And pretend that he just doesn't see?
The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind,
The answer is blowin' in the wind.

Yes, 'n' how many times must a man look up
Before he can see the sky?
Yes, 'n' how many ears must one man have
Before he can hear people cry?
Yes, 'n' how many deaths will it take till he knows
That too many people have died?
The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind,
The answer is blowin' in the wind.

2011-04-04

Articles [46]

Ciudad Juarez's top police official accused of rights abuses
Posted: 4 April
Source: Los Angeles Times
Tags: Mexico, kidnapping, drug war, police, failed justice

Trial opens against human rights lawyer in Vietnam
Posted: 4 April
Source: Monsters & Critics
Tags: Vietnam, censorship, trial