Articles tagged with: human rights
Women as Enemy: A Film About Brutality Toward Our Global Sisters
For far too long in history, women have been perceived as chattel, disposable and expendable. This past year we witnessed uprisings in the Middle East during their Arab Spring. Women often fought along side men to oust oppressive regimes. In Bahrain, however, women are still at risk of torture and rape. Yemen women played activists roles in toppling President Saleh, …
Human Rights Violations in Houston?
Too often, those of us who are White, pay give little attention to racial profiling. If, however, our government is going to condemn human rights violations on a global stage, they need to look at what is happening in our own country.
Tenuous Situation Remains For Egyptians
Throughout these demonstrations, the people of Egypt have shouted that they want Democracy, an end to human rights violations and an opportunity for growth within their country.
The Chinese “Bear” Will Be De-clawed
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It wasn’t so long ago, during the “Cold War”, that Americans viewed China as an impoverished, Communist nation without much hope of feeding its burgeoning population, and without much export production to sell to the rest of the world. How times have changed! Over the last ten years China’s economy has surpassed those of Germany, Canada, Spain, Italy, …
Jagged Edges; Shards of Souls
She is a blogger who lives in the UK, but whose heart exposes us to issues of Genocide, AIDS and Human Rights in countries which include Rwanda, Bosnia, Darfur/Sudan, Cambodia and Zimbabwe. Emm writes, “In this blog I’ll update about the various conflicts in the world but I’ll also post snippets from the news that I find interesting or disturbing. It is called “A Passion to Understand”
Go To Your Room, Dick Cheney
Will someone please advise this man that his term has ended? Even when he was VP he became a bane that George Bush could not tolerate without cracking jokes. I held off writing about Cheney because I did not want to give him the attention he so desperately seeks or the appeasement he will never receive. I’m just a lowly …
