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human rights

From the Think Humanist boards – if you can help, do help by checking out these previous blog-posts.
Contributor To Australian Skeptic Fighting For Justice In Nigeria
Update on Leo Igwe, Skeptic Needing Help In Nigeria
MURDER CHARGE: INVESTIGATION DRAGS ON AND ON – Leo Igwe

Yesterday, I was at the police station in Umuahaia and met with the [...]

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Recognised since 1999, after the United Nations General Assembly adopted the resolution, today is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women.
UNFPA: Every day, women and girls are subject to domestic violence, exploitation, sexual violence, trafficking, honour crimes, harmful traditional practices, such as bride burning and early marriages, and other forms of violence [...]

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Scientologists ‘Targeting’ Schoolchildren

by podblack on November 22, 2009

I’ve come across rather dodgy efforts disguised under genuine educational materials getting into schools before… but this is a new one to me, which I think should be better known to people. ABC News reports:
The New South Wales Government says the Church of Scientology is targeting Year 6 students using “marketing” material that claims to [...]

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What is Retrospectacle? This series of posts are a kind of Thomas Dolby-inspired ‘retrospectacle’ of earlier popular entries from my site, which will fill in during the time that I am busy working. I also hope you check out the MiniBlog entries that feature on the sidebar too.
So, Amnesty International are doing a bit of [...]

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Okay, right, it’s the weekend – and I’m blogging. Bleah. Never mind, I’ve got a lot of work on the horizon and I’ll zip off and complete it instead of writing much more on all of this. But I have to pop up some links and tidy up my blogroll first!
First – an mp3 that [...]

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World Youth Day Protest – Melbourne

by podblack on July 6, 2008

Two volunteer groups have refused controversial powers brought in by the NSW Government to police “annoying and inconvenient” conduct at World Youth Day events.
No frickin’ wonder. So what is this ‘annoying and inconvenient’?
The Angry Aussie has his summation, about recent news on ‘arrest over offensive shirts worn in Sydney‘:
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New regulations passed in NSW give [...]

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