MikePaterson
INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS DAY!
Posted on: 12/10/2011 00:00
The United Nations' (UN) Human Rights Day is annually observed December 10 marking the anniversary of the presentation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
The United Nations' (UN) Human Rights Day is annually observed December 10 to mark the anniversary of the presentation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
Hundreds of thousands of Amnesty International supporters across Canada and around the world have begun to write letters to mark International Human Rights Day.
Margaret Atwood has put her support behind Write for Rights. Her message to us:
Here in Canada, we cherish our right to freely voice our opinions without fear of violence, intimidation or censorship. But there are places in the world without freedom of expression, where to state a critical opinion can be lethal, and where creativity itself is a criminal offence.
On Human Rights Day, please join Amnesty International and PEN Canada in supporting Nasrin Sotoudeh and many others featured in the Write for Rights campaign.
How are you observing it; your community, town or city, your province, Canada????
What's happening in Ottawa?
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EasternOrthodox
Posted on: 12/10/2011 18:25
I try to stay at least informed about the news. I read around, occasionally post on something I see right here on WC.
LBmuskoka
Posted on: 12/11/2011 12:05
What's happening in Ottawa?
Fortunately it fell on a Saturday this year, so Human Rights will get a reprieve from further meddling by our elected officials...
Since 2006, Harper has cut funding for women's advocacy by 43 per cent, shut 12 out of 16 Status of Women offices in Canada and eliminated funding of legal voices for women and minority groups, including the National Association of Women and the Law and the Courts Challenges Program.
The Kelowna accord was a $5 billion breakthrough agreement to improve the quality of health and education for Canada's First Nation's Peoples. Harper canceled it in 2006, immediately after taking office.
In 2010, Harper eliminated funding for Sisters in Spirit. An internationally praised organization leading investigations into 600 cases of missing and murdered Aboriginal women and girls.
In the 2011 budget, the Harper government failed to allocate any new funding for drinking water on First Nations reserves. 100 First Nations communities currently have water advisories, including 49 communities which are high risk. Harper also refuses to sign the UN Declaration designating clean water as a human right.
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