... relatively few English translations available. While it may seem an easy way out, the web proved to have a definite advantage in this respect. Translations of Indonesian news reports, and an emic perspective on the republics' history were available, proving invaluable in comparing and contrasting information. The region of Aceh was eventually chosen because it contained religious ... is effectively given to the western media bias on these issues. Appendix 5 is a report from an Australian newspaper that uses inflammatory postulating regarding the new terror threat. The reports' view is fr...

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... the story of Celia s life and tragic end, the story also illustrates the broader political backdrop of the era. Melton A. McLaurin s book Celia, a Slave brings to light the moral questions of slavery which dominated the political debates of Antebellum America. Celia was only fourteen years ... a woman and a slave made it twice as unlikely for her to achieve justice. McLaurin spends a significant amount of time in this book discussing the broader political situations of the time. These discussions serve to illustrate the context of Celia s trial, and to highlight the moral ... of Celia ...

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... their workplace. One major issue that has existed and still exists in the workforce of America is civil liberties violations. According to her book Nickel and Dimed: On not getting by in America, Barbara Ehrenreich writes that "What surprised and offended me the most about the ... than about any other issue, which firmly proves that this problem still manifests through the invasion of privacy, even after Ehrenreich wrote her book in 1999. The privileges of low-wage workers are being usurped through constant surveillance by corporate employers who are seemingly fearful of potential thefts ...

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... capital punishment and discrimination of sexual orientation; while advocates freedoms in dealing with basic human rights, such as freedom of religion and freedom of the press. They publishes research reports on the basis violations of international human rights norms as set out by the "Universal Declaration of Human Rights" and what it perceives to be other internationally accepted ... , human-rights norms.6 The reports that are written by the HRT, are used to drawing international awareness to abuses, pressuring governments, and international organizations to reform. For instance, by co...

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... avoid it under a declaration made pursuant to Article 29(2). Apart from this ICJ clause, CEDW has also created a supervisory body. Under Article 18, States Parties are required to submit periodic reports on compliance of the Convention. Their report should describe "the legislative, administrative or other measures" that State Parties have adopted "to give effect to the provisions of the Convention and ... on the progress made in this respect." On the basis of the reports the Committee, through the Economic and Social Council, reports annually to the General Assembly on the activities a...

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... regime had embraced Communism. In Cuba, Castro's regime has created the most repressive police state apparatus in the Western Hemisphere. Cuba is like the George Orwell nightmare predicted in the book "1984" except that this time the country is set in the tropics with Big Brother sporting a beard and cigar. Cuba never believed in Human Rights as Castro refused to ratify ... anything that can make him more powerful. Fidel Castro's regime is guilty of numerous documentable crimes ranging from the jungles of Peru to the deserts of Ethiopia. There are document reports that exist of Cuban tr...

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... extreme human confinement were ineffective means of acquiring information. The same report found that nearly a dozen individuals detained and tortured as terrorists were in fact wrongly held (Priest & Smith). Such reports would seem to clash strongly with the average American's conviction that the safety of the United States is first and foremost to the pain inflicted on a handful of individuals " ... " and that torture is not something completely administered onto someone without a choice (Holzinger). Lastly, it is important to note that torture need not create permanent damage to a...

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... extreme human confinement were ineffective means of acquiring information. The same report found that nearly a dozen individuals detained and tortured as terrorists were in fact wrongly held (Priest & Smith). Such reports would seem to clash strongly with the average American's conviction that the safety of the United States is first and foremost to the pain inflicted on a handful of individuals " ... " and that torture is not something completely administered onto someone without a choice (Holzinger). Lastly, it is important to note that torture need not create permanent damage to a...

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... law. In such practices, torture is highly valued in the structure of dehumanizing and demonizing. Many wish for the Guantánamo Bay to be closed due to the many reports of torture, as stated in, "A Framework for closing Guantánamo Bay" (Ivey, 2009). In "Surviving the Dragnet: 'special interest' detainees in the US after 9/11 ... ," Shubh Mathur (2006) reports several cases of violence exhibited on Muslims during the post 9/11 sweeps. Meghana Nayak (2006) documents the "racialized and gendered violence" of George Bush's US administration. While there ... ...

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... going on was completely opposite to what the government had been telling to the American public. Reporters started to expose the truth to the public back home through televised news reports and articles in the news paper. Thus leading the uproars and riots by the American public demanding our troops to be returned home and for the United States to end ... ...

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... to NGO's, the media played an important role in spreading awareness of the violence and atrocities of the genocide around the world. A great deal of footage, photographs, articles and news reports allowed the global community to witness aspects of the genocide, and spread awareness of the genocide. This assisted in the search for funding and also influenced a large amount of pressure ... ...

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... human response to drugs and disease, then using them is acceptable. However, such use is not scientifically sound, as animals cannot predict human response (Shanks) and "as the FDA reports, 86 percent of experimental drugs don't make it to clinical trials due to the different biology in nonhuman species," and out of the remaining drugs, "unintended side-effects ... ...

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... workers have already died in Qatar in 2013, in addition to the 680 who died since 2008. Moreover, there were about 450 Indian immigrants who died according to the Indian reports in the years 2012 and 2013. It is predicted that more than four thousand workers would die during the preparation for the World Cup event, which is considered an insane ... ...

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... protecting its traditional values and dignity [Pyh10]. In my opinion, murder is completely empty of honor. Though not unique to the Arab world, it is frequent there. The United Nations reports that an estimated 5,000 honor killings occur worldwide with 72% of the killings happening in the Muslim world [Pyh10]. It is very important to keep in mind that 93% of ... ...

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... public indecency for urinating in public, illustrating how city commissioners use existing anti-homeless laws to further their agendas (Broward Politics Blog). During this same meeting, the Broward Politics Blog reports that Mayor Seiler refused to recognize those in attendance who opposed the city's recent actions, including Commissioner Dean Trantalis who "[] asked that the city suspend enforcement of the homeless ... ...

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... started off peacefully but then escalated into violent protests because the police responded violently; they tear-gassed the protesters and shot many people. One couldn't watch the news without seeing reports about violence and clashes in Brazil. For the world cup, the government mobilized more armed police and security guard; which lead to more aggression and violence (Gaffny 1). The more furious ... ...

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... U.S. file leak took place in 2010 from an American soldier. According to her website, Chelsea Manning (Bradley Manning) is responsible for leaking 250,000 U.S. diplomatic cables, and 500,000 army reports to Julian Assange the founder of wikileaks . She was sentenced to 35 years confinement for violating the Espionage Act . In 2014 Manning received the Sam Adams Integrity Prize . She was ... ...

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... , thirty three percent of the women who reported sexual violence also reported being abducted, and fifteen percent of that reported sexual slavery ("Sierra Leone "). According to the latest statistics, 927 reports of sexual violence were reported in 2009. Many cases reported have victims at a young age. Sixty five percent of the cases reported had victims under the age of fifteen years ... ...

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... test as to whether he or she really wanted to die at all. Without the freedom of suicide for these patients, much more drastic situations could occur. There have been reports of family members or close friends of terminal patients committing murder and murder suicides against their dying loved one because of their desperation to relieve them. For instance, there is ... ...

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... reason one cannot be discriminated upon. In this last election year there was an amendment to add sexual orientation to the list in the State of Maine (Bangor Daily News reports that only 4000 votes separating the amendment this year separate those opposed and those in favor so the amendment does not pass). When the issue of should same sex couples ... ...

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... Australians, which, although appearing democratically legitimate, implicitly encouraged the segregation and fragmentation of minority ethnic groups from the mainstream Anglo-Saxon community. Such behaviour is expounded upon in The Mackay Reports (Mackay Research, 1995:38-39): "Tolerance actually discourages assimilation the underlying concern here, of course, is that strongly entrenched ethnic communities will create divisions within the broader Australian society and ... ...

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... of its own people up to this day. ''The human rights situation in Turkey has deteriorated throughout the 1990s. Torture is widespread and systematic. Most disturbing is the increase in reports of torture of children in 1995 and 1996. Extrajudicial executions, disappearances and arbitrary detention continue with ever stronger evidence of state involvement and collusion at the highest official levels.'' [Amnesty ... ...

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... many are willing to suffer for their faith. Derek Davis, editor for the Journal of Church and State, presents information on the current governmental control of religious persecution globally. He reports that many religious leaders have been tortured and imprisoned in China. Expanding state actions against unregistered religious groups allegedly causes this. If these groups don't register, they face termination, sometimes ... ...

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... females and males have a right and a responsibility to be involved in the issue. I believe that many of the reasons for having abortions are totally unacceptable. For example, there have been reports that some pregnancies were terminated because parents decided that their child was the "wrong" sex. I think that too many women do not look hard enough to find the possible solutions ... ...

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... another life for its existence. Another factor that needs to be realized is that physical dependence also means a physical threat to the life of the mother. "The World Health Organization reports that nearly 670, 000 women die from pregnancy related complications each year" (Why Abortion is Moral). Not only is pregnancy the issue of having a potential person physically dependant on the ... ...

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