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| Burma: Telecoms Risk Complicity in Surveillance, Censorship |
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Email International telecommunications companies risk being linked to human rights abuses if they enter the Burmese market before adequate protections are in place, Human Rights Watch said in a new report released today. Burma’s human rights reforms thus far have been inadequate, including in the Internet and telecommunications sector, so companies entering the country should adopt robust safeguards to prevent and address any abuses linked to their operations. (Washington) – International telecommunications companies risk being linked to human rights abuses if they enter the Burmese market…
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| Japan: ICRC president meets Japanese emperor and prime minister |
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Peter Maurer, the president of the ICRC, today concludes a two-day official visit to Japan, during which he met Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Minister of Defence Itsunori Onodera and Parliamentary Senior Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Masaji Matsuyama. Mr Maurer also met their majesties the emperor and empress at the Imperial Palace.
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| Israel: Strengthen White Phosphorus Phase-Out |
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Email Israel should strengthen an announced reduction of its military use of white phosphorus munitions by banning all use of “air-burst” white phosphorus munitions in populated areas without exception. Human Rights Watch has also urged all countries to make white phosphorus illegal when used as an incendiary weapon. (Jerusalem) – Israel should strengthen an announced reduction of its military use of white phosphorus munitions by banning all use of “air-burst” white phosphorus munitions in populated areas without exception.read more
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| Canada. Troubling new anti-terror provisions pass into law |
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By Matthew Behrens
In what some critics called an opportunistic move, the Harper government swiftly scheduled debate on, and passed, new anti-terrorism provisions (Bill S-7) in the wake of the Boston Marathon bombing and the subsequent Canadian arrests of two men alleged to be involved in a plot against VIA Rail.
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| Netanyahu’s Visit to China: Opportunities beyond Iran |
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By Yoram Evron,
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is scheduled to make an official visit to China in early May 2013. This would be the first visit by an Israeli prime minister to China in over six years, and given the rarity of the meetings between the two heads of state and China’s increased influence internationally, the trip is important.
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| We are All Boston |
By Roberto Malini |
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Milan - On April 27th, some of the Poets of Change will read out to young pupils, intellectuals and local institutions of Genoa (Italy) the message they received from Thomas M. Menino, the Mayor of Boston.
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| Israel’s Security and the Stalled Peace Process |
| By Neil Caplan, Ph.D., Member of Tolerance.ca® |
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Support for a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian impasse is usually presumed to be an idealistic mantra of the left, but many would be surprised to learn how many veterans of Israel’s security establishment implicitly or explicitly endorse this approach – based not on wishful thinking, but on their long experience dealing with the harsh realities of Israeli-Palestinian relations.
On May 7th about a hundred people came to the Gelber Conference Centre to hear a sobering a talk entitled “Tough Questions, Hard Choices: The Changing Face of Israeli Security” given by prominent Israeli political analyst and “security dove”, Yossi Alpher.
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| Popular Chinese talk show host makes disparaging remarks about Mongolians |
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Over the past few days, Southern (Inner) Mongolian netizens strongly protested disparaging comments about Mongolians by Mr. Gao Xiaosong, a well known Chinese talk show host, musician and composer. Strong statements and comments from angry Southern Mongolian netizens went viral via Chinese major social media sites including Sina Microblog (“xin lang wei bo” in Chinese), Ren Ren, Baidu, and You Ku.
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| What is Tolerance ? | |
Everybody talks about tolerance. Why ? What is so important about tolerance ? Do you have an opinion you would like to share on tolerance ? Why should we be tolerant ? Let us know your opinion. Write your answer directly...
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Algerian-born Albert Camus once said that his homeland was the French language:« Ma patrie, c’est la langue française ». In a certain way, we belong to a language more than we do to a country. While writing La Lente Découverte de...
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