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World News tagged with Freedom

Dalai Lama Says Slovak Human Rights Award a "New Encouragement"
World  (tags: Dalai Lama, Tibet, Freedom, Democracy )

Ben
- 76 days ago - phayul.com
Dalai Lama was honoured with an international human rights award in the Slovak capital on Wednesday for his promotion of human rights and his leadership in the nonviolent Tibetan freedom struggle.
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Lockerbie Doubts - Is It Fair That the Mass Murderer Has Been Released Despite the Hell He Has Caused? Or Was It Him at All?
World  (tags: Lockerbie, an empyty hole in the ground, Full of memories, humanrights, convicted criminals, freedom, is the guy guilty, or is he not?, If Gadaffi had not given him a heroes', welcome, would there be any doubt? )

David
- 93 days ago - consortiumnews.com
Lockerbie, Scotland, on Dec. 21, 1988, was released. The Scottish authorities said they were letting al-Megrahi go free on "compassionate grounds" because he was terminally ill from cancer. How many people died in jail from lesser offences? Free? WHY?
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Terminally Ill Lockerbie Bomber Released
World  (tags: scotland, release, terrorist, prison, violence, freedom )

Lone
- 96 days ago - cnn.com
GREENOCK, Scotland (CNN) -- The man convicted of murdering 270 people by blowing Pan Am flight 103 out of the sky above the Scottish town of Lockerbie two decades ago was on his way home to Libya on Thursday after authorities set him free.
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Sign Petition: Empower Women and Girls in Afghanistan
World  (tags: world, Afghanistan, women, children, human, rights, freedom, education, literacy, vocational, training, empowerment, protection, sexual, abuse, trafficking, abduction, exploitation, healthcare )

Tom
- 98 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
The Afghan Women Empowerment Act will protect women and girls against sexual and physical abuse, abduction, trafficking and exploitation, and give them a chance for a better life through literacy education, vocational training and health care services.
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Sign Petition: Support Sudanese Woman's Rights - Lubna Hussien
World  (tags: world, violence, public, order, police, journalist, Lubna, Hussien, trousers, flogging, lashes, women's, human, rights, freedom, abuse, cruelty, law, bashir, war, criminal, icc, darfur, crime, Khartoum )

Tom
- 108 days ago - iamlubna.com.venus.dnstemplate.com
This is Lubna's petition to eliminate article 152 from Sudan's criminal law. Article 152 has been implemented in Sudan since 1991. It stipulates that any conduct or clothes in violation of public decency should be punished with 40 lashes or bail or both.
33 comments
Sign Petition: End Domestic Violence in the Muslim World
World  (tags: world, middle-east, sharia, law, africa, muslim, domestic, violence, humiliation, beatings, mutilation, flogging, rape, honor, killing, stoning, acid, attacks, FGM, lashes, women, girls, human, rights, freedom, abuse, cruelty )

Tom
- 108 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
Assaults on women and young girls, especially domestic violence, acid attacks, honor killings, FGM and forced marriage that have become a growing problem in some Muslim countries, are barbaric, inhumane and completely contrary to Islamic teachings.
26 comments
Sign Petition: International Coalition for Women's Rights
World  (tags: society, culture, world, muslim, sharia, law, domestic, violence, humiliation, beatings, mutilation, flogging, rape, honor, killing, stoning, acid, attacks, FGM, lashes, women, children, human, rights, freedom, abuse, cruelty )

Tom
- 108 days ago - petitiononline.com
Sharia law deems a woman unequal and subordinate to her husband. Under Sharia, women's testimony is worth half that of men's, women have limited rights to divorce and child custody and women can be executed for apostasy or stoned to death for adultery.
26 comments
Pakistan Moves to Outlaw Domestic Violence
World  (tags: world, middle-east, pakistan, muslim, domestic, violence, humiliation, beatings, mutilation, flogging, rape, honor, killing, stoning, acid, attacks, FGM, lashes, women, girls, human, rights, freedom, abuse, cruelty )

Tom
- 108 days ago - google.com
Pakistan moved towards outlawing domestic violence when lawmakers approved a bill Tuesday that will punish those found guilty of beating women or children with jail terms and fines. The law, passed unanimously, was called a "big day" for Pakistani women.
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U.S. Reshaping Darfur Policy
World  (tags: world, violence, darfur, sudan, genocide, crime, death, conflict, human, rights, starvation, rape, flogging, stoning, sharia, women, freedom, obama, politics )

Tom
- 112 days ago - latimes.com
The Obama administration is working on a new approach that may soften some sanctions against the Sudan government. Obama's UN ambassador, Susan Rice, who helped draft the sanctions, argues for a tougher stance, declaring that genocide continues in Darfur.
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Western Feminists Mute on Ravages of Shariah
World  (tags: world, sudan, government, africa, middle-east, violence, flogging, whipping, stoning, honor, killings, rape, beatings, islamic, sharia, law, women, human, rights, western, feminists, freedom, repression )

Tom
- 112 days ago - network.nationalpost.com
An angry Khartoum journalist who works for the UN in Sudan started a campaign against shariah law by elevating a local police matter into an international embarrassment: She's invited the world to witness her judicial flogging. Where are the feminists?
26 comments
N. Korea Says Two U.S. Journalists Have Been Pardoned
World  (tags: GoodNews, americans, reporters, freedom, return )

Lone
- 112 days ago - washingtonpost.com
orth Korea announced Tuesday that it had pardoned two detained American journalists, hours after former president Bill Clinton met in Pyongyang with reclusive dictator Kim Jong Il as part of an unannounced and highly unusual diplomatic mission to win thei
23 comments
Happy Birthday, Nelson Mandela!
World  (tags: Nelson Mandela, Freedom, Democracy )

Ben
- 129 days ago - care2.com
July 18:th: Nelson Mandela turns 91! "There is no easy walk to freedom anywhere"
37 comments
Silent Protests in Iran Expected to Draw Thousands
World  (tags: world, middle-east, iran, politics, government, elections, ahmadinejad, corruption, crime, cover-up, dishonesty, lies, abuse, human, rights, democracy, freedom, civil, liberty, repression, fascism, violence, protest, demonstrations )

Tom
- 139 days ago - latimes.com
Demonstrations are planned in more than 200 cities and towns across the country, protesting last month's disputed election. Participants are advised to carry nothing heavier than a rose. They are struggling for freedom, spirituality and human rights.
15 comments
Iran: Ahmadinejad Says His Reelection Gave Him a Mandate
World  (tags: world, middle-east, iran, politics, government, elections, ahmadinejad, corruption, crime, cover-up, dishonesty, lies, abuse, human, rights, democracy, freedom, civil, liberty, repression, fascism, violence )

Tom
- 139 days ago - latimes.com
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad declared that his disputed reelection gave him a mandate to continue his domestic and international policies and spoke out defiantly against the West in a televised speech meant to shore up his legitimacy.
11 comments
Peru's Indigenous People Win One Round Over Developers
World  (tags: world, peru, amazon, rainforest, indians, indigenous, people, human, rights, freedom, civil, liberty, politics, government, money, business, logging, hunting, fishing, habitat, destruction, environment, private, investment )

Tom
- 139 days ago - latimes.com
Private investment in the Amazon brought misery to its indigenous people. Logging and other activities ruined tribal lands and set off protests leading to the revocation of laws to further open the Amazon to outsiders. The Indians beat them by a knockout.
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