politicians

UN human rights chief calls on Syria to halt attacks on protesters

rekey — Tue, 26 Apr 2011 08:51:06 +0100

25 April 2011 – The United Nations human rights chief today denounced the Syrian Government’s increasingly violent crackdown on peaceful protesters and urged an immediate end to the use of excessive force, which she noted has only intensified in recent days.

Source: UN human rights chief calls on Syria to halt attacks on protesters

BBC News: Has feminism blocked social mobility for men?

miotailtmilidh — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 19:57:23 +0100

Feminism provided an obstacle to social mobility for working-class men, Cabinet minister David Willetts has controversially argued. But is he right?

Source: BBC News: Has feminism blocked social mobility for men?

BBC News | Libya: Gaddafi in spotlight at UN Security Council

miotailtmilidh — Sat, 26 Feb 2011 22:17:39 +0000

The UN Security Council is meeting to consider action against Colonel Muammar Gaddafi's government in Libya over its attempts to put down an uprising.

A draft resolution calls for an arms embargo, travel ban and asset freeze.

It also proposes referring Col Gaddafi to the International Criminal Court for alleged crimes against humanity.

Source: BBC News | Libya: Gaddafi in spotlight at UN Security Council

Guardian.co.uk | Searchlight poll finds huge support for far right 'if they gave up violence'

miotailtmilidh — Sat, 26 Feb 2011 22:03:46 +0000

Huge numbers of Britons would support an anti-immigration English nationalist party if it was not associated with violence and fascist imagery, according to the largest survey into identity and extremism conducted in the UK.

A Populus poll found that 48% of the population would consider supporting a new anti-immigration party committed to challenging Islamist extremism, and would support policies to make it statutory for all public buildings to fly the flag of St George or the union flag....

Source: Guardian.co.uk | Searchlight poll finds huge support for far right 'if they gave up violence'

White Flag Revolution

Radfax — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 00:32:08 +0000

Light graffiti at the Welsh Assembly

MaryAlex — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 15:37:22 +0000

Jo Yeates murder case: MP backs DNA testing

miotailtmilidh — Sun, 09 Jan 2011 23:27:05 +0000

An MP has backed calls for the DNA screening of all men in Bristol as part of the hunt for the murderer of Jo Yeates...

Bristol East Labour MP Kerry McCarthy said if police thought the exercise was worthwhile she believed most men would understand why they were being asked...

Ms McCarthy said she believed the majority of people would be sympathetic to requests for DNA samples.

She added: "But rather than taking DNA just from men in the Clifton area, where the population is somewhat transient, the operation should be widened to include the whole of the city.

"Quite how the police would organise this I don't know," she added.

Source: Jo Yeates murder case: MP backs DNA testing

FreeBillyBurton.com

Angela Morris — Sat, 02 Oct 2010 10:06:40 +0100

Free Billy Burton Campaign

Angela Morris — Sat, 02 Oct 2010 09:50:09 +0100

In 1992 whilst travelling the world in his 20s Billy Burton found himself in dire financial difficulty and made a terrible decision to carry 5kg of cannabis out of the Philippines. The campaign to secure Billy’s freedom does not condone what he did. It is about humanity, compassion and recognition of punishment served. Billy was given 40 years, he has now served 18 years with 22 years to go. There is now a new president in the Philippines and he has instigated a review into fairness within the justice system. We are asking everyone to write letters to 4 key contacts in the UK and in the Philippines, we have a website with contacts, addresses and downloadable letter templates.

Source: Free Billy Burton Campaign

Human tv.. youtube channel.

protectthehumanatshoreditchchurch2010 — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 11:38:04 +0100

Interesting interactivity. showing protect the human project.

Source: Human tv.. youtube channel.

President Obama for Gay Rights

Joakimprojekt`s — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 12:40:56 +0100

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Joakimprojekt`s — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 12:35:16 +0100

You Know Yourself

Brett Dye — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 16:30:37 +0100

It is my observation that the world is suffering from not living to its highest potential.

We still have racism sexism homophobia and all other forms of ignorance. That ignorance unfortunately permeates nearly every culture in the so-called “developed” countries.

Until we understand how this ignorance comes about then it is possible that we will not able to make a different choice about it.

I think I have one possible explanation of how this ignorance comes about and stays in our culture. It’s not the one and only right explanation, but it is something that I have thought about and I would like to offer it forward for you to think about.

Source: You Know Yourself

Noynoy Hacienda Luisita

myrnaholly — Sun, 02 May 2010 12:45:49 +0100

Hacienda Luisita is a land owned by the Cojuancos including the running president of the Liberal Party, Noynoy Aquino. Back years ago, many lives has been lost because farmers are fighting for their right on the Hacienda Luisita land.

Source: Noynoy Hacienda Luisita

Noynoy Luisita Massacre

myrnaholly — Sun, 02 May 2010 12:39:47 +0100

Noynoy just speaks out about the issue on Hacienda Luisita. Read this article and judge for yourself who’s really telling the truth. Presidency is not just a position. It is an obligation that one should take in order to have a change and progress in our country.

Source: Noynoy Luisita Massacre

Hacienda Luisita

myrnaholly — Sun, 02 May 2010 12:34:13 +0100

Since Noynoy decided to run as President, expect that all the issues in their family will come out. One of this is the issue about Hacienda Luisita. Hacienda Luisita has been emerged because of the tragic event that gives death to some people fighting for their right on the land owned by the Cojuancos.

Source: Hacienda Luisita

Amnesty on the General Election

benc — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 15:33:04 +0100

BNP official Mark Collett questioned over alleged threat to kill Nick Griffin

DrPot — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 14:46:04 +0100

The BNP has been thrown into turmoil weeks ahead of the general election after a senior party member was arrested for allegedly threatening to kill Nick Griffin.

Key party officials have been summoned to a meeting tomorrow to discuss "urgent organisational matters" after Griffin and colleagues made statements to police resulting in the BNP's publicity director, Mark Collett, being detained on Thursday.

Collett, 29, had been due to contest Labour MP David Blunkett's Sheffield Brightside seat in the election but has been stripped of his position within the party which accused him of conspiring to launch a "palace coup" against Griffin.

Source: BNP official Mark Collett questioned over alleged threat to kill Nick Griffin

Barack Obama does not hate Israel, says Binyamin Netanyahu

DrPot — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 12:23:13 +0000

Hagai Ben-Artzi, the brother of the Israeli premier's wife, said on Israeli Army Radio that the US president dislikes Netanyahu and the Israeli people because he had spent years in the church of the Reverend Jeremiah Wright, who he said is "antisemitic, anti-Israeli, and anti-Jewish." Obama once declared the fiery liberal Chicago preacher was his spiritual mentor but disavowed him during the campaign.

"As a politician running for [the] presidency he had to hide it," Ben-Artzi said, "but it comes out every time and I think we just have to say it plainly: there is an antisemitic president in America."

Source: Barack Obama does not hate Israel, says Binyamin Netanyahu

China orders journalists to retrain in communist theory

DrPot — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:00:39 +0000

China wants to crack down on press freedom and introduce a new training system that requires journalists to train in Marxist and communist theories of news.

Li Dongdong, deputy director of the General Administration of Press and
Publication, told the South China Morning Post that some mainland reporters were giving Chinese journalism a bad name because they were not properly trained.

Under communist theories of journalism, media should support the leadership rather than operate as a watchdog.

Source: China orders journalists to retrain in communist theory

Burma law formally bars Aung San Suu Kyi from election

DrPot — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:58:27 +0000

Burma has issued a law which will bar pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi from taking part in planned elections and could force her party to expel her.
The new law prohibits anyone with a criminal conviction from belonging to a political party.
Ms Suu Kyi has been detained on various charges for most of the past 20 years, after winning the last polls in 1990.
She was already excluded from political office by a constitutional bar on people with foreign spouses.

Source: Burma law formally bars Aung San Suu Kyi from election

G20 RAW - Trailer

PieNMashFilms — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:15:30 +0000

Government's Secret Family Courts - Bill Maloney Reports

PieNMashFilms — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:12:13 +0000

Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi loses appeal | World news | guardian.co.uk

DrPot — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 10:42:31 +0000

The Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi failed in her latest bid to end more than a decade of house arrest today after the country's highest court threw out an appeal against her sentence.
The supreme court's decision was widely expected but her lawyer said he would launch a final special appeal to the supreme court after establishing the reasons why the latest attempt had been rejected. "The court order did not mention any reasons," he said.
The British ambassador Andrew Heyn attended the court session along with diplomats from Australia, France and the US.
"Although the decision comes as no surprise, it is deeply disappointing," he said.

Source: Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi loses appeal | World news | guardian.co.uk

Where is justice?

AWorkInProgress — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 11:18:20 +0000

Test

Kamesh — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 15:31:54 +0000

Tony Blair admits: I would have invaded Iraq anyway | UK news | The Guardian

DrPot — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 15:24:01 +0000

Tony Blair has said he would have invaded Iraq even without evidence of weapons of mass destruction and would have found a way to justify the war to parliament and the public.
The former prime minister made the confession during an interview with Fern Britton, to be broadcast on Sunday on BBC1, in which he said he would still have thought it right to remove Saddam Hussein from power.
"If you had known then that there were no WMDs, would you still have gone on?" Blair was asked. He replied: "I would still have thought it right to remove him [Saddam Hussein]".

Source: Tony Blair admits: I would have invaded Iraq anyway | UK news | The Guardian

To Politicians, We're Nothing More Than Code on a Monitor

jpw1990 — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:29:03 +0000

A Reflection on Humanity

Joakimprojekt`s — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 21:54:09 +0100

Stockholm-The Iranian regime's demonstration was met by counter-demonstrators

Joakimprojekt`s — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 15:40:58 +0100

A group of fundamentalists organized by the Iranian embassy were demonstrating against Israel when other exiled Iranians showed their hatred of the Iranian regime at Sergel Square on Sunday. Iranian ambassador. Rasoul Eslami, were among the demonstrators.
Participants from two different demonstrations at Sergel Square clashed, forcing police to block the part of central Stockholm.
Online petition :http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/support-ashraf.html

Source: Stockholm-The Iranian regime's demonstration was met by counter-demonstrators