A Patient’s Right to Die and Be Placed on Life Support
Terry Shiavo’s story
One of the most blatant episodes of life support struggle, Terry Shiavo’s story was making headlines for many months now as the unconscious woman who for 15 years was living on substances she received from her feeding tube became the focus of a legal battle between her husband and her parents. Life support that is one of the most controversial issues (more…)
Regional and Local Context
It would be quite unfair, particularly in the face of the current anti-Semitic and anti-Israeli propaganda in the international community, to write about civil rights problems in Israel without first presenting a factual context. The state of Israel, contrary to popular opinion, is not the foremost opponent of human and civil rights in the Middle East, not by a long shot.
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The ASEAN members recently held a meeting to combat human trafficking. Earlier this month, ASEAN further celebrated its new establishment of Commission for human rights. Some people received this news with the hope for change in combating trafficking in the region.
Both Thailand Burma are active members of Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in particular, when dealing with their anti-human trafficking.
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The Church of Scientology of Copenhagen teamed up with the national chapter of Youth for Human Rights International, the Network against Racism and Artists for Peace, with an event last month marking the culmination of a nation-wide contest for youth called the “Human Rights Through Art Project.”
