Comments for Human Rights http://humanrights.foreignpolicyblogs.com Just another Foreignpolicyblogs.com weblog Sun, 23 Nov 2008 20:29:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=wordpress-mu-1.0 Comment on Aminatou Haidar wins RFK Human Rights Award by Zahra R. Ahmed http://humanrights.foreignpolicyblogs.com/2008/11/13/aminatou-haidar-wins-rfk-human-rights-award/#comment-2657 Wed, 19 Nov 2008 21:59:52 +0000 http://humanrights.foreignpolicyblogs.com/2008/11/13/aminatou-haidar-wins-rfk-human-rights-award/#comment-2657 Mrs. Aminetou Haidar is a great symbol of the peaceful struggle of the people of Western Sahara. She represents the determination and strength of this people of the last colony in the african continent. The Human Rights RF Kennedy Award means an international recognition to this brave and courageous women and the legitimate struggle for peace andd justice of the saharawi people. Mrs. Aminetou Haidar is a great symbol of the peaceful struggle of the people of Western Sahara. She represents the determination and strength of this people of the last colony in the african continent. The Human Rights RF Kennedy Award means an international recognition to this brave and courageous women and the legitimate struggle for peace andd justice of the saharawi people.

]]> Comment on Western Sahara - Human Rights & Occupied Territories by Musfafa B http://humanrights.foreignpolicyblogs.com/2008/11/09/western-sahara-human-rights-occupied-territories/#comment-2383 Mon, 10 Nov 2008 01:48:16 +0000 http://humanrights.foreignpolicyblogs.com/2008/11/09/western-sahara-human-rights-occupied-territories/#comment-2383 Adults abducted as children by communists to talk http://www.speroforum.com/site/article.asp?id=2940 Adults abducted as children by communists to talk

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]]> Comment on Chomsky on Humanitarian Imperialism by Patrick Frost http://humanrights.foreignpolicyblogs.com/2008/11/05/chomsky-on-humanitarian-imperialism/#comment-2323 Wed, 05 Nov 2008 22:14:12 +0000 http://humanrights.foreignpolicyblogs.com/2008/11/05/chomsky-on-humanitarian-imperialism/#comment-2323 Not quite. This is the same Chomsky who backed the Cambodian dictatorship as they were murdering millions. Chomsky only sees wrongs, not rights, when it comes to the United States and his unbalanced view, teetering on absurdity most of the time, does not deserve much if any attention. Not quite. This is the same Chomsky who backed the Cambodian dictatorship as they were murdering millions. Chomsky only sees wrongs, not rights, when it comes to the United States and his unbalanced view, teetering on absurdity most of the time, does not deserve much if any attention.

]]> Comment on Covering Congo - Out of mind, out of sight by Migration » Blog Archive » Election 2008: A Letter to the Next President of the United States-Foreign Relations and Friendship Abroad http://humanrights.foreignpolicyblogs.com/2008/11/01/covering-congo/#comment-2264 Sun, 02 Nov 2008 00:08:41 +0000 http://humanrights.foreignpolicyblogs.com/2008/11/01/covering-congo/#comment-2264 [...] With soldiers dying in Iraq, and allied soldiers giving their lives in support of freedom and lives in their own countries as well as the US, Afghanistan and Iraq need to be taken as a whole and the support should be given by the US to help fix problems abroad. According to Southern Pulse in their Oct 28th newsletter, over 4,000 people have died in Mexico’s drug war, with 1,000 being killed in the last 50 days. Canadian, French, British and other allied troops have been taking heavy casualties in Afghanistan, making the region into a stalemate over the last 6 years. The worst problems have yet to be approached, with Darfur and Africa having yet to receive tangible attention towards genocides in the region which mirrors Rwanda in magnitude and action from the international community. Security in the United States cannot be achieved when those who support the US are under constant pressure and attack. Mexico has had as many deaths in the last year in battling the drug lords as soldiers have died in Iraq since 2003. A serious attempt in Afghanistan and a creative approach to Iraq must be achieved soon so other regions do not fall into chaos. [...] […] With soldiers dying in Iraq, and allied soldiers giving their lives in support of freedom and lives in their own countries as well as the US, Afghanistan and Iraq need to be taken as a whole and the support should be given by the US to help fix problems abroad. According to Southern Pulse in their Oct 28th newsletter, over 4,000 people have died in Mexico’s drug war, with 1,000 being killed in the last 50 days. Canadian, French, British and other allied troops have been taking heavy casualties in Afghanistan, making the region into a stalemate over the last 6 years. The worst problems have yet to be approached, with Darfur and Africa having yet to receive tangible attention towards genocides in the region which mirrors Rwanda in magnitude and action from the international community. Security in the United States cannot be achieved when those who support the US are under constant pressure and attack. Mexico has had as many deaths in the last year in battling the drug lords as soldiers have died in Iraq since 2003. A serious attempt in Afghanistan and a creative approach to Iraq must be achieved soon so other regions do not fall into chaos. […]

]]> Comment on Covering Congo - Out of mind, out of sight by Latin America » Blog Archive » Election 2008: A Letter to the Next President of the United States-Foreign Relations and Friendship Abroad http://humanrights.foreignpolicyblogs.com/2008/11/01/covering-congo/#comment-2263 Sun, 02 Nov 2008 00:05:20 +0000 http://humanrights.foreignpolicyblogs.com/2008/11/01/covering-congo/#comment-2263 [...] With soldiers dying in Iraq, and allied soldiers giving their lives in support of freedom and lives in their own countries as well as the US, Afghanistan and Iraq need to be taken as a whole and the support should be given by the US to help fix problems abroad. According to Southern Pulse in their Oct 28th newsletter, over 4,000 people have died in Mexico’s drug war, with 1,000 being killed in the last 50 days. Canadian, French, British and other allied troops have been taking heavy casualties in Afghanistan, making the region into a stalemate over the last 6 years. The worst problems have yet to be approached, with Darfur and Africa having yet to receive tangible attention towards genocides in the region which mirrors Rwanda in magnitude and action from the international community. Security in the United States cannot be achieved when those who support the US are under constant pressure and attack. Mexico has had as many deaths in the last year in battling the drug lords as soldiers have died in Iraq since 2003. A serious attempt in Afghanistan and a creative approach to Iraq must be achieved soon so other regions do not fall into chaos. [...] […] With soldiers dying in Iraq, and allied soldiers giving their lives in support of freedom and lives in their own countries as well as the US, Afghanistan and Iraq need to be taken as a whole and the support should be given by the US to help fix problems abroad. According to Southern Pulse in their Oct 28th newsletter, over 4,000 people have died in Mexico’s drug war, with 1,000 being killed in the last 50 days. Canadian, French, British and other allied troops have been taking heavy casualties in Afghanistan, making the region into a stalemate over the last 6 years. The worst problems have yet to be approached, with Darfur and Africa having yet to receive tangible attention towards genocides in the region which mirrors Rwanda in magnitude and action from the international community. Security in the United States cannot be achieved when those who support the US are under constant pressure and attack. Mexico has had as many deaths in the last year in battling the drug lords as soldiers have died in Iraq since 2003. A serious attempt in Afghanistan and a creative approach to Iraq must be achieved soon so other regions do not fall into chaos. […]

]]> Comment on Georgians in Abkhazia by Gee http://humanrights.foreignpolicyblogs.com/2008/08/22/georgians-in-abkhazia/#comment-2207 Tue, 28 Oct 2008 18:43:28 +0000 http://humanrights.foreignpolicyblogs.com/2008/08/22/georgians-in-abkhazia/#comment-2207 Glenn, you bring a point of abkhazians not being separatists, and meanwhile attack georgian refugees as a potential warmongering people. You should also know that nobody in Abkhazia represents the will, no rights of Georgian population. Georgian language is forbidden, not just for conversational use but educational as well. It is not being studied at schools, not even in Gali district - densely populated by Georgians and severely oppressed. Most of the civilian, Georgian population of Abkhazia had fled before the advancing separatists forces, simply because there were troubling reports of what those separatists have been doing in Gagra, Kochara, Gudauta - against georgians. Thanks for regarding displaced Georgians as "big problem". As a displaced persona myself, your words are like honey to my soul. Thanks for after all these humiliations it is again us, Georgian refugees, to be humiliated again. How can we call people who called upon North Caucasian terrorists for help, as separatists. Shamil Basaev, Soslan Bekov, and many other world famous terrorists got their battle scars killing civilian Georgians. It's fine, apparently we are the big problem and should be all cleansed and mass murdered. Who cares, right? As long as terrorists and separatists are happy. Lets give them independence, lets give them whatever they want, after all they have accomplished it all at the expense of Georgian people. You have laid very solid foundations for new democratic state - the blood & bones of Georgians. Thanks again, Glen, your comments couldn't get any more cynical. We, the displaced people of Abkhazia, will always remember your kind words. Glenn, you bring a point of abkhazians not being separatists, and meanwhile attack georgian refugees as a potential warmongering people. You should also know that nobody in Abkhazia represents the will, no rights of Georgian population. Georgian language is forbidden, not just for conversational use but educational as well. It is not being studied at schools, not even in Gali district - densely populated by Georgians and severely oppressed.

Most of the civilian, Georgian population of Abkhazia had fled before the advancing separatists forces, simply because there were troubling reports of what those separatists have been doing in Gagra, Kochara, Gudauta - against georgians. Thanks for regarding displaced Georgians as “big problem”. As a displaced persona myself, your words are like honey to my soul. Thanks for after all these humiliations it is again us, Georgian refugees, to be humiliated again. How can we call people who called upon North Caucasian terrorists for help, as separatists. Shamil Basaev, Soslan Bekov, and many other world famous terrorists got their battle scars killing civilian Georgians. It’s fine, apparently we are the big problem and should be all cleansed and mass murdered. Who cares, right? As long as terrorists and separatists are happy. Lets give them independence, lets give them whatever they want, after all they have accomplished it all at the expense of Georgian people. You have laid very solid foundations for new democratic state - the blood & bones of Georgians.

Thanks again, Glen, your comments couldn’t get any more cynical. We, the displaced people of Abkhazia, will always remember your kind words.

]]> Comment on HRW: Zimbabwe vote neither free nor fair by Mandy http://humanrights.foreignpolicyblogs.com/2008/06/09/hrw-zimbabwe-vote-neither-free-nor-fair/#comment-2189 Mon, 27 Oct 2008 13:49:32 +0000 http://humanrights.foreignpolicyblogs.com/2008/06/09/hrw-zimbabwe-vote-neither-free-nor-fair/#comment-2189 This is great info to know. This is great info to know.

]]> Comment on Uzbekistan’s 10 yr. old cotton pickers by Central Asia » Blog Archive » Mediterranean Relations: The Tide is Rising on Two Fronts http://humanrights.foreignpolicyblogs.com/2008/10/14/uzbekistans-10-yr-old-cotton-pickers/#comment-1913 Thu, 16 Oct 2008 15:38:07 +0000 http://humanrights.foreignpolicyblogs.com/2008/10/14/uzbekistans-10-yr-old-cotton-pickers/#comment-1913 [...] C. Nikolaj Nielsen of Human Rights blog recently did a piece on Uzbekistan’s illegal child labor practices, specifically the harvesting of cotton.  Nielsen takes a European perspective of the purchasing of Uzbek cotton to manufacture clothing and links to several interesting background reports. [...] […] C. Nikolaj Nielsen of Human Rights blog recently did a piece on Uzbekistan’s illegal child labor practices, specifically the harvesting of cotton.  Nielsen takes a European perspective of the purchasing of Uzbek cotton to manufacture clothing and links to several interesting background reports. […]

]]> Comment on USAID ends contraception funding for Africa’s poorest by Andy http://humanrights.foreignpolicyblogs.com/2008/10/11/usaid-ends-contraception-funding-for-africas-poorest/#comment-1802 Sun, 12 Oct 2008 15:20:20 +0000 http://humanrights.foreignpolicyblogs.com/2008/10/11/usaid-ends-contraception-funding-for-africas-poorest/#comment-1802 I disagree that this has to lead to more deaths, unwanted pregnancies and abortions. There are natural ways to space births as effective as hormonal contraception and more effective than barrier methods. It requires some self-mastery and some education, but it can work--it did in Uganda. I disagree that this has to lead to more deaths, unwanted pregnancies and abortions. There are natural ways to space births as effective as hormonal contraception and more effective than barrier methods. It requires some self-mastery and some education, but it can work–it did in Uganda.

]]> Comment on Article 98/ Bilateral Immunity Agreements by Robert http://humanrights.foreignpolicyblogs.com/2008/06/03/article-98-bilateral-immunity-agreements/#comment-636 Sat, 30 Aug 2008 05:56:43 +0000 http://humanrights.foreignpolicyblogs.com/2008/06/03/article-98-bilateral-immunity-agreements/#comment-636 Magnificent collection of prayers - and I haven\'t begun to explore the rest of the website!" Magnificent collection of prayers - and I haven\’t begun to explore the rest of the website!”

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