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Society & Culture News tagged with Rights

Holland's Anti-Islamic Crusader
Society & Culture  (tags: world, religion, Holland, society, rights, politics, interesting, culture, news )

Cal
- 1 day ago - www2.macleans.ca
Winning votes with a message of religious intolerance
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Dubai Kiss Court Case Highlights Culture Clash
Society & Culture  (tags: law, culture, ethics, rights, society, politics, interesting, freedoms, world )

Cal
- 1 day ago - cnn.com
The couple, a British man living and working in Dubai, and a British female tourist visiting the Persian Gulf city-state, were arrested in November accused of kissing and touching each other intimately in public -
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OP-ED: A Moment of Truth on Immigration Reform
Society & Culture  (tags: immigration reform, illegal immigrants, society, usa, culture, rights, us )

Cal
- 1 day ago - alternet.org
The people who will be in Washington on Sunday will be marching behind a banner that reads "Change Takes Courage."
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Join Our Safekids Organistation, Check This Out.
Society & Culture  (tags: children, culture, ethics, family, freedoms, health, rights, world, activists, child )

Marjolein
- 3 days ago - safekids.org
Ok, u can help and share, so more ppl will know this and more action is able to be done, what is our future?.our children, they have it in their hands, we can only be a good example for them.So join and show urself!
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Kidnapped, Raped, Married: The Extraordinary Rebellion of Ethiopia's Abducted Wives
Society & Culture  (tags: women, rights, abuse, culture, children, crime, society )

Cal
- 3 days ago - huffingtonpost.com
In 2003 - the last year for which statistics are available - the National Committee on Traditional Practices of Ethiopia found that 69 per cent of marriages begin like this, with the triple-whammy of abduction, rape, and a forced signature. In a country w
16 comments
Still a Long Road to Equality for Women in Afghanistan
Society & Culture  (tags: women, world, society, politics, humans, freedoms, culture, family, rights )

Cal
- 4 days ago - afghanistan.blogs.cnn.com
What's it mean to be a woman in Afghanistan? Chances are you can't read or write, you married before you were 18 years old and have around 6 kids, and you may be working -- but you're getting paid half of what your male counterparts make.
4 comments
War Is Sin
Society & Culture  (tags: education, ethics, freedoms, murder, rights, corruption )

John
- 6 days ago - canadiansagainstwar.org
War is neither glorious nor noble. And we carry within us the capacity for evil we ascribe to those we fight.Those who return to speak this truth are our contemporary prophets. But like all prophets they are condemned and ignored for their courage.
28 comments
ENVIRONMENT-INDIA: Law on Forest Rights Fails to Deliver
Society & Culture  (tags: environment, rights, politics, indigenous peoples righs, world, news, police, government )

Cal
- 7 days ago - ipsnews.net
A four-year-old landmark law that was supposed to bring profound changes in the lives of India's tribal and forest-dwelling peoples has failed to deliver on that promise.
5 comments
Evangelical Leader Takes on Beck for Assailing Social Justice Churches
Society & Culture  (tags: politics, religion, rights, society, ethics, usa, news, media )

Cal
- 7 days ago - cnn.com
An evangelical leader is calling for a boycott of Glenn Beck's television show and challenging the Fox News personality to a public debate after Beck vilified churches that preach economic and social justice.
9 comments
MEDIA BIAS IN CANADA: Stop the Racist Attacks on Our Children--Native People Under Attack
Society & Culture  (tags: media, bias, Native People, First Nations, Canada, rights, culture, ethics, society, politics, sadness, news, abuse )

Cal
- 8 days ago - indiancountrytoday.com
Last week the Web site UsedWinnipeg.com ran an advertisement headlined "Native Extraction Service" with a photograph of three young Native boys. The service offered to round up and remove First Nations youth like wild animals, and "relocate them to their
10 comments
Stop Violence Against Women- Take Action
Society & Culture  (tags: women, violence, petition, world, society, rights, law, humans, government, family, education, crime, culture, children, ethics )

Daphna
- 11 days ago - theirc.org
In the chaos of conflict and disaster, women and girls can suffer unspeakable violence, exploitation and abuse. The odds are against them as they struggle to survive and protect themselves and their families.
11 comments
Cove Wins An Oscar, Makes An Activist Statement, Gets Cut Off
Society & Culture  (tags: activists, americans, celebrity, culture, ethics, environment, humans, interesting, media, movies, politics, rights, society, world )

Daphna
- 11 days ago - treehugger.com
Congrats to The Cove and the entire team who made this world-changing documentary. The movie exposes the dolphin slaughter happening in Japan by doing some Mission-Impossible-style footwork to film the annual killing at one of Japan's most notorious hunti
13 comments
International Women's Day
Society & Culture  (tags: humans, women, International Women's Day, rights )

Cher
- 11 days ago - yourcaringworks.com
8th March every year is being observed as the International Women's Day all over the world. Few causes promoted by the United Nations have generated more intense and widespread support than the campaign to promote and protect the equal rights of women.
12 comments
Egyptian Government Restores Historic Synagogue
Society & Culture  (tags: world, society, rights, religion, culture, Egypt, freedoms )

Cal
- 12 days ago - edition.cnn.com
Egyptian government restores historic synagogue
10 comments
OP-ED: International Women's Day - Remembering Afghan Women
Society & Culture  (tags: world, rights, freedoms, AFGHANISTAN, humans, interesting, news, society, culture )

Cal
- 12 days ago - huffingtonpost.com
Today is International Women's Day, a day that is often overlooked within the United States, but holds deep significance overseas where women have overcome, or continue to be affected by, oppression.
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