Monthly Archives: December 2014
Children and adolescents in Mexico – an uncertain future
Children and adolescents in Mexico – an uncertain future
“What does a government reap that sows students in the ground?”,
“A government that murders our children does not deserve our forgiveness much less our silence”
(Banners in the marches for Ayotzinapa)
The case of the missing students from Ayotzinapa uncovered a terrible reality that leads any mother and father to wonder: What future will my children have? As in many other areas concerning human rights in the country, legislative measures are being considered that do not guarantee real changes for the child and youth population. Since September, when President Enrique Peña Nieto sent bill to the Senate, children’s rights have been subject to public discussions. He asserted that with this legislative project, “Mexico will comply with its ethical obligation towards all children and adolescents”. Furthermore, it will comply with the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, which…
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Moving Day
I with you Willie – same feeling and yearning!
Jamaican teen model makes history
“Forum for the Defense of the Land and against Displacement”
Invitation to the “Forum for the Defense of the Land and against Displacement” with San Sebastián Bachajón and Movement for Justice in El Barrio from New York, Adherents to the Sixth Declaration of the Lacandon Jungle
To the national and international Sixth
To the Indigenous National Congress
To the Zapatista Army of National Liberation
To the peoples and communities in resistance
To the media
Compañeros and compañeras, our community struggle remains organized for the defense of our lands and against neoliberal displacement; the bad government wants to dispossess us of our lands purely to serve the capitalist interests of the rich and discriminates as always against the people from below who care for our mother earth.
Our struggles continue walking, organized by political and legal means to defend our human rights and reclaim our culture and traditions, to raise our voice and listen to each other and walk and…
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Dominican Republic and Cuba among top popular destinations for 2015
My Blog’s 2014 In Review
Good on you – better than my 11,000 grin!
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2014 annual report for this blog.
Here’s an excerpt:
The Louvre Museum has 8.5 million visitors per year. This blog was viewed about 160,000 times in 2014. If it were an exhibit at the Louvre Museum, it would take about 7 days for that many people to see it.
2014 in review – for me and this blog – not so spectacular but many thanks to those who have found it and found it useful
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2014 annual report for this blog.
Here’s an excerpt:
The concert hall at the Sydney Opera House holds 2,700 people. This blog was viewed about 11,000 times in 2014. If it were a concert at Sydney Opera House, it would take about 4 sold-out performances for that many people to see it.
Egyptian Aak 2014 – Week 52 ( Dec 22- 28 )
(Activist Sanaa Seif, and rights activist and lawyer Yara Sallam (Photo: Courtesy of Free Sanaa Facebook page)
Main Headlines
Monday
- Al-Jazeera shuts down its Egypt channel
- Egypt extends opening of Rafah border crossing
- Appeals court adjourns FGM victim case to January 26
- Egyptian FM reaffirms trilateral cooperation between Egypt, Greece, and Cyprus
- Cairo University allows 38 suspended student to return
- Five ‘State of Sinai’ militants killed in a raid in Sharqeya
- Renowned satirist Bassem Youssef has been fined LE50 million for breaking his contract with the privately owned CBC channel
Tuesday
- US State Department: Egypt received Apache helicopters in November not December.
- Al-Sisi congratulates new Tunisian president and hopes for “a new era of solidarity”
- Egypt’s top prosecutor referred a man to criminal court “for threatening employees at embassies and consulates”
- Militants bomb Sinai gas pipeline for the 27th time
- Al-Sisi ratifies electoral districts law
- Morsi-era Egypt parliamentarians ‘resume’…
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13 Lebanese That Made It Big In 2014 | A Separate State of Mind | A Lebanese Blog
2014 has been a pretty messed up year on the Lebanese scale, but amidst all of it, there were a few Lebanese whose news served as a diversion from all the mayhem. Their accomplishments made us happy, even if they didn’t pertain to us directly. As we saw some of them make it big on an international level, we were maybe reminded of our own hidden potential over here. Others caused ripples right at home. To those Lebanese, I came up with this to salute them.
via 13 Lebanese That Made It Big In 2014 | A Separate State of Mind | A Lebanese Blog.
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