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Warning: video contains very graphic images
Using video content uploaded to YouTube, as well as photos uploaded to the Internet, the Syrian Human Rights Committee accused the Syrian regime's militia today of not only resorting to torture of government opposition civilians, but also of stealing their organs, which they, in turn, sell at premium prices on the black market.
Videos reveal the bodies of youth under the age of 18, as well as adults under the age of 30 scarred by torture wounds, together with long sutures, presumably made by practitioners, around vital organ areas. Secret expert medical examinations confirm that organs were removed from the bodies. Mediarabe.info related that the Syrian Human Rights Committee called on the international community to take action in order to prevent continued human rights abuses, including the barbaric practice of organ theft for profit.Warning: video contains very graphic images
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Persepolis (Old Persian Pârsa, modern Takht-e Jamshid): Greek name of one of the capitals of the ancient Achaemenid empire, founded by the great king Darius (522-486 BCE). There were several satellite sites, like Naqš-i Rustam and Takht-e Rostam.
There are some indications that the site of Persepolis was already a government's center under Cyrus the Great (559-530) and his son Cambyses II (530-522), but there are no archaeological traces of this older phase. However this may be, it seems as if Darius 'invented' Persepolis as the splendid seat of the government of the Achaemenid empire and as its center for receptions and festivals. The wealth of Persia was to be visible in every aspect of its construction. Persepolis was a showcasePersepolis (Old Persian Pârsa, modern Takht-e Jamshid): Greek name of one of the... more
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'-Enablers:-The-Western-Sellout-to-Sharia-Law. There is no doubt that free speech, the bedrock of democracy and civilization, is under dangerous assault in many Western countries, by a variety of leading organizations and individuals who align themselves with Muslim institutions.'-Enablers:-The-Western-Sellout-to-Sharia-Law. There is no doubt that free... more
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Galeano Suarez, Shaman of the Panambi'y tribe of the Guarani Indians speak about the poor living conditions. Filmed near the border of Paraguay and Brasil.Galeano Suarez, Shaman of the Panambi'y tribe of the Guarani Indians speak about... more
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Julian Leyzaola Pereza is a Mexican police chief known for taking on drug cartels. He recently became police chief of Ciudad Juárez, a city said to be among world's the most dangerous. William Finnegan reviews Leyzaola's record:
He was most proud, he told me, of his anti-corruption campaign. Unfortunately, there was extensive evidence that that campaign proceeded largely by torture, and not by investigation. Amnesty International found twenty-five police officers who have claimed credibly that they were seized and tortured by soldiers on Leyzaola’s orders. The Baja California state human-rights commission released a report detailing Leyzaola’s personal participation in torture and recommending that he be suspended. He was not.
(Photo: Candles lit by university students stand beside a sign reading 'No mas Sangre' (No more blood) during a protest against violence at the Universidad Autonoma de Mexico in Mexico City on February 17, 2011. The battles between drug lords have claimed more than 30,000 lives across the country over the past three years, according to official figures. By Alfredo Estrella/AFP/Getty Images)Julian Leyzaola Pereza is a Mexican police chief known for taking on drug cartels. He... more
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Shahbaz Bhatti will not be remembered as a quiet man. As Pakistan’s outspoken Minister for Minorities Affairs, the only Christian member of Parliament, and a tireless advocate for Pakistan’s imperiled Christian community, Bhatti was accustomed to standing out in a crowd. Bhatti’s impassioned defense of Pakistan’s minority Christian community moved and motivated human rights advocates and government officials around the world...
Read more: http://www.liquida.com/focus/2011/03/11/shahbaz-bhatti-islamabad-punjab-lahore/Shahbaz Bhatti will not be remembered as a quiet man. As Pakistan’s outspoken... more
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"This is a historic event," said Walid Phares, author of "The Coming Revolution: Struggle for Freedom in the Middle East and the keynote speaker. "The gathering of representatives of Copts, Assyrian-Chaldeans, Lebanese Christians and other Middle East Christians in Chicago, along with Christian and secular American groups, all advocating for the rights of indigenous populations in the Middle East from all ethnic and religious background, is a game changer in how we view human rights in the region. I call this event, the 'Chicago Initiative,' and wish to see it happening across the nation."
Read more - http://www.aina.org/news/20110317220631.htm"This is a historic event," said Walid Phares, author of "The Coming... more
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Source: Military attacks military camps in eastern Libya
By the CNN Wire Staff
March 2, 2011 4:38 a.m. EST
U.S. Navy moves closer to Libya
Tripoli, Libya (CNN) -- Military camps on the outskirts of Ajdabiya were bombed by military airplanes Wednesday, a tribal leader said, as pro-government forces moved in to a town that has been controlled by the opposition.
The tribal leader, who did not want to be identified for safety reasons, said youth in Ajdabiya were amassing and heading toward the conflict area to defend the town, which has been in the control of opposition forces in recent days. Some military bases in eastern Libya have fallen into the hands of protesters as more members of the military have abandoned longtime ruler Moammar Gadhafi's regime and joined demonstrations.
Meanwhile, a witness reported heavily-armed soldiers in pickup trucks have taken over the main checkpoint in the eastern town of al-Brega, home to a small airport and an oil refinery facility.
They're the latest developments in a weeks-long conflict between Libya's government, led by Gadhafi, and opposition forces who demand an end to his regime of four decades.
The capital city of Tripoli has remained under the control of Gadhafi's regime, though opposition forces have taken control of the eastern city of Benghazi and other cities amid the deadly unrest.
Meanwhile, international efforts to persuade Gadhafi to step down have ratcheted up. World leaders moving against him on financial and political fronts strengthened their rhetoric and moved military might into the region.
The U.N. General Assembly adopted a resolution Tuesday to suspend Libya from its seat on the 47-member chamber Human Rights Council. It was the first time the assembly had suspended a member of the council.
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told the General Assembly that he welcomed the decision and urged the international community to investigate allegations of human rights violations in Libya. "The world has spoken with one voice," he said. "We demand an immediate end to the violence toward civilians and full respect for their fundamental human rights, including those of peaceful assembly and free speech."
He added that reports from the ground "are sobering," with deaths and ongoing repression.
"Arms depots and arsenals have reportedly been opened to gangs who terrorize communities. There are reports that government forces have fired indiscriminately on peaceful protesters and bombed the military bases in the east of the country," Ban said.
"The death toll from nearly two weeks of violence is unknown, but likely to exceed 1,000," with thousands more wounded, he added, using the same fatality figure he had used Friday.
Libya's ambassador to the United States estimated Monday that the death toll was about 2,000.
In western Libya, Ban said Tuesday, there were reports of ongoing clashes between government forces and armed opponents.
He noted "allegations of extrajudicial killings, arbitrary arrests, detentions and torture."
Though more members of the military have reportedly sided with the opposition, Gadhafi's supporters "appear to be holding a tight grip on western parts of the country, chiefly Tripoli," he said.
He warned of "serious indications" that the numbers of refugees and displaced persons were reaching crisis proportions and worried that the violence could disrupt distribution networks and lead to food shortages.
Saif al-Islam Gadhafi, the leader's 38-year-old son who has spoken on behalf of the regime during the protests, told CNN his talks with the opposition are in "chaos" because the opposition is divided, with no clear leaders.
U.S. officials made similar comments about the opposition forces. A U.S. official who wished to remain anonymous because the official was not authorized to speak on the record said it's "unclear who the leaders in the opposition are and that makes it difficult" for the U.S. to provide assistance.
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told the House Foreign Affairs Committee that "Gadhafi must go."
U.S. President Barack Obama's administration is considering whether it should cut diplomatic ties with Libya, a senior U.S. official told CNN. "Whether to maintain relations or sever them is under review," the official said.
The amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge and the amphibious transport dock USS Ponce were to be repositioned in the Mediterranean to "provide us a capability for both emergency evacuations and also for humanitarian relief," U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates told reporters. But, he noted, the U.N. Security Council has not authorized the use of armed force.
The government of Canada has frozen $2.3 billion in assets tied to the Libyan government; the assets were frozen after Canada enacted sanctions over the weekend, Canadian Foreign Affairs spokeswoman Lynn Meahan said Tuesday. A number of other countries, including the United States, have ordered an asset freeze.
Though some witnesses have accused pro-Gadhafi forces of firing on civilians from the air, Gates and Michael Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said they could not confirm the reports.
Clinton said imposition of a no-fly zone is under consideration, but Mullen said doing so would be "an extraordinarily complex operation."
U.S. Central Command leader Gen. James Mattis told the Senate Armed Services committee Tuesday that any effort to establish a no-fly zone over Libya would include eliminating Libya's air defenses.
The U.N. refugee agency reported that nearly 150,000 people had crossed Libya's borders into Egypt and Tunisia, and thousands more were arriving hourly at the borders.
Ban called for immediate action by the international community.
"Time is of the essence," he said. "Thousands of lives are at stake."
CNN's Ben Wedeman, Salma Abdelaziz, Arwa Damon, Nic Robertson, Ivan Watson, Eve Bower, Jim Boulden, Frederik Pleitgen, Richard Roth, Jack Maddox, Whitney Hurst and Antonia Mortensen contributed to this reportSource: Military attacks military camps in eastern Libya
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The dirty war in Colombia continues to claim innocent victims. "War is a trick, and the trickier you are, the faster you win it", said a demobilized guerrilla from FARC who murdered civilians and military personnel with landmines. "We will not continue to shed tears over spilled milk, " says the former armed forces commander, General Freddy Padilla de León, about the hundreds of civilians killed by the Colombian army in the last five years.The dirty war in Colombia continues to claim innocent victims. "War is a trick,... more
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By JPOST.COM STAFF
01/05/2011 12:07
WikiLeaks cable reveals: Officials planned to keep Gaza economy functioning at lowest possible level without causing humanitarian crisis.
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In the period before Operation Cast Lead, Israeli officials said the aim of the blockade of Gaza was to keep the Strip’s economy on the brink of collapse, a US diplomatic cable obtained by Norwegian paper Aftenposten revealed on Wednesday.
The cable, dated November 3, 2008, and released by whistle-blower web site WikiLeaks, suggested that Israeli intelligence agencies and politicians said that the plan was to keep the Gazan economy functioning at the lowest possible level without causing a humanitarian crisis.
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http://www.jpost.com/DiplomacyAndPolitics/Article.aspx?id=202311By JPOST.COM STAFF
01/05/2011 12:07
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1. (S/NF) Summary: U.S. businesses allege that corruption by Israeli officials at Karni crossing is impeding their access to the Gaza market. As of late May 34 shipments of American goods, amounting to nearly USD 1.9 million dollars, have been waiting three to four months to cross into Gaza. U.S. distributors assert they are being asked to pay "special fees" which amount to as much as 75 times the standard processing fee as quoted by GOI officials. According to one major American distributor, corruption extends to Karni management and involves logistics companies working as middlemen for military and civilian officials at the terminal. An open and transparent truck registration system and the development and publication of clear procedures, charges and service standards for Karni would go a long way to fight corruption and advance the Agreement on Movement and Access, goal of effective service standards for the border crossings. End summary and comment.
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Josef Federman /AP Jan 6, 2011 – 9:33 AM
JERUSALEM - A U.S. diplomatic cable released by WikiLeaks on Thursday quoted American officials as saying a key Israeli cargo crossing for goods entering the Gaza Strip was rife with corruption.
The June 14, 2006, cable, published Thursday by Norway's Aftenposten daily, says major American companies told U.S. diplomats they were forced to pay hefty bribes to get goods into Gaza. It was unclear whether the practice still continues.
There was no immediate comment from Israel.
The document quoted a local Coca-Cola distributor as saying he was asked to pay more than $3,000 to get a truckload of merchandise through the Karni crossing. The executive claimed an unidentified "high-level official" at the crossing headed the corruption ring.
"Corruption extends to Karni management and involves logistics companies working as middlemen for military and civilian officials at the terminal," the document says.
The executive was identified as Joerg Hartmann, with Coca-Cola's distributor in the West Bank. The company did not immediately return a call seeking comment.
The cable says other companies, including Proctor & Gamble, Caterpillar, Philip Morris, Westinghouse, Hewlett-Packard, Motorola, Aramex and Dell, had complained of corruption at the crossing. It was not clear which companies had actually paid the bribes, though the document said Caterpillar executives refused to pay.
The alleged corruption occurred a year before Hamas overran Gaza and Israel imposed an economic blockade. At that time, however, Israeli-Palestinian violence frequently closed the border crossings.
Hartmann told U.S. diplomats that the cost of the bribes would rise after extended closures of the border.
The document was identified as a "joint cable" by the U.S. ambassador to Israel in Tel Aviv and the American consul-general in Jerusalem, who works closely with the Palestinians. The embassy had no immediate comment.
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Human Rights Day 10th December 2010
Calling one and all
Mass People's Assembly in celebration and support of "Human Rights"
Unite as ONE on this day. Make your voices heard.
...Let us exercise our right to freedom of speech and peaceful demonstration
We are calling all people to join us in free and peaceful demonstration to celebrate this day "Human Rights Day"
The public assembly will begin at 12 Noon outside number 10 Downing Street in Whitehall, Westminster, London SW1.
This is an autonomous event and all are asked to maintain the peace and equilibrium in the spirit of celebration.
We do not want to pay for the mistakes of the bankers; we do not want the self elected quango government and councils to decide on unjust and repressive cuts.
We want free education, we want better health care, we want job security, and we want affordable, available housing.
We want real reform. We want the banks to be ordered to give their bonus money back, and pay back the money lent to them from the public's purse. We want vodafone to pay its taxes.
We want real proportional representation where all votes are counted.
We want war criminals to be brought to book.
We want fully transparent public consultations on all things that affect the people.
Government and councils decisions should be held to account by the people.
We want our government to begin bringing troops home from illegal wars, we want fair taxes with a say in how those taxes are spent by any government.
We want civil rights upheld.
We want human rights respected and recognized.
We are the people
Please take a moment to read the "People's Charter" at the following link, thanks, here's to a world of change
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/citi...
http://thepeoplescharter.blogspot.com/
recent parliament statement
1114 HUMAN RIGHTS DAY 2010 1:12:10
Fabian Hamilton
Andrew George
Peter Bottomley
Jim Shannon
Jonathan Edwards
Jim Dobbin
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Mr Mark Williams Mr Alan Meale
That this House on the occasion of Human Rights Day on 10 December 2010, commends the award of the Nobel Peace Prize to Liu Xiaobo for his unceasing non-violent struggle for fundamental human rights and democracy in China; notes and further commends the release of Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi; condemns the rise of arbitrary arrest and detention of intellectuals in China, Tibet and East Turkestan; urges the Chinese government to uphold the principles of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and to release immediately Liu Xiaobo and all prisoners of conscience; and encourages the Government publicly to support Charter 08, co-authored by Liu Xiaobo and signed by 300 Chinese intellectuals, which will bring about freedom, human rights and democracy for all the people of China, Tibet and East Turkestan.Human Rights Day 10th December 2010
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In seven cases disclosed so far, the military found that a sniper "deliberately targeted" civilians; soldiers used Palestinians, including a 9-year-old boy, as human shields; and commanders authorized at least three separate bomb attacks that killed and injured several dozen civilians who were taking refuge in a family home, a U.N. compound and a mosque.
Some human rights experts regard Tuesday's manslaughter indictment against the sniper, who confessed to firing into a crowd of civilians waving a white flag and killing at least one person, as an acknowledgement that Israeli forces had committed a minimum of one war crime.
In the case of the mosque attack, an officer was accused of ignoring last-minute intelligence that the religious facility was in the vicinity of an impending bomb strike, and of failing to alert his superiors. About a dozen people were killed. The officer was reprimanded but faced no criminal charges.
"The military is finding out that some of what Goldstone said is true, even though no one wants to admit it," said Gershon Baskin, a political consultant and former Labor Party advisor. "This should indicate that there needs to be deeper investigation."
The most serious criminal investigation still pending involves the Samouni family. During battles in January 2009, more than 100 members of the family were reportedly ordered by soldiers to gather in a house that was later attacked by Israeli bombs. As many as 30 people died, including women and children.
Israel launched the 22-day assault at the end of 2008 in an effort to crush Hamas militants in Gaza who had fired thousands of rockets into Israel for years. As many as 1,400 Palestinians died, as well as 13 Israelis. The Goldstone report also accused Hamas of war crimes, but focused more attention on Israel.
http://rofto.net/en/wp-content/uploads/mazin1.jpgIn seven cases disclosed so far, the military found that a sniper "deliberately... more
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Children are caught up in clashes with police as at least 15,000 protesting garment factory workers block key roads in the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka, the latest in a string of protests over low wages and poor conditions. Police fired tear gas and used water cannons to disperse the workers, who sew clothes for some of the top names in western retail, after they blocked a major intersection in the north of the city
Protests by workers at Bangladesh's many garment factories are spreading, even as riot police fire tear gas and water cannons at crowds of up to 20,000 people, including children. The workers are protesting conditions and wages, which now average $25 a month for sewing clothes for the western likes of Wal-Mart. One more reason among so many not to shop there.Children are caught up in clashes with police as at least 15,000 protesting garment... more
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"The report sharply criticized the United States, China, India, Indonesia, Saudi Arabia, and Russia for not fully signing up to the International Criminal Court...powerful governments and political expediency are helping to perpetuate torture, war crimes, and other human rights abuses...report surveyed 159 countries...people were tortured in 111 nations..."
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/28/world/28amnesty.html"The report sharply criticized the United States, China, India, Indonesia, Saudi... more
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Argentina's former military ruler Reynaldo Bignone has been sentenced to 25 years for human rights abuses committed almost three decades ago.
Gen Bignone, 82, ordered abductions and torture while second in command of the country's largest torture center between 1978 and 1979.
Relatives of victims held up photos of their loved ones and cheered at the end of the trial in Buenos Aires.
Six officials from the same era were also handed jail terms.
Gen Bignone, who served as de facto president between 1982-83, was found guilty of involvement in 56 cases of murder, torture and kidnappings.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8633823.stmArgentina's former military ruler Reynaldo Bignone has been sentenced to 25 years... more
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