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La democracia auténtica es el culto al respeto de la dignidad humana,
la libertad, la justicia y la paz |
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La NO violencia |
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La NO violencia no es la simple ausencia de violencia.
- La NO violencia es tener la oportunidad de hacer daño y abstenerse de hacerlo.
- Es el reflejo del amor y la compasión humanas; es tan inseparable como la bondad de la compasión.
SS El Dalai Lama
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La violencia es el miedo a los ideales de los demás.
Mahatma Ghandi
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2008 Religious Freedom |
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2008 Annual Report on International Religious Freedom Oct.7 (DP.net).- US Secretary of State, Condoleeza Rice, introduced to the public on September 19, this Annual Report covering the 12 months ended on 20 June 2008. This report has been issued annually for 10 years since the US Congress approved the International Religious Freedom Act (IRFA) of 1998. The report is now available to the public on the Internet >>HERE and institutions may get free hard copies if requested. This work supplements the most recent Human Rights Reports by providing additional detailed information with respect to matters involving international religious freedom. It includes individual country chapters on the status of religious freedom worldwide. According to the Report, the IRF Act requires «the designation of countries that have "engaged in or tolerated particularly severe violations of religious freedom" during the reporting period». Following its precise guidelines, the Report has designated Burma, China, North Korea, Iran, Sudan, Eritrea, Saudi Arabia, and Uzbekistan as "Countries of Particular Concern". In addition, "countries where religious freedom is of significant concern" include Afghanistan, Algeria, Cuba, Egypt, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Israel, Malaysia, Pakistan, Russia, Sri Lanka, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Venezuela and Vietnam. >> Read more |
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Hindu Militants Burn Down Church, Attack Pastors |
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by BosNewsLife News Center
NEW DELHI, INDIA (BosNewsLife), Mar.15.- Christians in India's southern state
of Andhra Pradesh on Wednesday, March 14, were preparing to rebuild
their church, hours after it was burnt down by Hindu militants, while
elsewhere in the country several Christian leaders were recovering from
injuries following violent attacks against them.
The Global Council of Indian Christians (GCIC), which represent
churches and missionary groups, said "Hindu radicals" of the
nationalist Hindu organization Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) or
'National Volunteers' Union', "burnt down" an independent church late
Tuesday, March 13, in the small town of Tadipatri, about 13 kilometers
(8 miles) from the coastal city of Kakinada.
The attack against the congregation, which has about 40 families as
members, was the latest in a series of incidents in the region, the
GCIC said. "Fifteen days back one church was [also] burnt in the
Tadiparti. Some agreement was made with political leaders by the
anti-Christians that they would not disturb Christians. [However] again
a group of people warned Pastor G. Premanadam on March 13 not to preach
and proclaim Christ and they burnt the church building...", GCIC added.
Although the pastor informed police the Christian residents are
reportedly living in fear of more attacks in the future. The violence
came shortly after Hindu militants also attacked several pastors and
Christian workers Andhra Pradesh and other regions of India,
BosNewsLife established.
PASTOR ATTACKED
On Sunday, March 11, 48-year old Pastor B. Anand of the200-strong
'Bethesda Pradhana Sahavasam' in Andhra Pradesh's Ambojipeta village
was attacked with wooden clubs by RSS militants, while on his way to a
nearby village to participate
in church services, Indian Christians said.
Up to 20 RSS supporters and two police officers came to the house where
the pastor was staying and "demanded him to go along with them to
[local] Jhajipatri police station," the GCIC claimed. Later the police
officers left and "the RSS radicals took him to a forest area outside
the village and wooden" clubs "on his face and his legs," the
organization said. ...
[ more details here ]
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Denuncias de violaciones de los derechos humanos
La Oficina del Alto Comisionado de las Naciones Unidas recibe anualmente alrededor de 400,000 denuncias de violaciones a los derechos humanos, de los que gran parte llegan a través del número de fax de emergencia que funciona las 24 horas del día: (41-22) 917-0092. Cada año, se reciben por esta vía casi 200,000 comunicaciones informando sobre violaciones.
Las denuncias de violaciones de derechos humanos también se pueden hacer a través de la página en Internet del Alto Comisionado de las Naciones Unidas para los Derechos Humanos. Además, DemocraciaParticipativa.net pone a disposición de todos esta página interactiva para recoger y retrasmitir todo tipo de denuncias e informes.
Reporting human rights violations
The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights receives some 400,000 complaints on human rights violations every year. Many of them are received through the emergency Fax available every day for 24 hours: (41-22) 917-0092. This fax number receives some 200,000 reports per year.
Everyone may also send their complaints through the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights. In addition, ParticipatoryDemocracy.net has this interactive page available for publishing complaints and other reports on human rights.
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