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Monthly Archives: January 2009
Human Rights Ads (2): Violence Against Women
(source, an Amnesty International ad) “Violence against women is a universal sport”. More on this topic.
Economic Human Rights (20): Health and Wealth
(source) A few more words about the relationship between poverty and health (see this post for a more detailed discussion). First of all: both are human rights issues. Article 25 of the Universal Declaration states: Everyone has the right to … Continue reading
Posted in economic human rights, health, poverty
Tagged cartoons, health, health care, human rights, human rights cartoon, poverty, poverty trap
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Human Rights Facts (24): Freedom in 2008
Freedom House has its new data out (see also here): (source)
Limiting Free Speech (12): Obscenity
(source) The words “obscenity” (from the Latin obscenus meaning “foul, repulsive, detestable”), “salaciousness” or “salacity”, are legal terms describing acts or cases of speech that are prohibited because they offend a society’s prevalent sexual morality. As such, these prohibitions are … Continue reading
Posted in law, limiting free speech
Tagged first amendment, free speech, human rights, law, limiting free speech, obscenity, politics, pornography, supreme court, u.s.
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Human Rights Ads (1): Waterboarding
(source, an Amnesty International ad) “The unofficial world record in holding your breath under water”. More on waterboarding.
Posted in human rights ads, torture
Tagged ad, advert, amnesty international, human rights, human rights ad, politics, torture
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Terrorism and Human Rights (7b): Arbitrary Arrest and Guantanamo
(source) All democracies arrest people without a charge or conviction, but they only do so for very short periods of time, usually a very limited number of days. Also, when a charge is filed, democracies want to have a court … Continue reading
Posted in justice, law, terror, war
Tagged arbitrary arrest, cartoon, detention, fair trial, guantanamo, habeas corpus, human rights, human rights cartoon, incarceration, justice, politics
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Political Jokes & Funny Quotes (8): Gender Equality
(source) It’s amazing to me that it’s the year 2009 and women are still getting 75 cents for every dollar that a man earns. I mean, don’t you think it’s time women get equal pay? We have got to let … Continue reading
Posted in comedy, discrimination and hate, equality, political jokes and funny quotes
Tagged gender discrimination, joke, politics, quote, wage gap
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Political T-Shirt (5): Genocide Sucks
More on genocide.
Political Jokes & Funny Quotes (7): Jim Crow
(source) You know, civil rights is great and everything, but a lot of people don’t realize that plumbers in the South make less money than when they used to install separate drinking fountains. Andy Kindler Here is more on Jim … Continue reading
Posted in comedy, discrimination and hate, equality, political jokes and funny quotes
Tagged discrimination, jim crow, quote, racism
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Gender Discrimination (7): Violence Against Women
When we talk about human rights violations, chances are high that we are talking about women. We can list the following types of violence or force used against women (I’ve linked to previous posts dealing with the individual types of … Continue reading
