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Category Archives: human rights facts
Human Rights Facts (70): Intolerance and Discrimination in America
(source) In light of the recent Trayvon Martin case, a few historical examples of how fear of the “other” has led many Americans to acts of intolerance and discrimination: In 1654, Peter Stuyvesant, director-general of New Netherland, tried to have Jewish refugees … Continue reading
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Tagged america, Chinese Exclusion Act, discrimination, history, intolerance, Joseph Smith, Know Nothing, Trayvon Martin, u.s.
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Human Rights Facts (69): What Dictatorship Does to You, A Comparison of East Germany Before and After the Fall of Communism
After a previous post comparing North and South Korea – a natural experiment for assessing the value of political freedom – I stumbled across the work of photographer Stefan Koppelkamm who has done something similar in Germany: During a trip … Continue reading
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Tagged berlin wall, dictatorship, East Germany, freedom, germany, Stefan Koppelkamm
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Human Rights Facts (68): How Easy It Is to Kill the Internet
(source) Just after midnight on January 28, 2011, the government of Egypt, rocked by three straight days of massive antiregime protests organized in part through Facebook and other online social networks, did something unprecedented in the history of 21st-century telecommunications: … Continue reading
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Tagged arab spring, censorship, Egypt, internet, Internet censorship, protest
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Human Rights Facts (67): Human Rights in Countries’ Constitutions
(source, source) Obviously, much of this is mere lip-service and Constitutional provisions are violated every day in some countries. Still, legal recognition of rights is something, even if the law is not respected. More data on international support for human … Continue reading
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Tagged constitution, constitutional rights, normative universality, rights
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Human Rights Facts (66): Life Expectancy Across Social Groups in the U.S.
(source) I’ve written before about some very significant health disparities across segments of the population of the U.S. (see here, here. here, here, here and here). Health disparities across racial, gender or income groups are a strong indication of injustice … Continue reading
Posted in data, health, human rights facts
Tagged health care, Health disparities, human rights, inequality, insurance, life expectancy, racism, u.s., United States
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