Tag: human rights
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Human and animal rights travel in the same boat
It seems bizarre and even rather offensive to talk about asylum seekers and Australian cattle in the same sentence. But by a strange twist of events...
World must take a stand against Israel
Israel's murder of the human rights activists on the MV Samoud on Monday brings into focus its policy of disregard for human lives and disrespect for...
Military might not all Israel needs to survive
The Jewish state must reassure the world it wants peace. In boarding vessels intent on breaking the Gaza blockade the Israeli military has done the...
A deadly act of state-sponsored terrorism
Dov Weisglass, an adviser to a former Israeli prime minister, Ariel Sharon, once compared the approach to Palestinians as like putting them on a diet...
Gaza flotilla: Why the blockade makes sense for Israel
Until Hamas accepts Israel’s right to exist and stops launching rocket attacks, Israel may have to continue the Gaza blockade. The activists...
Israel reveals its true face
This will count. A flotilla of relief boats attacked in international waters. Armed commandos boarding a vessel carrying supplies for a besieged...
Gay rights need to be universal
As Western gays fight for marriage rights, some in less accepting countries are fighting for their lives. The two young men from Malawi...
Calls for internet access to be enshrined as a fundamental right
Internet use has become so woven into everyday life that some technology experts say online access should be legally protected, even to the point of...
Survivors know best: Torture is always wrong
It’s immoral and it doesn’t make anyone more secure. Just ask those who’ve been tortured. They live invisibly among us, 41,000 in...
The politics of repression in China
What are they afraid of? The economy is booming and politics stable. Yet China’s leaders seem edgy. “The forces pulling China toward...
Facing up to China
Making room for a new superpower should not be confused with giving way to it. For six decades now, Taiwan has been where the simmering distrust...
The Taliban would applaud
It is easy to see that a woman’s human rights are violated when a government requires her to wrap her body and face in an all-concealing veil,...
We must stop being tolerant of repression
In a recent speech, the libertarian Wendy Kaminer argued that state intervention into everyday life is giving rise to ‘habits of submission...
Let them vote
Even society’s worst offenders should not lose the vote when they lose their liberty. Most rich democracies spend a lot of time and money...
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