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Tag Archives: human rights
Alberto Gonzales: Treating the American Constitution like toilet paper since 3rd February 2005
Gonzales’ latest remarks are indicative of the contempt shown by the current American administration for one of the greatest political documents and institutions of the past five hundred years. I Am Not A Lawyer, nor an American, ergo he may … Continue reading
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Tagged Alberto Gonzales, attorney general, congress, constitution, habeas-corpus, human rights, law, rights
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Whither privacy?
A number of things have popped up on the radar (read: RSS reader) from sources such as 27B Stroke 6, BoingBoing and EFF: Deep Links that have sounded to me like extremely Bad Things from a privacy/individual rights point of … Continue reading
The price of education?
Laura brought this to my attention: worrying stuff in the current difficult civil rights climate. The video included below appears to show Mostafa Tabatabainejad, a UCLA student, being violently restrained and shocked with a taser gun after refusing to show … Continue reading
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Tagged brutality, california, education, human rights, law, mostafa-abatabainejad, police, taser, UCLA, United States, university
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Zimbabwe descends into darker times
Zimbabwe is getting worse. Much worse. Exhibit #1: If you had any reason to doubt that Robert Mugabe, the dictator of Zimbabwe, is a malign thug, here’s more proof: a before-and-after pair of satellite photos showing the destruction of a … Continue reading
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Tagged human rights, repression, robert-mugabe, tyranny, Zimbabwe
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