Category Archives: Human Rights

Life and kidnapping Colombia

We could say that the guerrillas in Colombia has more than half a century, I still remember my years, I thought in the revolution of ideas and in which, the only viable option was the guerrillas, who had ideology, fighting … Continue reading

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Stop Violence against women

Oppression and harassment of women is a consistent and systemic global phenomenon that dates back over millennia. In many countries, men still hold the legal right to beat, torture, imprison or kill the women they “own.” In the U.S., a … Continue reading

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Chinese girl run over

It is a story that has deeply unsettled millions in China, posing troubling questions about whether three decades of headlong economic development has left nothing but a moral vacuum in its wake. It begins last Thursday when a two-year-old girl … Continue reading

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bullying has to stop

We have all known someone in our lives who has been bullied. Whether it has been our child, our siblings, ourselves, or even our co-workers. Bullying does not stop on the playground that is only where it starts. Children for … Continue reading

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Americans overworked

We, as Americans, work too many hours. If you don’t believe so, check out the following data points that compare us to our peers around the world. American Work-Life Balance ■According to the Center for American Progress on the topic … Continue reading

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Casey Anthony case spotlights role of media

Geraldo Rivera’s television life has been full of strange moments, from on-the-air sex-change surgeries to fistfights with Nazis. But even Rivera was dumbstruck for a moment when, during man-on-the-street interviews about the Casey Anthony verdict, a woman excitedly chirped to … Continue reading

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A record number of immigrants were deported from the USA in 2010

During Fiscal Year 2010, ICE deported 392,862 undocumented foreigners, of whom more than 195,000 were convicted criminals, an increase of more than 23,000 deportations – including 81,000 people with criminal records – compared with 2008. In 2009, deportations totaled 389,834 … Continue reading

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Nobel prize

In the course of my life, for more than half a century, June 1989 was the major turning point. Up to that point, I was a member of the first class to enter university when college entrance examinations were reinstated … Continue reading

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Stoning Women to death

The stoning of women is one of the more savage, and revealing aspects of the mullahs’ rule in Iran and of fundamentalist application of the law in Afghanistan. Since the inception of the mullahs’ rule in Iran hundreds of women … Continue reading

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Breastfeeding mom to pursue complaint

A Saanich mother who was asked to cover up while breastfeeding on a bus said she’ll halt her human-rights complaint only when she’s sure the incident won’t happen again. Olena Russell was asked to cover up by a B.C. Transit … Continue reading

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