Keywords: Human Rights Day
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AUSTRALIA
- Michael Mullins
- 12 October 2009
20 Comments
A majority of Australians seem to view the Black Faces segment on Hey Hey as benign, at worst. A Human Rights Charter might amplify the voice of the Koori woman who called a talkback radio station to say the segment had undermined her sense of equality.
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AUSTRALIA
- Jonathan Campton
- 03 July 2009
1 Comment
While day one of the National Human Rights Consultation hearing ended
with a growing hope for the rights of the oppressed, day
two, dominated by politicians and lawyers, diluted this hope in legalism, fear and falsehoods.
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AUSTRALIA
- Gillian Bouras
- 15 August 2008
5 Comments
Politics is never far from the surface at the Olympics. Even at the so-called friendly Games in Melbourne in 1956, the famous 'Blood in the Water' water-polo match reflected tensions surrounding the Soviet invasion of Hungary ten days before.
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RELIGION
- Frank Brennan
- 03 July 2008
50 Comments
The rights of free speech and assembly should not be curtailed because World Youth Day pilgrims might be annoyed or inconvenienced. The NSW regulation is a dreadful interference with civil liberties, and contrary to the spirit of Catholic Social Teaching on human rights.
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AUSTRALIA
In both the Olympic Games and the Catholic Church's World Youth Day, young people advance ideals that could benefit the world. It should not surprise if people committed to international understanding are also committed to universal human rights.
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