Category Archives: human rights

Self-delusion started Japan going wrong and is happening again! Japan may revise ‘comfort women’ apology | Asia | DW.DE | 25.02.2014

Conservative groups in Japan insist that claims of hundreds of thousands of Asian women being forced into sexual slavery during World War II are “fabricated.” They demand a retraction of the 1993 Kono Statement.

Tomoko Tsujimura says she is motivated by the desire to “protect the honor of Japan and my forebears, namely my grandfather, my father and my uncles.” It is a stain on the good name of her relatives and the country, she says, for them to still be accused of forcing some 200,000 young women from Japan’s former colonies and the other parts of Asia under its occupation to become the “sex slaves” of Japanese troops fighting World War II.

via Japan may revise ‘comfort women’ apology | Asia | DW.DE | 25.02.2014.

Walmart “Respects” Customers’ Rights to Legally Carry a Firearm in States Where it’s Permitted | Native News Online

Kill an Indian with gun in parking lot cause you were losing a fight you started is OK with Sheriff and Walmart?

In an inquiry into Walmart’s policy on having guns inside their stores by its customers, Gee responded:

“Walmart respects our customers’ rights to legally carry a firearm in states where it is permitted.”

Given this policy and Quadlin’s quick use of his firearm, how safe is it to shop at a Walmart?

Quadlin was not arrested and remains free. The investigation by the Chandler Police Department continues.

via Walmart Respects Customers’ Rights to Legally Carry a Firearm in States Where it’s Permitted | Native News Online.

Nigerian Islamists kill 59 pupils in boarding school attack | Reuters

Gunmen from Islamist group Boko Haram shot or burned to death 59 pupils in a boarding school in northeast Nigeria overnight, a hospital official and security forces said on Tuesday.

“Some of the students’ bodies were burned to ashes,” Police Commissioner Sanusi Rufai said of the attack on the Federal Government college of Buni Yadi, a secondary school in Yobe state, near the state’s capital city of Damaturu.

Bala Ajiya, an official at the Specialist Hospital Damaturu, told Reuters by phone the death toll had risen to 59.

via Nigerian Islamists kill 59 pupils in boarding school attack | Reuters.

Russia says it won’t intervene in Ukraine | News , International | THE DAILY STAR

Moscow pledged Tuesday it would not intervene in the crisis in neighbouring Ukraine but said the country should not be forced to choose between Russia and the West.

“We confirmed our principled position of non-intervention in Ukraine’s internal affairs and expect that everyone follows similar logic,” Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said.

“We are interested in Ukraine being part of the European family, in all senses of the word,” he said after talks with Luxembourg counterpart Jean Asselborn.

But he added: “We agree that… it is dangerous and counterproductive to force Ukraine into a choice — either you are with us or against us.”

His remarks signalled a possible softening of Moscow’s stance after harsh statements both by Lavrov’s own ministry and Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev on Monday.

via Russia says it won’t intervene in Ukraine | News , International | THE DAILY STAR.

Disgusting and hateful: Ugandan Tabloid Publishes List of ‘Top 200’ Homosexuals Who Could Now Be Jailed – The Wire

“Is it any wonder that many believe all politics to be corrupt and hateful?”

Kenyan author Binyavanga Wainaina, who came out as gay last month, believes that the law is a means to distract the Ugandan public from domestic problems, saying: “Museveni is creating a wedge issue that becomes a global issue at a time the subject matter is there and so his people can unite and he can look strong.” Homophobia is rampant in the country, and the harsh law inspired popular support. Ugandan gay activist Dr. Paul Semugoma agreed, saying “it’s simply politics of destruction. We (homosexuals) are convenient scapegoats to be used when they need to boost their political power.”

via Ugandan Tabloid Publishes List of ‘Top 200’ Homosexuals Who Could Now Be Jailed – The Wire.

No coalition after next election, David Cameron to tell voters – report | Politics | theguardian.com

David Cameron has declared he does not want his Conservative party to form another coalition after the next election and would go into minority government instead, according to a report.

Cameron’s Tories are the senior partners in a coalition government with the Liberal Democrats but will fight next May’s general election on a promise not to form another coalition in the event of a hung parliament, the Telegraph reported.

It is expected that a minority government would soon collapse, triggering a second election.

“He’s very clear, he doesn’t want another coalition,” a Cameron confidant told the Telegraph. The paper said Cameron was preparing to fight the next election on a clear promise there would be no coalition if the Conservatives had the chance to form government.

“A promise in the manifesto not to do any deals after the election would make that very clear to voters and ensure they know exactly what the choice is at the election.”

An Ipsos Mori poll published in January showed that 65% of voters did not want a hung parliament at next year’s vote.

via No coalition after next election, David Cameron to tell voters – report | Politics | theguardian.com.

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Not Satire – really did this… Vice governor of Zhejiang steps up for his people, eats chicken amid H7N9 fears: Shanghaiist

Here’s your weekly bird flu update: The vice governor and now hero of Zhejiang province stepped up to fulfill his civic duty by eating a meal cooked with chicken on Thursday to prove to everyone that the province’s poultry amid the H7N9 bird flu scare is okay and nine people in Guangdong province were detained for spreading rumors about the bird flu on the internet.

ECNS relays the news from local media that Zheng Jiwei and other officials from the provincial agriculture department and health department inspected a poultry processing plant in Fuying city and celebrated shortly after with a delicious chicken dish.

via Vice governor of Zhejiang steps up for his people, eats chicken amid H7N9 fears: Shanghaiist.

Park attends tasting event to boost chicken, duck sales after AI outbreak | GlobalPost

Will this raise flagging popularity of President with student’s and progressives? Doubt it…

 

President Park Geun-hye ate chicken and duck before cameras Monday in a tasting event aimed at boosting slumping sales of poultry following last month’s outbreak of avian influenza.

Sales of chicken and duck meat fell sharply in South Korea after last month’s AI outbreak, the first since 2011.

via Park attends tasting event to boost chicken, duck sales after AI outbreak | GlobalPost.

Israel issues eviction orders to 40 Bedouin families near Jerusalem | Maan News Agency

Israeli forces and civil administration officers issued demolition and eviction orders to 40 Palestinian families in East Jerusalem late Sunday.

Popular committee spokesman Hani Halabiya told Ma’an that civil administration officers delivered the orders to families in the Jabal al-Baba neighborhood of al-Ezariya.

The families, who mainly live in steel structures and tents, must leave their homes by March 3.

Around 300 Palestinian Bedouins from Jahalin live in 22 homes made of steel, wood and tin boards, as well as tents, Halabiya said.

Israel is trying to displace the community of Jabal al-Baba to expand the nearby settlement of Maale Adumim.

via Israel issues eviction orders to 40 Bedouin families near Jerusalem | Maan News Agency.

The Conditioned – Osocio: Stories Cry for Happy story

Raimundo Arruda Sobrinho was homeless in São Paulo, Brazil, for nearly 35 years, and became locally known for sitting in the same spot and writing every day. In April 2011, he was befriended by a young woman named Shalla Monteiro. Impressed by his poetry and wanting to help him with his dream of publishing a book, she created a Facebook Page to feature Raimundo’s writing. Neither could have expected what happened next.

See more about Raimundo and his poetry on his Facebook Page maintained by Shalla: facebook.com/ocondicionado

This short film uses footage from a documentary about Raimundo shot in São Paulo in 2011 and 2012, along with interviews and scenes filmed in Goîana, Brazil, in January 2014.

via The Conditioned – Osocio: Stories.