human rights

M & S pull advertising from Daily Mail over Stephen Gately article from bushytailedfox 30 days old

Both Marks and Spenser, and Nestlé, have today pulled online advertising from a Daily Mail artile that made homphobic comments based on the death of ...

You can have a mortgage, if some unelected faceless bureaucrat agrees from bushytailedfox 265 days old

Norther Rock is about to start lending again, but only if the EU Commission give permission. So, the British Government, whom we elect, cannot lend ...

The right to make a profit from bushytailedfox 269 days old

[ ... ] Declaration of Human Rights says that we have a right to a private life, but I see nothing that says that a private life requires the ...

US refuses to sign UN resolution to decriminalize homosexuality from bushytailedfox 331 days old

George Bush may not have long left as President, but he continues to make his mark in the Land of the Free. This time he's refusing to sign a UN resolution ...

John Sentamu speaks out on Zimbabwe from bushytailedfox 344 days old

The Archbishop of York, Dr John Sentamu has spoken out (again) against Mugabe's regime in Zimbabwe. This from today's Observer: As a country cries out ...

Women's rights, Afghan style from bushytailedfox 389 days old

If there was ever a better example of why we need to be in Afghanistan it's probably this: http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-fg-afghanistan22-2008oct22,0,3625278.story If ...

Guantanamo Bay and Canada from bushytailedfox 393 days old

I watched a CBC (Canada's answer to the BBC) documentary of Guantanamo Bay tonight. Like the UK, they have at least one citizen being held there. News ...

Habeas corpus 1 Brown 0 from bushytailedfox 398 days old

So the government has been forced to climb down over the 42 day detention plan (source http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2008/oct/13/terrorism-uksecurity1 ...

Rights and beliefs from bushytailedfox 414 days old

Apparently Tesco are now being sued by a fork lift truck driver working in their warehouse because he has to move alcohol. http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/feedarticle/7833523 If ...

Flogging kids from bushytailedfox 417 days old

I was reading about the guy who forced some boys to flog themselves: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/manchester/7634275.stm Whilst I can understand ...