International Human Rights Day

Universal Day of Human Rights -- Implementing Its Ideals

Maryam Zar | Posted 02.09.2012

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Maryam Zar

It is not enough to speak about it, celebrate it and quote it to stir the emotions of people who may never have experienced life without those rights, then look away when its principles are violated.

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A World Made New: Celebrating International Human Rights Day

Rabbi Rachel Kahn-Troster | Posted 02.09.2012

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Rabbi Rachel Kahn-Troster

The UDHR is both inspiring and challenging. Inspiring because of the ideal world it describes, insisting even that "Everyone is entitled to a social and international order in which the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration can be fully realized."

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Gay Rights Activists At UN: No More Bullying

AP | ANITA SNOW | Posted 02.07.2012

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UNITED NATIONS — Activists called on governments around the world to end homophobic bullying and violence, saying Thursday that gay rights are h...

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It's Not Gay Rights; It's Human Rights: Clinton Breaks Down the Wall

Sandip Roy | Posted 02.07.2012

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Sandip Roy

Clinton showed in her speech that ultimately there must be a line in the sand before it turns into the quicksand of cultural relativism. Some things are just not negotiable. Otherwise, you slowly strip the "universal" out of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

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Cuban Exile Groups Dabbling in Risky Business

AP | LAURA WIDES-MUNOZ and GISELA SOLOMON | Posted 02.06.2012

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MIAMI — A coalition of Cuban exile groups said Wednesday their plans to anchor a small flotilla off the coast of Havana and launch fireworks to ...

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Iran Cannot Hide the Truth Behind Sakineh

Roya Boroumand | Posted 05.25.2011

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Roya Boroumand

Photos of Sakineh in her home circulated yesterday, giving some of us a premature sensation of relief. But anyone with knowledge of legal procedures will not be fooled by this show of strength from a powerful and brutal state.

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The World's Worst Human Rights Offenders

The Huffington Post | Curtis M. Wong | Posted 05.25.2011

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In light of the ongoing controversy surrounding jailed Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo, China has the dubious distinction of joining the world's t...

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A Message from Israeli Military Prison on International Human Rights Day

Majida Abu Rahmah | Posted 05.25.2011

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Majida Abu Rahmah

A year ago tonight, on International Human Rights Day, our apartment in Ramallah was broken into by the Israeli military in the middle of the night.

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