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A group for those interested in and actively working on Human Rights issues around the world.

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What is your basis for saying 5 Replies

that human rights exist? Something philosophical or theological. If human rights are grounded only in laws or treaties, they can be repealed and are in fact privileges, not rights.Continue

Tags: law, theology, philosophy, rights, human

Started by Kellia Ramares. Last reply by Robley E. George Mar 6.

Human Rights Day Event - December 10, 2011 4 Replies

Hi all...I am beginning to develop a Human Rights Day event at the new Craneway Pavilion in Richmond, CA. You can see the venue here http://www.craneway.comThe…Continue

Started by Richard Lukens. Last reply by X Dec 1, 2010.

What are "rights" 3 Replies

D H Lawrence once wrote: "A bird can fall frozen to the ground without ever once having felt sorry for itself".It is important to acknowledge that misfortune happens to all creatures, including…Continue

Started by Ron Tocknell. Last reply by X Nov 4, 2010.

Know Your Rights & Feature Documentary

Through the United Nations conventions and agreements you have Human Rights which have been agreed to and are recognized, below the featured documentary from the International Day of Peace Broadcast…Continue

Tags: genocide, geneva, convention, child, Amnesty

Started by Peace Portal Oct 29, 2010.

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Comment by Deborah J. Boyd on February 17, 2012 at 12:22pm: Please make a note that I am now broadcasting from You Tube on Channel

Peace by 2027. If you have a video you want the world to see, post it to YouTube and email me. Love & Peace, Deborah

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Comment by Easy on December 29, 2011 at 10:39am: Here's a talk on how to apply nonviolent actions creatively, effectively with long lasting results. The first two minutes is a summary of how this has inspired people across the planet - recent people's movements in Tunis, Egypt, the break up of the Soviet states, Bosnia, Burma. There are plenty others. On YouTube: http://youtu.be/QQV_4-rXXrE

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Comment by Richard Lukens on December 10, 2010 at 1:04pm: Jack Healey on Human Rights

Comment by Craig Davies Metteauer on December 8, 2010 at 10:53pm: mary rose said: "How can we be talking about leading a world peace movement until we have addressed this issue of human rights violations here at home.
And, this is not even to speak about what we are doing in Afghanistan and Iraq?"
Craig says: And everywhere else!
And, if you all knew the truth about the theft of the Hawaiian Kingdom, as I do, you may be ashamed to be American, as I am. The U.S. is the sum total and shamefully comprised of the greedy theft and outright taking of many Sovereign nations and Cultures and RESOURCES, most by WAR. Show me one acre of actual American soil that wasn't previously the home of another Nation or Culture. Yes, another well orchestrated illusion. Manifest Destiny my ass. I wrote a letter to Obama outlining a recipe for World Peace using Aloha and the return of the Hawaiian Kingdom to its rightful owners. This would send a message the whole world could be at peace with. If the U.S. would use Aloha instead of constant military escalation, World Peace will come...WE CAN DO IT!!!
"The Recipe"...letter to Obama: For those desiring more info, see "Another View from the Mountaintop" on my page...by blogs.

Comment by mary rose on December 8, 2010 at 2:08pm: I am currently working on a Future Dawning program entitled: "Taking America Off Drugs." This is designed as a bridge program for Prison Reform which we are also working on. What is happening in the prisons of the U.S. as we amass the largest prison population in the world can only be considered human rights violations and must be addressed. Currently 30% of the the prison population of the U.S. is composed of those who are mentally ill. And among the adult prison population of the U.S. prison system over 2,000 juveniles are held, some of them as young as 10 years of age.

Many of those held as prisoners today have been arrested on minor drug charges but are held for life under the "Three Strikes Law" which first began in California but has spread to other states. They are held strictly for punishment in most cases and offered no chance at rehabilitation.

Now, 40,000 of these prisoners, considered to be "non-violent" are being released into the general population as there is insufficient funding to house them. However, they present a threat to the population in that with the unemployment rate hitting as high as 20% in many counties, it is increasingly difficult for a former inmate to find a job. Many will be forced to return to their former way of making a living in order to be able to eat and keep a roof over their head.

In the words of Scott H. Silverman, Founder of the Second Chance Program in San Diego, CA "what we are doing is teaching inmates how to be better criminals by not getting them into rehabilitation programs before releasing them back into local neighborhoods. www.scotthsilverman.com.

And, if we continue in this direction, what we are going to end up with is a society that is run by gangs and violence as is happening in Mexico today. We must address this issue now. How can we be talking about leading a world peace movement until we have addressed this issue of human rights violations here at home.

And, this is not even to speak about what we are doing in Afghanistan and Iraq?