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Human Rights
They are about recognising and respecting
the inherent value and the dignity of all
people
That every person has inherent dignity and
value. To recognise and respect that fundamental worth in ourselves
and in each other.
Standards are
contained in internationally agreed human rights treaties and
declaration
Australian Human Rights
Commission is responsible for promoting and encouraging
protection of human rights in Australia
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Australia has
agreed to uphold the human rights standards set out in a number of
international treaties and declarations. My vision is of a world in
which every person enjoys all of the human rights enshrined in the
Universal Declaration of Human
Rights and other international standards. Article 19
states that "
Everyone
has the right to freedom of opinion and expression and this right
includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek,
receive and impart information and ideas through any media
regardless of frontiers" Freedom
of expression is intimately linked to political debate and the
concept of democracy and
the Internet is being used
widely.
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 Australian Story Australia's Attorney General
Nicola Roxon, spoke of her long term vision and the nation's legal
system and values of fairness, dignity and equality
The
Australian Human Rights Commission will no longer be chronically
underfunded.
Show
your support for human
rights and urge governments everywhere to grant their
citizens freedom of speech and freedom from political, ethnic or
religious persecution. Support the organizations that work to free
prisoners of conscience. Speak out against unlawful imprisonment and
torture. Call
for an end to crimes against humanity and help refugees
displaced by war find safe places to rebuild their lives. Protest the abuse and exploitation
of children and raise your voice on behalf of women's equality
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You can make
a real difference in the lives of people around the world by
partnering with human
rights advocates and non profit organizations to help make
your voice heard, and sign petitions
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Children |
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Refugees |
Internet |
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Definitions
What are
human rights Good video, its a little long but well
done
Human rights awareness Another good video
Human rights Wikipedia
Human rights About recognising
and
respecting the inherent value and dignity of all people. There are
standards which are contained in internationally agreed treaties and
declarations. Australian Human Rights Commission is
responsible for promoting and encouraging protection in
Australia
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News
 Obama ruined fishing trip David Hicks
caused an international security scare when it was discovered he was
in Darwin on a fishing trip ahead of Barack Obama's visit to the
Territory. Hicks said Federal and NT Police found him in Darwin the
week before the US President's visit in Nov and hounded him all the way to
Adelaide. The former Guantanamo Bay inmate said he had no idea Obama
was coming to Darwin and was only in the there to go
fishing with a mate. He said he was harassed by the police from the
time he was 30km out of Darwin and they told him that he
had no choice and had to leave. He spoke at a 'Human Rights Day'
event at Charles Darwin University
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Ian dies after distress call He was a 53 years old Australian and
sentenced to 6 months in jail for traffic
offences. He died in distress after a call about injuries following
an assault. The inquest took place 9 months later and was suspended,
saying that prison culture should be
changed
Detention unlawful Australian High Court rules
detention of genuine refugees cleared, but not by ASIO as
unlawful
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 Tasmania allows gay surrogacy Legislative Council in
Tasmania Australia has passed laws to enable all couples, including
gay and de facto, to use a surrogate to carry their child. The
surrogate must be at least 25 years old and it cannot be her first
pregnancy
Marriage bill defeated
Bid to
legalise same sex marriage in Tasmania has failed to gain the
support of the Upper House, but supporters are not discouraged. It
would have been a precident in Australia, after it failed in
the Federal Parliament also
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Singapore steps away from the death penalty Singapore has hanged hundreds of people in the
past 20 years due to its zero tolerance policy for illicit drugs.
But now, after a yearlong review of mandatory death penalty laws,
the government is poised to ease them, allowing courts to sentence
people to life in prison. M Ravi is a prominent human rights lawyer and he's advised the
UN on death penalty
issues
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National Press
Club Race Discrimination Commissioner
Helen Szoke addresses the press on Australia's
commitment to tackling racism
Posthumous apology The 1968
Olympian Peter Norman stood in solidarity with two black American
athletes during a medal ceremony. He is best remembered for
wearing the Olympic Project
for Human Rights badge alongside gold medallist Tommie Smith and
Carlos as the US pair gave a black power salute in Mexico City. Federal MPs yesterday praised Norman's 'heroism
and humility' during debate on a motion to offer
the sprinter a posthumous
apology
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 Authors appeal overturned Former Qantas cabin cleaner and
editor of the 'Call to
Islam' magazine. Belal
Khazaal 42 of Lakemba Australia faced trial in 2008. He
has been
returned to prison after the High Court upheld his original
conviction for producing a do-it-yourself terrorism manual, and been
sentenced to 12 years' jail
with a non -parole period of nine
years. Last
year, the Court of Criminal Appeal quashed Khazaal's conviction on
the grounds that he had shown a reasonable possibility the manual was not intended to facilitate
terrorism. The majority accepted that Khazaal was a journalist and
researcher with an academic interest in
Islam. Why
have they
singled out Khazaal ? and is such a
long sentence justified in the circumstances. Perhaps his
legal team’s defense should have been accepted again. Is this justice, as
clearly jailing Khazaal will not change anything on the net and such
material will continue to be available throughout the world.This
seems to be a matter of Human Rights
as the severity of his sentence is
outrageuos normally exspected in other regimes and not
Australia
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Volunteers
wanted. Simon
Woods has written a book about human rights, direct democracy and
issues facing the world. It is free or by donation and only
available online. He wrote this
book to 'do his bit' in solidarity with all those working toward
true democracy and justice. He supports no political party
and has no ideological axe to
grind.
He is
looking for volunteers
with some translation and writing skills, who don't need to be professional
writer/translator. But can translate the book into their native
language. They need integrity, honesty and a
passion for human rights and direct democracy. He is on Twitter and can be contacted
there
Premier's support gay marriage
South
Australian Premier Jay Weatherill has announced his support to legalise same-sex
marriage in the state. Said Labor MPs will be allowed a conscience
vote on the issue. It
follows Tasmanian Premier Lara Giddings' announcement last weekend
of her intention to move similar
legislation. They are set
to legalise gay marriage in the ACT, and hundred have rallied in Brisbane Queensland in support
also
Same-sex unions Are set to be legalised in the ACT
Australia, after the Greens agreed to back a government
Bill
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 UK / Germany, stand for strong
Treaty Please sign as both W Hague (UK’s Foreign Sec) and G
Westerwelle (Germany’s Foreign Sec) have spoken out for a strong
Arms Treaty with the highest possible international standards for
regulating weapons. In these final hours, let’s remind
them of their words, and call on them not to compromise with a
small, vocal minority of countries Petitions
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New antipersonnel
weapon Dr. Chris Busby
Commissioner blasts refugee
detention Outgoing Australian Human Rights
Commission president Catherine Branson has made an impassioned
appeal for the Government to abandon mandatory
detention
Ombudsman attacks shackling
South Australia's State ombudsman has issued a
damning report into the handcuffing and shackling of sick prisoners
in hospital, which can exceed legal powers and international
obligations
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 Asylum boats caught in
limbo Panel discuss whether turning back
the boats will work when Indonesia will refuse to accept them and
it’s also very dangerous to all concerned. Abbott questioned about un-Christian attitude on
talk back radio yesterday
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High Court protest
dismissed London residents got surface
to air missiles on their rooftops for the Olympics.
The resident of
a flats tower complex 'FredWig' lost a legal challenge. They
took the
Ministry of Defense to the High Court for infringing their
human rights
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Human Rights
Awards
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Push to compensate abuse
victims Defence Minister Stephen Smith released an
independent report today which confirmed hundreds of plausible cases
of abuse that date back to the 1950s. A lawyer has called on the Federal
Government to compensate victims of sexual abuse in the Defence Force rather than order a royal
commission
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Tasmania goes it
alone Set to
go it alone on gay marriage after the state's ALP conference voted
to introduce laws that could
have wedding bells ringing by the end of the year. Premier Giddings
received a standing ovation at the party's state conference after
she spoke passionately in favor of a motion to introduce the
country's first state-based gender-neutral marriage
act
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France's to legalise Gay
Marriage New
Socialist government is to legalise marriage and adoption for
same-sex couples, PM Jean-Marc Ayrault said it reflects a shift in the public attitudes
in the Catholic nation
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Federal MPs abused over gay marriage
Including senior
ministers Penny Wong and Anthony Albanese, Stephen Jones, Greens
senator Sarah Hanson-Young and NSW Liberal MP Catherine Cusack, advocating same-sex
marriage have been subjected to a barrage of offensive material and
hate mail, including accusations they are supporting sexual
dysfunction and taking away free
speech
My response to KONY2012 Ugandans have criticised
the video, saying it is yet another neo colonial campaign that
portrays Africans as powerless to help
themselves
Australia Day Address Leading brain surgeon Charlie Teo has called for
tolerance.
He asks
that all Australians see how immigrants have
contributed to the nation. And to appreciate that rich and
prosperous countres have a moral and global
responsibility to share its
resources
Annual
letter from Bill Gates
This year
it is about health, poverty and education and
an argument for making the choice to keep on helping extremely poor
people build self sufficiency
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Dr. Martin Luther King
speaks to 99% His words seem to have been
written for the courageous Americans who are echoing the truth.
Students, war veterans, police officers are now joining the
Movement, as well as many wealthy people who are seeing the moral
justice of the movement
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La Via Campesina
food Movement Great video
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Human Rights Act -
Australia Government has ignored the findings of
its extensive public consultation process and missed
a
historic opportunity to implement a Human
Rights Act
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Now is Roxon's chance on
human rights
Australia's new Attorney General Nicola Roxon,
spoke of her long term vision for the nation's legal system and
values of fairness, dignity and equality
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Human rights violations Gone are the days of sending letters to
an invisible ‘customer service agent’ who may just sweep an angry
customers letter under the rug
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Drugs Cannabis is the most widely used illicit drug in Australia
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Young philanthropists help
others Four young
people have set up their own charitable organisations in order to
help those less fortunate. They are an example to us all, and I hope
it inspires you too. Please watch
this
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 Niger famine 'inevitable' without aid
Aid agencies have warned that the West African
country of Niger will fall into famine unless the world takes
immediate action.More than 15 million people are affected by a
hunger crisis. See Human
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World Food Program When the harvest failed last year, Niger's
government reacted quickly and called on the international
community for
help
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Advocates/Resources
Amnesty
Shop Browse greeting cards, clothing, books and many
great
gifts
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Collectiveshout Movement against the objectification
of women and sexualisation of girls
in media, advertising and popular
culture
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 Everybody Matters Mary Robinson is
perhaps best known as the woman who became the first female
president of Ireland back in 1990. She's tackled some of the
most difficult and entrenched issues in Irish society: divorce,
contraceptives, homosexuality and women in the workforce to name a
few. She also served as the second UN High Commissioner for Human
Rights for five years from1997, serving through the Kosovo war, the
NATO bombing of Yugoslavia, the second Chechen war, the second
Intifada, the civil war in Somalia, independence in East Timor, and
then came Sept 11, and George Bush’s 'War on Terror'
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Access is a global
movement Which
believes that political participation and the realization of human
rights is increasingly dependent on access to the internet and other
forms of
technology
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Clinton
Foundation Their mission
is to alleviate poverty, improve global health, strengthen
economies, and protect the environment by fostering partnerships
among governments, business, non government organizations, with
private citizens leveraging their expertise, resources, and passions
to turn good intentions into measurable results
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About
Grow Soon there will be nine billion of us on the
planet. Our societies must grow to meet our needs, so we can put
enough food on the table for everyone. Already, almost a billion of
us go to bed hungry every night. Not because there isn’t enough, but
because of the deep injustice in the way the system
works
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One is a grassroots
advocacy
Campaigning organization that fights extreme
poverty and preventable disease, particularly in Africa. They work
at raising public awareness and pressuring political leaders to
support smart and effective policies and programs. They are saving
lives, helping to put kids in school and improving futures. They are
nonpartisan and work closely with African activists and policy
makers. Join the fight against extreme poverty now
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Amnesty International our
work they
campaign on a wide range of issues to protect and Defending human
rights. Their vision is of a world in which every person enjoys all
of the human rights enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
and other international standards
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Fifty years of Amnesty
International Video
that represents their story
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He remains in Equadorian
embassy Julian is in the Equadorian
Embassy in London, where he is seeking political asylum He faces
arrest by UK police for breaching
bail
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WikiLeaks and
Julian Assange are dedicated to bringing important news and
information to the public and supporting human rights. They provide
an innovative, secure way for
independent sources around the world to leak information to their
journalists. They publish
material of ethical, political and historical significance while
keeping the identity of their sources anonymous, thus providing a
universal way for revealing of suppressed and censored injustices.
There are concerns that Assange could be deported to the USA and
executed. See Julian Assange for the latest information
Open letter to Rudd Foreign
Minister 72
eminent signatories
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Assange’s treatment says a lot about
us Julian
lives in exile under house
arrest, awaiting one last hopeful court appeal. He faces a
perilous future should that appeal
fail. He could
be extradited to a third country, merely for questioning about
allegations of assault which under Australian law would not likely result in any
criminal charges. The Australian
government has refused to intervene on his behalf See
Julian
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Refugees
Asylum Seekers Australian boat
people
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Tell Abbott and Gillard Don’t punish refugees in
your name as Australian politicians voted to remove the right to
asylum in Australia for asylum seekers who arrive by boat. From now
on they will be sent for processing to the likes of Nauru, Malaysia
and Papua New Guinea. Abbott and
Gillard claim this will 'save lives', but we know this is just political
spin. Howard's Pacific Solution was condemned and
dismantled for a reason, it destroyed the mental health of some of
the world's most vulnerable people; leading to self-harm and suicide. It was
estimated to cost taxpayers over $1 billion. It broke international
law, and it even failed to stop the
boats
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Fraser urges new approach Hear
Malcolm
speaking on ABC radio about his submission to the Government's expert
panel on the subject. He says Australia should increase the number of
humanitarian refugees which should be at least 2500 and
that
could be done now, without
legislation
Commissioner blasts refugee
detention Outgoing Australian Human Rights
Commission president Catherine Branson has made an impassioned
appeal for the Government to abandon mandatory
detention
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Deadlock on asylum issue strikes at the
heart Asylum
seekers are largely fleeing social violence, including war. Our
governments have made us complicit in some of those horrors. Some might
argue that a lack of cooperation between Abbott and the Prime
Minister and her government is literally killing
people
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Indefinite
detention High
Court challenge for fifty seven people who have all be found to be,
and accepted as refugees who are locked up and kept in horrific
conditions without being given a
reaso
Detention unlawful Australian High
Court rules detention of refugees cleared, but not by ASIO
as unlawful. 50 to be
reassesed
History will judge us on asylum seekers
too Australian government's attitude is
clashing violently with the reality of humanitarian migration. Our
quest to regulate migration in every aspect is leading us down a
dangerous path, one that has already seen us violate international
human rights law and trample upon some of the core precepts of refugee
protection. As our government desperately clings onto a notion of
sovereignty that is incompatible with global humanitarianism
For those who've come across the
sea By boat or by plane, people
continue to arrive on our shores outside our immigration system. So,
what is to be done? Why can't Australia come up with a humane,
compassionate and fair set of policies on asylum seekers? A panel
discussed this complex and always controversial
topic
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Where to Now ? Australia is the only western country to
incarcerate people for such long periods and the number of
arrivals is so much lower than elsewhere. US, Britain, Germany and
other European states abandoned the policy years ago and it makes no
sense to lock up asylum seekers arriving by boat while
those arriving by plane, the majority, are allowed to live in the
community while claims are processed. Those who come by boat are the
most desperate and vulnerable and history shows that 70 per cent
receive their visa
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Artificial Australian seeker Using the number of arrivals as a reason for
calling the current situation an ‘asylum seeker crisis’ is
unjustified as Australia does not host a fair proportion of asylum
seekers
Asylum seekers facing court without
help High Court ruled
that boat arrivals are entitled to access Australian courts when
the they rejects a claim for refugee status. Asylum seekers are resorting to going to
court without legal representation because there is no government
funding for lawyers
South Africa increasingly refusing gay asylum
seekers Gay
people in the Congo suffer as in most of the rest of Africa from discrimination, rejection and
harassment
Australian Emergency Response
Team Supporting the UN Refugee Agency delivering
life saving relief ,
wherever and whenever disaster strikes
Multicultural youth soccer tournament
Paul
Kennedy spoke with refugees from all over the world about their old
lives, new lives and what football means to
them
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Children
Catholic Church responds New
claim of abuse adds to questions being asked of the
Catholic Church's reaction to the issue, even as Sydney's Auxillary
Bishop Julian Porteous gave his response from the
pulpit
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 Somalia
famine baby back death Famine has claimed the lives of tens of
thousands of Somali children this year. UN said despite restrictions by
Islamist insurgents, heavy rains and fighting, aid agencies are
expanding their reach. Food aid is now getting to 2.2 million of the
4 million Somalis who need it
Transforming the world for
children Countries around the world children are having
their voices heard to help guide their families and communities out
of poverty. By working directly with children, Plan recognises that children are essential in
finding a solution to generational
poverty
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Rights
of the child
Not every child
gets to experience being a
kid in the same way. Some kids around the world don't get clothed
fed or to go to school and forced to work or are forced to
fight. Basically they never
get the chance to just be a
kid
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 KONY 2012
Film and campaign by
'Invisible Children' that aims to make Joseph Kony famous, not to
celebrate him, but to raise support for his arrest and set a
precedent for international
justice
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KONY 2012 - Beyond Famous This
video does a good
job in
helping deepen the
understanding of the complex situation facing children in South
Sudan, DR Congo and CAR. We're glad that it highlights that we're
now a global community with the power to connect to each other and
ensure our voices are heard loud and clear that all children need
protection. For more info about this video. Please click HERE
· TInternet
liClinton urges countries not to stifle
online voices Hillary Clinton urges countries and private
business to fight increasing efforts to restrict access to the Internet by repressive governments
and some democratic ones too. They warn that restrictions threaten
not only basic freedoms and human rights, but also international
commerce
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Website extends online
comments Recently revealed racist
and sexist comments on a Facebook page. Is the problem a much wider
one?
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Internet access is not a human
right Report by the UN declared that
the Internet had
become an indispensable tool for realizing a range of human
rights.
Courts and parliaments in countries like France and Estonia
have pronounced Internet access a human
right
.
US is trying to control and police the
Internet There are many current
examples and if
accused, they can argue against extradition on the grounds of possible torture
or inhumane prison conditions. If extradited to America, they
may put you in a super max prison and hold you
in solitary confinement, and in the case of Julian Assange execution
The wider issue is the attempts of
the US government to reduce the freedom of the Internet and bring in
new laws to control it. Freedom of expression is a recognized human right, and freedom
of information can
include opposition to copyrights or
intellectual property in
general
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Gay
Rights
Gay
Marriage The ‘Chaser
Teams’ on ‘The Hamster Wheel’
Bashed, sued, celebrated and Revered Chat
between two great old warhorses, Kerry
O'Brien and Bob Brown, former leader of the
Greens. It’s a smart, warm, funny and revealing
conversation between two men who’ve been absolutely immersed in this
country’s political life for decades, and from very different
perspectives
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Love is Love
Two people in love Heather and Rebecca and their
life
together
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 PM pulls out of conference Gillard
said the
Australian Christian Lobby group's managing director Jim Wallace's
comments on gay marriage were ‘heartless and wrong’ and said it would be
‘inappropriate’ for her to attend the conference next month. But he
has accused ‘gay activists’ of misrepresenting his comments.
He claims that what he was saying, was that on one
hand we are vocal on our discouragement of people to smoke and on
the other, we are suppressing public dialogue about the health
risks associated with
homosexuality, there needs to be an open and honest debate before
Parliament changing the definition of
marriage
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PM meet with Christians For marriage equality
Premier's support gay marriage South Australian
Premier Jay Weatherill has announced his support to legalise same
sex marriage in
the state. Said
Labor MPs will be allowed a conscience vote on the issue. It
follows Tasmanian Premier Lara Giddings' announcement last weekend
of her intention to move similar legislation. They are set to
legalize gay marriage in the ACT, and hundred have rallied in
Brisbane Queensland in support too
Same-sex unions Set to be legalized in
the ACT Australia, after the Greens agreed to back a government
Bill
True story of reconciliation Tensions of Mary’s deeply religious
beliefs, and the suicide of
her gay son. She came from a religious
family
Marriage Equality This debate brings an
international perspective from two very interesting figures. Professor Lee
Badgett from the US and Boris
Dittrich from the
Netherlands
Kevin Rudd
Report
by on Insiders
France's to legalise Gay Marriage
New Socialist
government to legalise gay marriage. PM Jean-Marc Ayrault said it
reflects a shift in the public attitudes in the majority Catholic
nation
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Stop delaying the
inevitable You are standing in the way of marriage
equality. The Australian community wants marriage
equality in our laws. The Greens get it Julia and Tony, so why don't
you? Join thousands of Australians in calling for
them to get out of the way at Greens
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Fed MPs abused over gay
marriage Including senior ministers Penny Wong and
Anthony Albanese, Stephen Jones, Greens senator Sarah Hanson-Young
and NSW Liberal MP Catherine Cusack, advocating same-sex marriage
have been subjected to a barrage of offensive material and hate
mail, including accusations they are supporting sexual dysfunction
and taking away free
speech
.
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Christian leaders against gay
marriage Head of the Greek Orthodox Church wrote to
congregation saying that altering the traditional form of marriage
is, in his view, against the sacredness of marriage and of the
family. And Anglican Archbishop of Sydney, Peter Jensen, also wrote
to all parishioners saying that for the good of society, the
definition of marriage should not be changed
Civil Union's under the spotlight
New Queensland State MP's are being lobbied to
repeal the previous Governments legalised civil unions. It’s coming
mainly from Australian Christian Lobby group
Time has come Sec General Ban
Ki-moon delivers a historic speech asking countries around the world
to decriminalize
same sex
relationships
Australian Marriage
Equality A national, membership based organization
working for equal marriage rights for all Australians regardless of
their gender or
sexuality
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Marriage equality We've removed discrimination from our hearts, now
it's time to remove it from our laws
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Gay marriage advocates attack
campaign Catholic bishops in Victoria are writing to
80,000 parishioners asking them to campaign against same sex
marriage, prompting a backlash from activists
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Don't deny us same sex marriage laws
Says Martina
Navratilova former tennis number one
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 Tennis great accused of inciting gay
hatred Margaret Court, 24 time grand slam tennis
singles winner and now senior pastor at the Victory Life Centre
church in Perth says the Federal Governments proposed gay marriage
reforms would legitimise what God calls abominable sexual
practices
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Priority is to protect
marriage Margaret justifies her
stand
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Message to Abbott
Australian marriage equality
Mardi Gras Parade
2011
Australian marriage equality National membership based
organization working for equal marriage rights for all Australians
regardless of their gender or
sexuality
Magda Szubanski on gay
marriage She
hopes her coming out will help unearth support for gay rights
Download the Audio now
They say we are not here Motivations, sorrows and dreams of Ugandan slain gay rights
activist David
Kat
Russia's anti-gay law New law in Russia makes it illegal for
same sex couples to show children that their relationship is equal
to a heterosexual
relationship
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Petitions
PM meet with
Christians For marriage equality
Please
sign Child Sex Abuses You may have seen Four
Corners on TV. It's clear thatwe need aFederal and Victorian
Government
Royal Commission into child sex abuse into the Catholic Church and
other NGOs. We are bigger than the money, and so shouldthe Catholic
Church
Free
Richard De
Lisi He has an impeccable prison
record and is still in prison costing the taxpayers’ money, wasting
his life for a victimless crime. During his lengthy prison term,
Richard has logged thousands of hours in both spiritual and secular
betterment classes. He continues to struggle with dyslexia, a major
factor in his transgressions of the
past
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Demand equality Not allowing same sex
couples to marry denies them and their families legal equality and
perpetuates discrimination and prejudice please sign and
share
Marriage Equality
Getup
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Marriage Equality Please sign this
too
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Take down censorship not
speech Please sign this petition calling on the
Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal and the Indian government to drop their
attempt to force companies to
censor
Please
help Richard O Dwyer 23yr old UK university student whose been
served an Extradition Warrant by the US
Rights of child asylum seekers
Children in immigration detention in Australia
are not only denied the fundamental human right of freedom but also
placed in conditions which can negatively impact their physical and
mental well
being
Get vulnerable people out of detention
now Refugee rights team have just returned from
inspecting Australia's remote detention facilities. Their findings
were shocking as long term, indefinite detention is crushing people.
It's a policy of trauma, misery and suicide, and it must
end
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 Help Julian Assange Please sign and see
also Julian
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Codify human rights in federal legislation
Australia is a signatory to many United Nations
Human Rights agreements, but the Australian government often
blatantly refuses to honor these agreements. This situation is unacceptable as our country
has an international obligation to ensure that it maintains the
human rights standards
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Niger Delta and human rights
abuses Please read
and sign
Abolish capital
punishment US are the only modern nations to execute its
citizens please sign now
We stand with you in your
struggle Together we can end the capture and corruption
of our governments by corporate and wealthy elites, and hold our
politicians accountable to serve the public interest and please sign
now
Make aid transparent
Tell donor
governments to publish what they
fund
Niger Delta pollution and human rights
abuses Please read and sign the petition
Human rights
petitions You can make a real difference in the lives of
people around the world show your supportby creating
or signing a petition . We partner with human rights advocates and
non profit organizations to help make your voice heard on human
rights
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GetUp!
never again Not because we believe in his guilt or
innocence, but because we believe in the standards of a free and
fair society. David Hicks's alleges he was tortured in
Guantanamo. Let's make sure no Australian is again held without
trial and allegedly
tortured
Fight rape and gender based
violence Following years of
conflict and poverty, Democratic Republic of Congo experiences some
of the most extreme sexual violence in the
worl
Support Aboriginal self determination in the
NT Australian Government is currently considering
passing legislation that will undermine the human rights of Indigenous
communities in the Northern Territory. The
legislation, called ‘Stronger Futures’ will maintain many parts of
the Northern Territory Intervention. A policy that has attracted
United Nations condemnation for its racial
discrimination against Aboriginal people and their
cultures
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Protesters
Occupy National
Gathering After the police crackdowns on local
encampments last year, many said that the Occupy Wall Street
movement was over. But over the course of five days, hundreds of
protesters from Occupy chapters from all around the country came
together in Philadelphia for a convention called the 'Occupy
National Gathering.' Their goal was to democratically coalesce their
ideals and coordinate their vision for the future. See Human Rights and Protesters
.
.
Occupiers’ Think Tank Video with Tim, a founder of Occupy Wall
Streets's 'Peoples Think Tank' tries to expand the project that continues to
involve confrontations with
police
.
Riot police tear down Occupy
London Members have been moved on and have had their
tents torn down by riot police outside of St Paul's
Cathedral
.
Time magazine honours the
protester From the Arab Spring to the Occupy Wall Street
movement. Time magazine has honored the protester as its person of
the
year
.
Protesters Video
of photos featuring protests/demos around the
world mostly last year
.
Death
Penalty
Reasons to abolish death
penalty Who cares if the killers, murderers,
terrorists, and drug lords are faced with death,
right?
This is an argument that many pro-death penalty advocates use to
highlight the guilt of the convicted and the serious nature of their
crimes. But what if we couldn't be sure and what if it
wasn't only reserved for the "worst of the worst"? World Day against the death
penalty reminds us all to challenge the notion that
"an eye for an eye" equals justice
.
Right to
die
Christian churches remain
opposed
Do you have the right to die Even if the assistance is rendered for the most
humane and compassionate reasons at the conscientious request of a
loved one suffering through a terminal illness, the law as it stands
determines that it is a crime and the penalty is ten years. The
amount of comments is unbelievable on the issue and it is certainly
popular and draws out many
viewpoints
Disabled man demands dignified
death Severely disabled man in the United Kingdom who
wants a doctor legally to be able to kill him has won the right to
have his case heard in the High
Court
.
Various
One of the greatest on
YouTube Peace and love to all, help one another and do
not despair. People have the power so let us unite. It may inspire
and encourage. Every home should watch
this
We don’t own our own bodies Hear Eve Ensler on
Lateline. She wrote and performed ‘The Vagina Monologues’ and
campaigns for the end to violence against women and girls. In the 16
years since it was written, it has been translated into 40
languages and performed in 140 countries
Reproductive rights Reproductive freedom lies
at the heart of the promise of human dignity, self determination and
equality embodied in both the U.S. Constitution and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The
Center works toward the time when that promise is enshrined in law
in the United States and throughout the
world
Stand for Freedom Campaign
2012 Take action and find out more, go
to Stand for
Freedom
Half the world’s food goes to
waste According to recent data, fully one third to
one half of all food produced in the world goes to waste uneaten.
It's a horrifying enough stat before you even consider the fact that
an estimated 925 million people went
undernourished
Discrimination hurts everyone
Global agriculture and food
security
Bono’s call to action to work together to help lift 50 million
people out of poverty
.
References
Khazaal sent back to
jail
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