Study guide and UNDHR in Afrikaans

Just a quick note here, I will soon be sending out an email concerning the final study guide and study sessions, so if you have not emailed me yet about getting involved PLEASE DO!


Meanwhile, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights [Universele Verklaring van Menseregte)] in Afrikaans, one of the languages of South Africa.

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Mainers Voice Transgender Rights Support
Posted: 13 April 2011
Source: The Advocate
Tags: transgender, US, bathrooms, gender identity, Maine

Croatia: Key international court ruling delivers justice to victims of war crimes
Posted: 15 April 2011
Source: Amnesty International
Tags: Croatia, war crimes, deportation, war crimes, murder, persecution, reparations

Yemen: Stop Using Children in Armed Forces - Child Soldiers Recruited by Army Now Deployed by Opposition
Posted: 14 April 2011
Source: Human Rights Watch
Tags: Yemen, children, child soldiers, rights of the child

South Africa: 'Fatal police attack' on protester probed
Posted: 14 April 2011
Source: BBC News
Tags: South Africa, Africa, protests, police brutality,

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Pink Nail Polish Causes Panic
Posted: 12 April 2010
Source: The Advocate
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Disordering Gender Identity
Posted: 23 Dec 2010
Source: Evrovijia (blog)
Tags: Slovenia, gender identity, DSM, medical rights, GID, heteronormalizing

Beauty, Wealth, and a Dead Bride
Posted: 11 Jan 2011 (prior to semester's start)
Source: CRIME Magazine
Tags: India, gender violence, murder

Russia criticizes U.S. human rights report
Posted: 12 April 2011
Source: Xinhua News (English)
Tags: American implication, accountability, Russia, US, reputation

Experts urge U.S. to stop acting as "preacher" of human rights
Posted: 12 April 2011
Source: Xinhua News (English)
Tags: American implication, accountability, China, US, reputation

IAAF address hyperandrogenism issue with new rules
Posted: 12 April 2011
Source: BBC News
Tags: gender, medical rights, sports

Film [Bonus]: The Color of Friendship

Internet Movie Database

Watch it here

So after so many extremely depressing movies about death, the death penalty, injustices, etc, I thought I'd go for something a little more lighthearted tonight, and take a look at a film I first saw on Disney years ago, and long before I could really point out Africa on a map.

The Color of Friendship is based on a true story. It's about a white South African girl who comes to the United States in 1977 as an exchange student and ends up in the home of a black American Congressman Dellums who was fiercely and outspokenly critical of apartheid. And of course, she gets magically transformed from a racist into a sympathizer. It's very sweet.

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Report fingers human rights violations in Myanmar pipeline project
Posted: 29 Mar 2011
Source: M&C (Monsters & Critics)
Tags: Myanmar, Asia, economic rights, environmental rights

Are The Doors Locked in the Factory Making YOUR Shirts?
Posted: 28 Mar 2011
Source: Care 2 Make A Difference
Tags: India, Cambodia, Asia, gender, economic rights, outsourcing, American implication

No award for domestic violence
Posted: 29 March 2011
Source: 234 Next
Tags: domestic violence, gender violence, women, government studies

‘Menseregte onder skoot’
Posted: 28 Mar 2011
Source: Beeld
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China suspends human rights dialogue with US
Posted: 24 March
Source: Daily Times
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TB diagnosis breakthrough
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More than 15,000 march for education in S. Africa
Posted: 21 Mar 2011
Source: The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Tags: South Africa, Africa, education, rights of children, poverty, literacy

War Bride Child Makes Human Rights Complaint to Federal Rights Agency
Posted: 21 Mar 2011
Source: Canada Free Press
Tags: Canada, immigration, WW2, children

Social workers protect children's rights
Posted: 21 Mar 2011
Source: Visalia Times Delta
Tags: Canada, economic rights, social work

Bliss: A public holiday and many more to come ...
Posted: 21 Mar 2011
Source: Jacaranda FM (South African radio/news)
Tags: Africa, South Africa, holidays, reconciliation

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'Black widow' carrying bag triggered Moscow blast?
Published: 26 Jan 2011
Source: The Times of India
Tags: Russia, Moscow, terrorism, suicide, bombing, Black Widow, public transportation, gender, public transportation

Locals upset by foreigners in RDP homes
Published: 26 Jan 2011
Source: Independent Online South Africa
Tags: Africa, South Africa, xenophobia

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Somali refugees storm United Nations office in South Africa
Published: 25 Jan 2011
Source: All Headline News
Tags: Africa, South Africa, refugees, UN, riot, immigration,