Basic understanding of human rights All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood (Universal Declaration of Human Rights Article 1) Human rights are not granted by anybody or any power. All human beings […]
Turning the Catch of the Day into Improved Livelihoods for the Whole Community
Cross posted from Worldwatch Institute’s Nourishing the Planet and written by Christi Zaleski. Leaving Gambia’s capital city, Banjul, you’ll find a group of women standing road side offering up oysters for 15 dalasis a cup, or about 55 cents for approximately 75 pieces of oyster meat. These women in the community have been harvesting oysters […]
Morocco: Where Independent Media is No More
There have been mounting attacks on freedom of expression in Morocco lately, targeting journalists as well as bloggers as we consistently have been reporting on Global Voices Online recently. So constant are the attacks, that a reader might find the news coming out form the north African kingdom, a redundant rehash of the same old […]
An Interview With Author, C.L. Talmadge
A native of Los Angeles, C.L. Talmadge lived in England during her high school years, cruised the Mediterranean twice, and graduated with an honor’s degree in history from Bryn Mawr College at age 20. Under the byline Candace Talmadge, she was a staff or freelance writer for numerous media that included The […]
The World Reacts to the Release of the “Lockerbie bomber”
by Katharine Ganly Helena opens in this post on Israel Palestine Blogs Peace Blogs Aggregator: There is currently a huge amount of over-heated rhetoric on the airwaves and in the blogosphere, in reaction to the Scottish court’s decision to release convicted Libyan mass-bomber Abdel-Basset al-Megrahi before the end of his sentence, on compassionate/health grounds. Whether […]
Cuba, USA: OAS Says “Yes”
After 47 years, the Organization of American States has lifted its ban on Cuba’s admission to the group, with most member states restoring ties with the island nation. The United States, which still maintains a trade embargo against Cuba, was the notable exception, as Secretary of State Hillary Rodham-Clinton advocated for democratic and human rights […]
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