Donation
If you find this blog funny, clever or even useful, you can keep it alive with a small donation. Thank you!
$10.00
-
Recent Posts
-
Join 8,777 other subscribers
Tag Archives: Human Rights
Update: UNESCO World Philosophy Day in Iran cancelled
I had already commented about UNESCO’s decision to hold this year’s World Philosophy Congress in Iran and about how Iran thanked UNESCO for this. Apparently, the worldwide protest against UNESCO that ensued has had quite some effect: UNESCO has now … Continue reading
Posted in Philosophy, Politics
Tagged dictatorship, Human Rights, protest, protests, Tehran, torture, Unesco, World Philosophy Congress, World Philosophy Day
2 Comments
Education Reform, Iranian Style
I have already written about my total lack of understanding for UNESCO’s decision to award the hosting of the 2010 World Philosophy Congress to Iran. But as so often, the Islamic Republic of Iran does not avoid providing plenty of … Continue reading
Posted in Iran, Philosophy, Politics
Tagged brain drain, Human Rights, social sciences, Unesco, universities, World Philosophy Congress, World Philosophy Day
10 Comments
Nobel Peace Prize 2010 for Liu Xiaobo
The 2010 Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to the Chinese writer Liu Xiaobo who is serving a prison term of 11 years for having signed Charter 08, a document that calls for political reforms and civil liberties. More than … Continue reading
Posted in China, Human Rights, Politics
Tagged civil liberties, Human Rights, Liu Xiaobo, Nobel Peace prize, sanctions, trade
9 Comments
A day at the beach is NOT a human right.
Rachel Shabi of the Guardian writes sympathetically about Palestinian girls that are being taken to the beach by Israeli women. As nice as this may sound, this is another article about Israel/Palestine that is not inaccurate but delves too much … Continue reading
Posted in Human Rights, Israel, Law, Politics, Travel
Tagged Human Rights, Media, Middle East, Palestine, Tel Aviv, West bank
3 Comments
The Happy Hermit 