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Monthly Archives: August 2009
Political Graffiti (58): Child Soldiers
More child soldier graffiti. More on child soldiers in general. And more on children’s rights.
Posted in political graffiti, war
Tagged child soldiers, children's rights, political graffiti, politics, war
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The Most Absurd Human Rights Violations (6): Mentally Disabled Female “Suicide” Bomber
(source) CNN reported some time ago that a female bomber who killed five people just outside the heavily fortified Green Zone … was mentally disabled and her explosives vest was triggered by remote control. … the latest example of insurgents’ … Continue reading
I’m Back From India With Some Pictures…
These pictures were taken in Delhi, Dharamsala, Amritsar and here. If you want to read some older blogposts about human rights and poverty in India, go here.
Human Rights Nonsense (5): Defending Freedom by Burning Books
(source) Geert Wilders, chairman of the Dutch Party for Freedom and international role model for cartoon characters, is so anxious to defend western freedom against Islam, that he proposed to prohibit the Koran, a “fascist book” in his words (and, … Continue reading
Posted in books, freedom, human rights nonsense, law
Tagged clash of civilisations, eurabia, fascism, immigration, immigration restrictions, islam, islamification, islamophobia, koran, muslim, netherlands, wilders
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Human Rights Ads (25): Slavery and Servitude
(source, source) Here’s the complete text of article 4 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights: No one shall be held in slavery or servitude; slavery and the slave trade shall be prohibited in all their forms. More on slavery … Continue reading
Posted in freedom, human rights ads
Tagged ad, advert, human rights, human rights ad, modern slavery, politics, servitude, slavery
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Migration and Human Rights (22): Number of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) at All-Time High
(source) According to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the number of people internally displaced within their own countries (also called IDPs) has reached a historical high of more than 28 million (see also here for the full report). … Continue reading
Political Jokes & Funny Quotes (51): Two Tough Questions
(source) Question 1: if you knew a woman who was pregnant, who had 8 kids already, three who were deaf, two who were blind, one mentally retarded, and she had syphilis, would you recommend that she have an abortion? Read … Continue reading
Posted in comedy, democracy, political jokes and funny quotes
Tagged abortion, joke, politics, representative democracy, riddle
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Human Rights Facts (42): Lifetime Risk of Maternal Death
One of the Millennium Development Goals is to reduce maternal mortality ratios by three quarters by 2015. While there has been progress, the numbers remain very high, with more than 500,000 women dying every year as a result of complications … Continue reading
