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La democracia auténtica es el culto al respeto de la dignidad humana,
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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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GENOCIDE IN DARFOUR MUST STOP! |
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 The fighting in Darfour, Sudan, continues. But it is a lopsided or even a one-sided fighting. It has claimed more than 200,000 lives so far, most of them civilians.
Nearly 2 million people have been forcefully displaced from their homes and some 220,000 have fled into neighboring Chad to escape the Janjaweed militias supported by the government with mostly Chinese weapons and some other military supplies from Arab countries. These marauding "militias" come in the night to kill, rape and terrorize. But even the refugees who have managed to escape into Chad are still in grave danger.
They all urgently need food and medical care. Nearly 60% of these innocent victims are children. Clean water supplies are low and people are going thirsty. Thousands of women and girls have been victims of sexual-based violence.
The former UN Secretary-General, Kofi Annan, said during the last days of his mandate that there is a "frighteningly real possibility" of genocide. His view was unrealistic. Genocide has been and is being committed for more than two years now with total impunity. If fact, the United States Congress issued a declaration that stated that genocide is more than a possibility; it is a reality. And "it is happening right now".
The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) is the only official United Nations agency with the mandate to care for and protect these refugees. Other private agencies, such as Oxfam, are doing what is barely possible.
They have no military support, other than a few thousand African Union troops poorly armed and lacking serious logistic support. UN forward missions destined to deploy a peacekeeping force have been rejected by the Sudan Government and China has repeatedly vetoed any kind of strong resolution presented before the Security Council that could include a clear mandate under Chapter VII of the UN Charter.
Donations to humanitarian agencies are urgently needed. But international intervention to stop genocide is paramount. All of us, human beings, have a stake in solving this problem. We cannot turn our backs with impunity to such atrocities! We must act quickly and decisively to end this genocide before hundreds of thousands more people are killed.
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Elaborated by members of the Staff of DemocraciaParticipativa.net
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Denuncias / Reports |
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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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