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Jimmy Carter slams U.S. policy on drones, targeted assassinations
Former US president Jimmy Carter has declared that drone strikes and targeted assassinations abroad have seen the country violating human rights in a way that “abets our enemies and alienates our friends”. In a stinging attack on US foreign policy, Carter said America was “abandoning its role as a champion…
China’s rights record worsened in 2011: group
China’s human rights record worsened in 2011, making it the most repressive year in a decade, after Beijing launched a crackdown following protests across the Arab world, a group said Friday. Hong Kong-based Chinese Human Rights Defenders said in its annual report on rights activists in China that 2011 was…
Coalition of tech, rights groups demand u-turn in copyright debate
Should Congress mandate the disconnection of American citizens from the global communications infrastructure just because they download or link to copyrighted media? A coalition of 70 groups, comprised of tech companies, human rights organizations, entrepreneurs and activists are saying no, banding together this week to amplify their voices with an open letter…
Three women receive Nobel Peace Prize
Liberia’s president, a fellow Liberian and a Yemeni activist received the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo Saturday for showing how women facing war and oppression can shed the mantle of victimhood and lead the way to peace and democracy. “You represent one of the most important motive forces for change…
UK elderly’s human rights ‘being breached’: study
Poor treatment of many elderly people in their own homes is breaching their human rights, says a study of England’s home care services. The Equality and Human Rights Commission report into council-operated home care said there is evidence of a “systematic failure” in the way care is given. Home care services are used…
We’re all entitled
I feel bad about the post I wrote earlier today, in that I might have been unduly harsh, though I’m still thinking that everything I said was right. It got me to thinking about a favorite word bandied about, by myself as much as by anyone else, on the anti-oppression…
Economic crisis and basic human rights
Stories like this, more than anything, expose how much of a lie it is when Republicans go on about how they’re the party of “family values”. At bare minimum, what families need to be valued is steady employment and reasonable cost of living, both things that have been snatched away…
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