It is often said that knowledge is power, and this is especially true when it comes to knowledge of human rights. Simply put, this is the teaching of the history, laws and theories surrounding human rights. There’s a variety of…
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The Importance of Human Rights Education
Tagged with: Advocacy Organizations, Africa, Education, Holocaust, Human Right, Human Rights, Human Rights and Liberties, Scientology, society, Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Posted in Human Rights
Posted in Human Rights
China Rights Review ‘Shrouded in Secrecy,’ Activists Pressured
China has launched a nationwide crackdown on rights activists clamoring for transparency and participation in the government’s closed-door preparations for a once-in-four years U.N. review of the country’s human rights record, according to a rights group. Chinese rights campaigners…
Tagged with: Beijing, China, China Democracy Party, Chinese Human Rights Defenders, Chinese New Year, Hangzhou, Human Rights, Liu Xianbin, Ni Yulan
Posted in Government Control, Human Rights
Posted in Government Control, Human Rights
Human Rights: North Dakota Legislature Passes Abortion Ban
The North Dakota legislature has passed a bill that would essentially ban abortions by defining life as starting at conception. The North Dakota House approved the bill Friday on a 57-35 vote. The state Senate approved the bill last month,…
World News: China Scores Poorly in Global Democracy Index
In a year of little progress for democracy around the world, China has once more ranked among the lowest on a 2012 global democracy index, while Hong Kong moved up a few places based on rising levels of public participation…
Tagged with: China, Democracy, Hong Kong, Human Rights, London, Occupy Central, Republic of Congo, South China Morning Post, United States, World News
Posted in Human Rights, World News
Posted in Human Rights, World News
Hackers Target US-Based North Korean Rights Group
A Washington-based organization that monitors human rights in North Korea says hackers attacked its website on the same day a cyber attack hit South Korean banks and broadcasters. Greg Scarlatoiu, the executive director for the Committee for Human Rights in…
Tagged with: Cyberwarfare, Human Rights, Human Rights and Liberties, Marzuki Darusman, North Korea, Pyongyang, Seoul, South Korea, United Nations Human Rights Council, Wednesday
Posted in Censorship, Human Rights, World News
Posted in Censorship, Human Rights, World News
Human Rights: UN to Investigate Rights Violations in North Korea
The United Nations has established a commission to investigate human rights violations in North Korea, saying some of them may amount to “crimes against humanity.” The U.N. Human Rights Council unanimously passed a resolution Thursday to create the commission, which…
Human Rights Organizations Call on the UN to Aid Detained Vietnamese Blogger Le Quoc Quan
Written by Eva Galperin – Re-Published from eff.org (Creative Commons) On 27 December 2012 prominent Vietnamese activist and blogger Le Quoc Quan was arbitrarily arrested and detained by local authorities while taking his daughter to school. The arrest was the…
Media Censorship: Burma Media Law Seen as a Step Backward
Burma’s new media law has come up for debate before parliament. Some rights groups say the law is a significant step backward for a country that only recently banned censorship. The proposed law could make life more difficult for journalists. …
Libya’s Women Activists Outraged by Court Ruling on Wives
Libya’s Supreme Court has overturned a marriage law requiring a husband to secure the approval of his first wife before taking a second. This ruling on multiple wives has horrified liberals, who fear the clock is being turned back on…
Tagged with: Human Rights, Human Rights and Liberties, Islam, Libya, libyan women, Moammar Gadhafi, Sharia
Posted in Human Rights
Posted in Human Rights
Human Rights: Russian Laws Keep Gay Life Behind Closed Doors
MOSCOW — Saint Petersburg has long been seen as Russia’s most liberal city. But now it may be leading a national movement to ban public displays of gay life across Russia. When gay rights activists recently released a rainbow…
Tagged with: Berlin, censorship, Gulf of Finland, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Human Rights, LGBT social movements, Moscow, Police of Russia, Russia, Saint Petersburg
Posted in Censorship, Government Control, Human Rights, LGBT
Posted in Censorship, Government Control, Human Rights, LGBT
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