Human Rights

Private Prisons in Australia and Human Rights

Why are we as a country following others?  Where is the leadership and creative ideas?

http://rightnow.org.au/opinion-3/private-prisons-in-australia-our-20-year-trial/

A powerful quote:The degree of civilization in a society can be judged by entering its prisons
– Dostoevsky, The House of the Dead

This is another statement that for me sends warning bells given the objective should… Continue reading

Stingray Surveillance, Privacy, Police and FBI

This is very concerning as the temptation is to just tap into those who people feel threatened by.  They do not have to be criminal elements, they could be former staff, partners, business rivals or to stalk people.

I have been surveilled and it has raised my awareness of these practices and the importance… Continue reading

Freedom House Democracy

True freedom is acceptance of diversity and inner peace.
This is the news from Freedom House.

Civil and political rights have suffered a decade-long decline globally, and violations of human rights remain all too common, particularly in authoritarian countries.

Freedom House supports frontline activists in their efforts to defend fundamental rights, including to document abuses,… Continue reading

Charting a New Course of REAL HOPE for the Future of Infinite Possibility

I felt inspired to write about the future from the future looking back.  The wonder of poetry I can time travel in my heart envisaging REAL HOPE

 

Charting a New Course of REAL HOPE for the Future of Infinite Possibility

 

I am in the future looking back,

Full Spectrum Dominance was barely… Continue reading

Arrest of Saudi Arabian Feminists

Changing values clash with traditional values and belief systems.  This appears connected to the #metoo movement which is a global movement of women seeking to assert their equality.  The issue of equality is evident in western countries as well given sexual harassment issues.  Freedom is expressing from a global perspective.

We are… Continue reading

Brigadier General Jan Karpinski Set Up Over Abu Ghraib Prison

The radio interview below is an interview with Janis Karpinksi the former commander of Abu Ghraib detention facility near Baghdad, Iraq.  The interview is with Freedom Radio.

There is a wise saying:

“It is for those who know to tell the blind horseman on the blind horse that he is heading for the abyss”… Continue reading

Mohandas Gandhi

“My life is my message.”

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