Since we’re blogging on human rights today, I thought I’d have s second bite of the cherry. My first post, below, was fairly abstract and theological. This one is more personal and anecdotal.
In 1972 I was banned by Petrus Cornelius Pelser, Minister of Justice. The banning order was a standard form, with names and the [...]
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Carla Del Ponte, the ex-chief prosecutor for war crimes in former Yugoslavia, has unleashed a storm of recrimination with allegations of a trade in human body parts in Kosovo and Albania after Nato bombed Serbia in 1999.
Del Ponte claims, based on what she describes as credible reports and witnesses, that Kosovan Albanian guerrillas [...]
There’s been a sudden increase of blogging about liberation theology since Barack Obama’s pastor hit the headlines.It has brought forth some very strange comments and perceptions, such as that those, who like Archbishop Romero were crushed by the power of the state for opposing the abuse of power actually supported what they opposed.
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So who’s a “surrender monkey” now?
Recognition of Kosovo’s unilateral declaration of independence shows quite clearly that terrorism pays, and leaves the “War on Terror” in tatters.
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President Bush on Monday hailed Kosovo’s bold and historic bid for statehood, saying “The Kosovars are now independent.”
European Union nations have stood deeply divided over whether to recognize [...]
This reminds me of nothing so much as Ian Smith’s unilateral declaration of independence in Rhodesia on 11 November 1965 - right down to Beethoven’s Ode to Joy, which was adopted as the national anthem of Smith’s Rhodesia. And the assurances of ethnic justice can be trusted just as much as Smith’s.
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Kosovo’s parliament [...]
An Afghan journalism student has been sentenced to death for downloading a report on women’s rights from the Internet, according to a report in The Independent:
A young man, a student of journalism, is sentenced to death by an Islamic court for downloading a report from the internet. The sentence is then upheld by the [...]
Adoption is not as secret as it used to be, so there is less likelihood of this happening than it was 30-40 years ago, but the right iof children to know the identity of their biological parents needs to be protected.
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Twins separated at birth and adopted by separate parents later married each [...]
How about independence for Northern Cyprus? Independence for Texas (or giving it back to Mexico)? Using Nato troops to make two different states out of bilingual Belgium? Sending Nato in to occupy Bophuthatswana, and perhaps link it to Botswana?
Why is it that in the same decade that South Africa abandoned apartheid, the Europeans adopted it [...]
British Prime Minisrter Gordon Brown is boycotting the EU Africa summit this weekend because of Zimbabwe’s poor human rights record.It is good to see political leaders taking a principled stand for human rights, and it would be nice to see more do so. Unfortunately, however, Mr Brown’s stand is somewhat hypocritical, as he is [...]
A common complaint among well-to-do white South Africans is that there is too much harping on the past, and blaming the legacy of apartheid for the problems of the present. Apartheid ended nearly 14 years ago, they say. Why can’t we put all that behind us, forgive and forget and move forward? Blaming the [...]
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