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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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Indonesian, Malaysian Catholics Resolve To Fight Human Trafficking, Help Migrant Workers |
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Nunukan, Indonesia. Sep.8 (UCAN).– Catholics representing eight dioceses in Indonesia and Malaysia recently agreed to cooperate to better serve Indonesian migrant workers and fight human trafficking.
"We agree to set up pastoral networks among dioceses from where Indonesian migrant workers are sent, dioceses which are transit sites for them, and dioceses in Malaysia which are destinations for them," they said in a statement issued on Aug. 28.
About 300 delegates from these two countries issued their statement in Bahasa Indonesia, Indonesia's national language, at the end of their Aug. 26-28 seminar and workshop titled Human Trafficking: Problem, Challenge and Solution. The program was held 1,650 kilometers northeast of Jakarta in Nunukan, on Nunukan Island, part of East Kalimantan. The Indonesian province borders Sabah, Malaysia's easternmost state.
The Indonesian bishops' Commission for Justice and Peace and Commission for Pastoral Migrants and Itinerants cooperated with Tanjung Selor diocese's Commission for Pastoral Migrants and Itinerants to hold the gathering.
In their statement, seminar participants noted that millions of Indonesians become illegal migrants for many reasons, the most common being poverty.
They cited data the local Church compiled on the number of illegal Indonesian migrants who entered Malaysia through Nunukan district in 2007 -- 27,000 from Larantuka diocese, 15,000 from Maumere diocese, 10,000 from Ende archdiocese, and 36,000 from Makassar archdiocese and Manado diocese.
According to the National Board of Placement and Protection of Indonesian Migrant Workers, 49,569 Indonesians were working legally in both the formal and informal sectors in Malaysia in March. On the other hand, the number of Indonesians working illegally in Malaysia as of June 2007 was about 1 million, reported the Institute for Migrant Workers …
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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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