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Folowing on this post and this one - remember this little equation?Fear + Need for security + erosion of the rule of Law + religious fundamentalism + militarism + intolerance for opposing/dissenting opinions and beliefs + calls for a strong and powerful leader = a democracy facing possible overthrow in favor of despotism. Or better yet, this little list? (and I still ask the question: any of the following sounds even remotely familiar with what has been going on in Canada lately? Some hints...
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I want to hold ABC accountable for yelling FIRE in a theatre! "Here, Broken Laws Be Left ... " The Anthrax Attacks and the Assault on Civil Liberties By PAUL CRAIG ROBERTS In last weekend’s edition of CounterPunch, Alexander Cockburn updates the ongoing persecution of Sami Al-Arian by federal prosecutors. Al-Arian was a Florida university professor of computer science who was ensnared by the Bush Regime’s need to produce “terrorists” in order to keep Americans fearful and, thereby, amenable...
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Dr. Sami Al-Arian A blog posting on Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.)'s official campaign site—which is "just a sampling of a large volume of racist, anti-Semitic and pro-Palestinian rhetoric published on the user-friendly MyObama community blog pages"—"urges Americans to take action to secure the release of imprisoned terrorist fundraiser Sami Al-Arian, comparing the controversial former professor to Martin Luther King and Malcolm X," Aaron Klein, Jerusalem bureau chief of World Net Daily reported...
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Dr. Sami Al-Arian
A blog posting on Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.)’s official campaign site—which is “just a sampling of a large volume of racist, anti-Semitic and pro-Palestinian rhetoric published on the user-friendly MyObama community blog pages”—”urges Americans to take action to secure the release of imprisoned terrorist fundraiser Sami Al-Arian, comparing the controversial former professor to Martin Luther King and Malcolm X,” Aaron Klein, Jerusalem bureau chief of World Net Daily reported...
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GAZA, (PIC)-- Karen Abu Zaid, the UNRWA commissioner-general, called Friday for lifting the unjust siege imposed on the Gaza Strip two years ago immediately, pointing out that it destroyed life in the Strip in which half and one million Palestinians, mostly refugees, are living. In a statement on the occasion of the world refugee day, Abu Zaid said: "In Gaza, the policies of closure and indiscriminate punishment devastate...
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Commemoration of Vietnam Human Rights Day of 2003 May 1...
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AKI | Al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden’s former driver, Salim Hamdan, convicted by a US military jury on Wednesday of supporting terrorism, did not receive a fair trial, said rights group Amnesty International.
“The conviction of Salim Hamdan under procedures that do not meet international fair...
- Salim Hamdan, former bin Laden driver and bodyguard (news.google.com)
- Bin Laden Driver Faces First Guantanamo Trial (javno.com)
- Guantanamo: Bin Laden Driver Guilty (news.sky.com)
KHARTOUM, Sudan, Aug. 6 (UPI) -- The Sudanese government says it has appointed a special prosecutor to investigate alleged human rights abuses in the country's Darfur region.
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Amnesty International Ireland says the conviction of a Guantanamo Bay detainee for plotting to support terrorism is unjust. Osama bin Laden's former driver, Salim Hamdan, has been convicted by a jury of military officers at the detention camp. But ...
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They must publicly condemn human rights violations. If they don't speak out, this would effectively be a conspiracy of silence and it would undermine the ...
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- Deutsche Welle Podcasts im Überblick (del.icio.us)
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Amnesty International earlier this year called on Iran to immediately abolish `this grotesque punishment`.
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A.> According to the UN Human Rights Council's Special Report on Palestine, Gazans are effectively imprisoned; movement in and out of the Territory is "impossible;" food, water, health care, sewage treatment, ...
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UN independent rights official has said that government forces and rebel groups continued to commit human rights violations in Darfur region, while people ...
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Apart from that, Amnesty International and the DOSB have worked together on the subject of human rights since May 2007. Amnesty International has criticized ...
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Gaza / PCHR - Gaza City's Palestinian Centre for Human Rights condemns the campaign of arrests by Palestinian security forces against Hamas supporters in ...
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"We are asking you to respect human rights in China in order to achieve lasting peace and reconciliation," said the appeal from the Sports For Peace ...
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