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The Paralympics truly all-conquering athletes
August 30, 2012 · , http://www.thetablet.co.uk/article/163122
London’s Paralympics, starting next week, have the potential to serve as a watershed in the way society as a whole regards people with a disability. The competitors will be as fit and physically honed as any of their predecessors in the London Olympic Games. The physical and mental skills required to be a top-class wheelchair […]
Read More...Wife of notorious Paedophile freed
August 29, 2012 · , Wikipedia
Michelle Martin the wife and accomplice of murder child abuser and Paedophile Marc Dutrox who was jailed for 30 years was given parole and freedom after 13 years in jail in a controversy that has opened up wounds of anger in Belgium. She will stay at a convent fifty miles from Brussels. Dutroux is held […]
Read More...Paedophile's accomplice and former wife released from prison early
August 29, 2012 · , Ian Traynor Brussels guardian.co.uk
The accomplice and former wife of a Belgian paedophile and murderer has been allowed to go free after serving half her sentence for involvement in child abductions, rapes and murders that plunged the national judicial system into crisis. Michelle Martin, the former wife of Marc Dutroux, who received a 30-year sentence for aiding and abetting […]
Read More...Obstacles concerning access to justice and protection for indigenous people
August 29, 2012 · , by the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC)
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL Twenty-first session, Agenda Item 3, half-day discussion on indigenous peoples: access to Justice A written statement submitted by the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC), a non-governmental organisation with general consultative status The Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC) welcomes the range of reports concerning the human rights of indigenous people during the upcoming […]
Read More...Hundreds of Christian children raped or killed
August 28, 2012 · , http://www.fides.org/aree/news/newsdet.php?idnews=32088&lan=eng
Lahore (Agenzia Fides) – The last case reported to Fides happened a few days ago in Islamabad: the 14-year-old Christian Waiz Masih was killed by young Muslims, after a “discussion on religion.” The boy was savagely beaten and then thrown, unconscious, in a channel. There are stories, besides this one, that emerged on the international […]
Read More...CHILDREN PROTEST DANGEROUS NUCLEAR POWER PLANT
August 28, 2012 · , http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/article3824731.ece
The protests by children at Kudankulam against the nuclear plant demonstrate the power of peaceful resistance, in contrast to the hardened, anti-people, anti-democratic stance of those in power The ongoing peaceful protest against the Kudankulam nuclear power plant (KKNPP), which began in the early 1980s intensified after the March 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster. The protests […]
Read More...SUBIC PLANT DELAYED BY PROTESTORS
August 28, 2012 · , By: Doris C. Dumlao Philippine Daily Inquirer, Wednesday, August 22nd, 2012
Leading power distributor Manila Electric Co. plans to venture into the renewable energy-generation business beginning with an investment in a potential 300-megawatt wind farm in Laoag, Ilocos Norte, the company’s chief executive said. The entry into the renewable energy sector is part of Meralco’s plan to install 2,500 MW in new generation capacity between now […]
Read More...Manifesto for clean energy
August 28, 2012 ·
Thousands of children missing in India.
August 17, 2012 · , Times of India, Hyderabad
“The combined data collected by state police and the women and child welfare department clearly hints towards rampant trafficking in women and girl children in the state. A total of 47,181 persons have gone missing in the state since 2009 including 16,787 children and 12,882 women. Of the total number of missing children in the […]
Read More...Eyewitness: A New Dawn in the Philippines thru PREDA Boys Home
August 14, 2012 · By By Sophie Newsome, edited by Jim Luce. Olongapo, Philippines.
The Jeepney’s engine is roaring up the streets that tie up the hills of Olongapo. I am commuting to the PREDA Boys’ Home – a Social and Human Development Center. PREDA is a Non-Government Organization (NGO) that has been active in the Philippines for 38 years. The Boys’ Home, also known as Bukang Liwayway (BL) […]
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