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A video showing two teenage brothers being beaten to death has caused outrage in Pakistan after it was broadcast on television networks. Pakistan’s Geo News aired the footage, reporting that it showed the two young men being beaten with sticks before their bodies were dragged and hanged from a nearby metal pole.A video showing two teenage brothers being beaten to death has caused outrage in... more
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Here's a poll asking Americans if they approve of their government committing one of the worst crimes against humanity and violating its own long-standing laws and treaty commitments.
Sadly, a majority said 'yes.'Here's a poll asking Americans if they approve of their government committing one... more
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This is unbelievable. How could schools still be allowed to to this. Everybody knows, you don't leave kids unsupervised, mush less one with ADHD-which is my opinion is a label, that makes kids who wear it feel really bad as it is.
If this doesn't scare the daylights out of you, I don't know what does. If this boy was able to communicate with his parents and this still happened, imagine the ones like my Mickie, that can't speak a word. I can only imagine what those poor parents must be going through.
This part of the article from the CNN site:
• Mentally disabled, autistic kids injured, traumatized in school seclusion rooms.
• 13-year-old Georgia boy hanged himself in room with cord teacher gave him.
• Autistic Iowa girl confined in school storage closet where she pulled out her hair.
Murrayville, Georgia - A few weeks before 13-year-old Jonathan King killed himself, he told his parents that his teachers had put him in "time-out.” The room where Jonathan King hanged himself is shown after his death. It is no longer used, a school official said..............
http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/12/17/seclusion.rooms/This is unbelievable. How could schools still be allowed to to this. Everybody knows,... more
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Turn on the television in Colorado, Pennsylvania or another swing state, and you will most likely see an advertisement with a young combat veteran urging you to vote for a Democratic or Republican candidate.
Scores more young veterans are volunteering for the presidential campaigns, speaking at rallies or knocking on doors, while 150,000 or so have joined new groups that have no official party association but have spent millions on advertisements supporting points of view on the Iraq and Afghan wars.
Drawn in by public demand and recent memories, young war veterans have become a growing, important part of the nation's political dynamic, many engaged for the first time.
Pentagon regulations still ban partisan activity for active-duty troops. But the United States continues to fight its first major war without a draft, and for many of the 869,000 Americans who have served in Iraq or Afghanistan and left the military, politics has become an outlet for the same sense of duty that led them to enlist.
"I think what you're seeing is kind of an evolution of thinking," said Gen. George W. Casey Jr., the Army chief of staff. "We still need to participate in the political process, and maybe the young guys especially think it ought to be a little more public."
No scientific polls of the military or veteran vote have been conducted. And while Senator John McCain of Arizona is expected to carry the demographic, young Iraq veterans are working tirelessly for both parties, and with groups promoting policies that fall in between.
Experts say they have received a push unlike any of their predecessors from a public hungry for authenticity, and the United States' first networked wars, in which troops blog from the front lines and watch CNN in mess halls.
"Globalization means they are wired seamlessly into the public debate," said Peter D. Feaver, a former member of the National Security Council in the Bush administration who has studied veterans' political activity. So when they come home, Mr. Feaver said, "They can be injected directly into the political process."
Chris Finan, like many Iraq war veterans, came home from Iraq with dust and opinions. Working as a daily briefing officer for Gen. David H. Petraeus during the troop surge last year, he said he was struck by both the achievements and limits of the American presence.
An Air Force Academy graduate who speaks Arabic, Mr. Finan sat in meetings where Iraqi leaders made promises on power-sharing in Kirkuk, the oil law and reconciliation that they still have not fulfilled.
Mr. Finan came home last summer feeling frustrated. "We were making progress," he said. "And yet there was not that sense of urgency by Iraqis."
Mr. Obama's pitch for a partial withdrawal to goad the Iraqis into action appealed to Mr. Finan, so after leaving the Air Force, he decided to get involved, he said.
This summer, he received an invitation to the Democratic National Convention from Phillip Carter, a fellow Iraq veteran working for the campaign.
The convention in Denver was Mr. Finan's introduction to big-time politics, and he quickly found himself doing broadcast interviews for the first time.
Between events he and about 25 other Iraq and Afghanistan veterans became like a small platoon.
They slept on supporters' floors. They hung out. And they shared stories about arid, bloody places that often looked far worse than what they heard the Bush administration describe on television.
Mr. Finan later sent an e-mail message to his military buddies that said the convention was "an incredible experience." He received some harsh responses. But Mr. Finan, 31, a compact former fighter pilot from Pennsylvania, did not seem to mind.
"For the first time since I came home, I felt like I had the same clarity of purpose with a like-minded set of individuals," he said. "It really motivated me."
cont....... Turn on the television in Colorado, Pennsylvania or another swing state, and you... more
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Niamey - The West African regional Court of Justice has convicted the state of Niger of failing to protect a 12-year-old girl from being sold into slavery, in what has been hailed as a victory for human rights.
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Community Court of Justice said Niger had failed in its obligations to Hadijatou Mani, who was sold into slavery as a child in 1996 for about £300 and regularly beaten and sexually abused.
"I am very happy with this decision," said Ms Mani, now 24. She spoke via an interpreter in the Hausa language spoken widely in Niger, in the Sahel region on the southern fringe of the Sahara. Ms Mani was once jailed for bigamy by a Niger court when her former master opposed her marriage to another man, insisting she had automatically become his own wife when he freed her in 2005.
The case against the state was brought with the help of British-based anti-slavery organisations as a test case to press African governments to stamp out slavery, which campaigners say is rife in some African countries, despite legal prohibitions. The court ordered Niger to pay 10 million CFA francs (£12,200) in damages. There is no right of appeal.
"These events were in the past," said Niger's African integration minister, Saidou Hachimou. "This was about righting a wrong, and the Court of Justice saw fit to say this is what should be done. Niger will accept that.
"It is now 2008 and I think Niger has made significant progress regarding slavery with the law voted in 2003 abolishing slavery."
The London-based group, Anti-Slavery International, said 43,000 people were enslaved in Niger, despite the law passed in 2003. Activists say slavery is common in some other countries, including Mauritania and Sudan.
"It was very difficult to challenge my former master and to speak out when people see you as nothing more than a slave," Ms Mani said in comments published by Anti-Slavery International, which helped her case. "But I knew that this was the only way to protect my child from suffering the same fate as myself. Nobody deserves to be enslaved. We are all equal and deserve to be treated the same ... no woman should suffer the way I did."
Anti-Slavery International said Ms Mani had been born the daughter of a slave and was bought by El Hadj Souleymane Naroua, a friend of her mother's master, at the age of 12.
She worked for Mr Naroua for nearly 10 years, doing unpaid household chores and agricultural labour. She was also used as a sex slave, known locally as a "wahiya", bearing three of his children, the organisation said.
Ms Mani said she would use the damages to build a house and send her children to school "so they can have the education I was never allowed as a slave".
Rights groups welcomed the ruling. "This historic verdict sets a legal precedent that we can take to neighbouring states where slavery remains an issue," said Romana Cacchioli, Africa programme co-ordinator for Anti-Slavery International.
"Niger now needs to look closely at its customary law courts to ensure that there is an end to the discrimination of women and to the acceptance of slavery at a local level."
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Pakistan ordered an inquiry yesterday into how five women were buried alive in an "honour killing". Three suspects were arrested as condemnation of the outrage spread across the country.
The atrocity took place six weeks ago in a remote region of the vast and restive province of Baluchistan. Three teenage girls named as Hameeda, Raheema and Fauzia, attempted to marry men of their own choosing, and were then reportedly kidnapped by armed local tribesmen along with two older women.
According to human rights groups and local reports, the five women were driven away to a desert area by men belonging to the Umrani tribe. The three teenage girls were hauled out, beaten and shot. Injured, but still alive, they were thrown into a ditch. When the two older women, aged 45 and 38, protested at what was happening, they were subjected to the same treatment. "All five women were connected," said Ali Dayan Hasan of Human Rights Watch.
The killings have been defended by politicians from Baluchistan. Reacting to a female colleague's attempt to raise the issue in parliament, Israrullah Zehri said such acts were part of a "centuries-old tradition" and he would "continue to defend them".
Questions have been raised about the involvement of local politicians in the incident. The Asian Human Rights Commission said that the brother of a provincial minister was "allegedly" among the tribesmen. "There is a political connection, but it is not certain what," added Mr Hasan of Human Rights Watch.
Iqbal Haider of the Pakistan Human Rights Commission said the two senators should be removed from parliament. "They are as obscurantist as the Taliban ... these men have violated the constitution," he said.
Mr Haider added that the government had been slow to react. "I referred this matter to the federal government on 16 August. They have only reacted now. Why did it take so long for there to be an arrest? Where was the condemnation for so long? Why has there been no post-mortem yet?"
Details of the incident have only emerged over recent days after the local media began to draw attention to human rights groups' reports.
Yesterday, as women's rights protesters gathered outside parliament and government buildings in the major cities of Lahore and Karachi, the Sindh provincial assembly unanimously passed a resolution condemning the killings as "a heinous crime against humanity".Pakistan ordered an inquiry yesterday into how five women were buried alive in an... more
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Blackwater is the private security,and American government's mercenary group that was found guilty of humanitarian crimes that included the unprovoked murders of a countless number of unarmed Iraqi civilians.They had been kicked out of Iraq. Their stories were told on 60 Minutes and other mainstream media outlets in this country.What's not being told is that,not only have they been sent back to patrol the streets of Iraq, but that the right-wing,fundamental Christian sponsored, mercenary group is now being unleashed in the city streets of America.
It apparently didn't bother Americans that much when that were using Iraqi civilians as target practice to sharping their killing skills.What will Americans say when they find out that these,"found guilty" mercenaries are being sent our cities to patrol the streets,by this,"shadow government,that most Americans claim does not really exist.Our congressman or senators of this government say that ,they themselves, have no knowledge as to who does control and monitor Blackwater.So who does oversee these so-called private security groups like Blackwater,and since they have immunity from prosecution,who do they answer to.
Since2001,the Bush administration has funded Blackwater with than one billion dollars for private contracts throughout the world,while over one hundred billion dollars are awarded to in military defense contracts to private security companies every year,around the world.The average salary for a Blackwater secuity agent is around twelve hundred dollars a day.That's six times more than the salary that the American soldiers are being paid to fight the same war. In addition to this,the new Iraqi constituttion that the American government help the Iraqis write, no longer has the authority to expell Blackwater and other private security firms from their own country.
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The American government claims that our interest abroad,Iraq in particular,is for freedom of the Iraqi people. If that is true,how can we watch the on going suffering of the people in Haiti only hundreds of miles from the Florida coast. Worst than that,our government allows immigrants from almost any country except Haiti to seek political asylum in the U.S. Mexicans,Latins from Central America,Cubans, most people from Europe and all over the rest of the planet can come to America,except Haitians. Why is that? What is so bad about Haitian people that the U.S. coast guard will turn their makeshift rafts around in the middle of the oceans deadly currents,knowing that people who are only seeking freedom and a better way of life for themselves and their families,while being turned around will now risk death by either sea or political execution upon their forced return to the small famished,diseased stricken island..
Haiti people are so poor that baking of mud cookies has becomie a staple in the Haitian diet. Bcause it is normal, some people in America think that it is done more in tradition that it is out of necessity. It's mormal because of poverty. Shame on America. Shame on us as a neighboring country to ignore the Haitian people as if they just a bunch of diseased animals just waitig to die. Is love thy neighbor as thyself just a biblical fairytale ?
Would we allow the United States government to ignore this ambarrassing modern day atrocity to take place if Haitians were White and not Black ? I don't think so. We, as a Nation, are just as guilty as all of Europe was, that watched Adolph Hitler annihilate German's Jews.These are crimes against humanity. Some,with Christians with twisted minds,justify turning their backs on the small island south of Florida, by truly thinking that Haiti is really Hades, as in the Biblical place called Hell.
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http://www.democracynow.org/2008/4/24/the_us_role_in_haitis_foodThe American government claims that our interest abroad,Iraq in particular,is for... more
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The streets of New York City have certainly witnessed its share of acts of civil disobedience, violence and rebellion. Dating back as far as the Draft Riots of 1863, very often, the disenfranchised would take to the streets when opposing the governments unfair policies and practices. Eight years ago when an unarmed African immigrant by the name of Amadou Diallo was shot at 41 times (hit 19 times) by 4 New York City Police Officers, the people took to the streets charging the NYPD with police brutality. Over the next two years that followed, a series of marches and protests was set into motion that would forever change the lives of New Yorkers. At its conceptual root, spearheaded by Rev Al Sharpton and the National Action Network, was the march for justice for Diallo. However, in the midst of the struggles a new breed of protestor began to emerge. Along the side of the activist stood politicians, students and professors, unions and laborers. The shout of No Justice - No Peace! What do we want? JUSTICE! Now became What do we want??BOOKS! HOUSING! JOBS! Diallos death became a symbol for justice on all fronts. 360 Media recounts this bitter and yet compelling part of New York City history in the upcoming documentary entitled 365 Days of Marching The Amadou Diallo Story DIRECTED, WRITTEN & PRODUCED by Veronica Keitt CO-PRODUCED BY Michael Drake, Ozzie Thompson, Nat Woods, Darryl Stith SPECIAL APPEARANCES by Rev Al Sharpton, Seiko & Kadiatou Diallo, the parents of Amadou Diallo, David N. Dinkins, former NYC Mayor, Charles Rangel, US Congressmen, Rev. Jessie Jackson, Charles Barron, Councilman, Norman Siegel, ACLU Community Leaders, Activists and others ...
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