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Violation of human rights in Ukraine

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Human right violation in Ukraine .  Image: news.kievukraine.info What is happening in Ukraine? Whether there has been a violation of human rights in Kiev and surrounding areas during a demonstration in the former Soviet Union country.  Anti-government demonstrators in Ukraine are expanding their protests after talks between the opposition and President Viktor Yanukovych stalled . Riot police brutally beat several people, including a 17-year-old, who were detained on January 20, 2014, during a standoff in Kiev.   Ukraine’s human rights record remains poor. Candidates and supporters faced violence and harassment from authorities ahead of October parliamentary elections. Opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko alleged ill-treatment in prison, where she is serving a seven-year sentence, and two of her former political allies were imprisoned.

Cruel policies of Tony Abbott, Australia's prime minister to refugees and asylum seekers

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Photos satire about Tony Abbott with an aboriginal, indigenous Australians. Image: BBM group. I am tempted to write about the problems of refugees and asylum seekers crossing into Australia from countries such as Iran, Afghanistan or Iraq through Indonesia.  I've written this problem before, but since I received photos of Tony Abbott with a native ( aborigin ) Australian, I am finally writing again about this complicated issue. The photo on the left was sent by my friend in the group the BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) last night. Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott vowed to implement a controversial plan to stop asylum seekers from reaching the nation's shores. ''The people who have come illegally to this country need to know that they are breaking our laws, that they are, if I may say so, taking advantage, unfair advantage of our decency as a people,'' Mr. Abbott said.

Bullying is the early signs and symptoms of human rights violations

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 Bullying can threaten students’ physical and emotional safety at school and can negatively impact their ability to learn. According to the www. stopbullying.gov:   Bullying is unwanted, aggressive behavior among school aged children that involves a real or perceived power imbalance. The behavior is repeated, or has the potential to be repeated, over time. Bullying includes actions such as making threats, spreading rumors, attacking someone physically or verbally, and excluding someone from a group on purpose.   Bullying is bad habbit. Image: bestdamncreativewritingblog.com While many parents may assume that bullying in schools is a problem that occurs in middle or high school, the fact is that schools and parents should take steps to prevent and stop bullying in schools as early as kindergarten and early elementary school. Bullying can affect children of any age, from kindergarten and elementary school years to high school. Studies show that as many as 15 to 20 percent of

Saudi Arabian women do not have the right to drive a car

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In modern times there was a driving ban for women in Saudi Arabia. A group of Saudi women's rights activists called on others in order to fight the ban on women driving on June 17, 2013. One of the activists was Asmaa al-Ali. People like Asmaa enliven the campaign on Facebook with the name Women2Drive. Campaign for women's right to drive may be a bit contrary to the car culture of Arabia.   Women2Drive logo, a symbol of Saudi Arabian women demanding the right to drive a car . Image: nasional.news.viva.co.id Lot of Saudi women are choosing to learn to drive abroad to get around the ban while undergoing further education, or living in another country. Women are forbidden to drive in Saudi authorities interpretation based on Islamic sharia. According to the interpretation of scholars and government of Saudi Arabia women can not roam without a husband or a man of the family of the woman who accompanied. Fatwa is then interpreted textually that spread to all areas. Fatwa

Australia ready to expel asylum seekers

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The issue of human rights for asylum seekers in Australia. Asylum seekers in the middle of the ocean being rescued by the Australian Navy before Tony Abbott became Prime Minister.   Image: radioaustralia.net.au The community and the Australian government has been known for having the attention on human rights issues in other countries. In the 70s they welcome boat people from Vietnam.  Tony Abbott, Australia's new Prime Minister made ​​a speech in front of the Australian flag.  Image: independentaustralia.net Now the Vietnamese people have a prosperous life in Australia. However, Australia has now apparently changed direction, the Conservative party leader Tony Abbott at the last election campaign, he pledged to reject and expel asylum seekers from Iran, Afghanistan and refugees from other countries. 

Human rights violations in the Middle East and beyond

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Protest in Cairo, Egypt. Image: monkeycage.org Middle East is a region that is very unique and complex. Many inter-state conflict and upheaval, even revolution in the country in several countries in the region. Arab Spring revolution has occurred in the Middle East, and the shedding happens in Egypt, Libya, Syria, and spread to several countries in Africa. No wonder that a violation of human rights in various parts of Africa and the Middle East. U.S. State Department praised the 2011 revolution, the Middle East in the annual report of human rights around the world. However, department officials noted it would take more time to put an end to human rights abuses in Arab countries. Although the elections have taken place in Egypt, but there are still many basic liberties that cannot be carried out independently.

Environmental activists jailed in China

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Demonstration in China. Image: theepochtimes.com There is no democracy in China. That is a fact. If the Chinese people harmed in some way, it is easier if the grievances are not embodied in a mass protest. Demonstrations are illegal activities in mainland China, unless the Chinese community rallies and demonstrations against foreign countries. Being environmental activist living in China is a very dangerous activity. The environmentalists will be arrested, even jailed as has happened in Qidong. China has sentenced 16 people to up to a year-and-a-half in prison for participation in an environmental protest last July when a crowd of thousands ransacked government offices. Only one defendant, Zhu Xiaoling, planned to appeal, the Xinhua report said. The protests eased after the owner of the factory, Japan's Oji Paper, announced it had cancelled the pipeline, which would have dumped waste water into the sea.

The future of human rights in China

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China Great Wall. Image: destination360.com Have you ever been to China? You certainly fascinated by the splendour of the Great Wall and the imperial court of China, the Forbidden City in Beijing. We are also familiar with Chinese art and culture such as Kung Fu, noodles, and the natural beauty of the country that has a very old history as India, Greece and Egypt.  You may also have heard and read about the greatness of China's economic, political and human rights violations in the country; even Japan was concerned with the spread of air pollution in China to Japan. Is air pollution would damage the health of the Japanese people is considered a human rights violation? Which obviously every human being has the right to clean air and blue skies.