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Evolution of Consciousness The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights has established a web page for the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights and…

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Defending Democracy: A Briefing on Models of Engagement for Change — a downloadable document on my blog — is now available as a brochure. I will also be happy to…

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An indigenous community of the northern Andes fights to prevent their communal oasis from becoming another open pit wasteland. Barrick Gold of Canada and the government of Chile team up…

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The Diaguita indigenous community in Huasco Alto, surrounded by rich gold, silver and copper deposits in the northern Chilean region of Atacama, are engaged in a struggle to prevent mining…

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History is often more complex than legend allows. Nowhere is that more true than in Northern Ireland. When my Grandmother’s Grandfather’s Grandfather’s parents and siblings emigrated from Northern Ireland to…

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The recent San Francisco Chronicle article on a new state for the Oregon California border region reminded me of what happened in Puget Sound fifteen years ago. Secession campaigns —…

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Yesterday, Judge Kimba Wood of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York set a trial date of February 9, 2009 for a human rights and racketeering…

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Inter Press Service looks at how tribal girls in Southeast Asia are forced into prostitution by human traffickers promising normal jobs in Malaysia for the poverty-stricken children and young women.

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Sarah Palin’s propulsion into politics was fueled by religious intolerance, organized through malicious harassment, and targeted at democracy. Her use of the power of the state to deny equal protection…

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An emerging trend in the trafficking of tribal people, mostly young girls, is raising concern among government officials, rights organisations, migration experts and human rights lawyers.