Content tagged with "humanrights"

Zaldivar: The Rebel

Posted by The Chilean Observer in The Chilean Observer on Mon 16/06/2008 at 16:24

Look for the "rebel" definition at the dictionary, and you see most of definitions are not very nice. I say differently, rebels are good if they act in the goodwill of many, and that is what Mr. Zalvidar is doing since he was put out of the DC party. What a bad influence that party was for this man. He is now telling the true.

The issue now, human rights, and how politicians have used and abused the term to save their political back nothing else. They dont care about the victims, they dont care about

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Tibet : Nancy Pelosi, presidenta de la Cámara de Representantes de USA critica a China

Posted by marcos solis in Atina Chile | Por aquí va la cosa on 13/04/2008 at 15:54

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Congresswoman Pelosi Leads Bipartisan Delegation to Meet with His Holiness the Dalai Lama; Friday, March 21, 2008

Tibet: Pelosi critica a China

(Redacción BBC Mundo)

Pelosi, quien es una dura crítica de Pekín, encabeza una delegación del Congreso EE.UU. La presidenta de la Cámara de Representantes de Estados Unidos, Nancy Pelosi, instó a la comunidad internacional a denunciar lo que calificó como la "opresión" china en el Tibet.

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Aung San Suu Kyi is on Facebook

Posted by Mary in ZapBoom on 16/10/2007 at 13:38

 

My friend Angelo Embuldeniya just told me that Aung San Suu Kyi, the Burmese dissident, is on Facebook. Is it possibly a fraud? Sure. (I friended her anyway.) I guess my question is, assuming this is legitimate, how will she use Facebook? To protect herself by raising awareness of her situation? To share information about her cause? To organize actions? To recruit members to an organization? These are all uses of Facebook. Will she take advantage of them?

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From Egypt: "A Call to Blogging... A Call to Freedom"

Posted by Mary in ZapBoom on 20/07/2007 at 15:21

Abdel-Monem Mahmoud is a prolific Egyptian blogger. Though an outspoken member of the Muslim Brotherhood, his message of greater political freedoms for all Egyptians has made him an admired figure across the political spectrum. He has been imprisoned by the Mubarak regime several times and was once tortured while in police custody. His most recent arrested in mid-April of this year resulted in a global Free Monem campaign.

After approximately six weeks in jail, Monem was released from prision and got right back to blogging. His time in jail did not temper his strong criticism of the Egyptian government

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Free Monem international campaign launches today

Posted by Mary in ZapBoom on 03/05/2007 at 16:11

On April 15th the blogger Abdel Monem Mahmoud was arrested by Egyptians security forces. He was charged with several crimes, including "belonging to an illegal organization" (the Muslim Brotherhood) and “organizing secret meetings with the aim of disturbing public order.” However, his real crime was challenging the dictatorial regime of Hosni Mubarak by telling the truth about the torture he underwent and condemning the country's unjust military tribunals.

I'll be starting a Spanish-language version of the Free Monem campaign in the next few days, but until then, watch this video (in English) to learm about his case.

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