New law in Russia ends jury trials for ‘crimes against state’ (LA Times)
Reporting from Moscow -- Russian President Dmitry Medvedev paused in the last, quiet hours of a dying year to sign into law a controversial…
Chronological & Subject Repository
Category: Human Rights
January 2009
December 2008
LITERATURE – “The War Prayer” by Mark Twain
The country was up in arms, the war was on, in every breast burned the holy fire of patriotism; the drums were beating, the…
A World Enslaved – There are now more slaves on the planet than at any time in human history (Foreign Policy)
Most people imagine that slavery died in the 19th century. Since 1817, more than a dozen international conventions have been signed banning the slave…
BREAKING – More Cooperation Planned between the United Nations and World Religions
By Jonathan Gallagher, Ph.D. - New York, NY, USA… [December 16, 2008] Representatives from the United Nations and religious leaders met together with non-government…
OPINION: Does the World Need a Global Population Control Agency? (Catholic Online)
Overpopulation hysteria has real world consequences. One of these is a United Nations population control agency that goes by the name of the UN…
VIDEO: 60th Anniversary – The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (HRAC)
On December 10, 1948 the General Assembly of the United Nations adopted and proclaimed the Universal Declaration of Human Rights the full text of…
Weekend Inspiration: Bill Hybels Interviews Bono
Bill Hybels of Willowcreek interviews Bono, lead singer of U2, about how churches should respond to the AIDS crisis in Africa.
VIDEO: Atheists Place Sign at Washington State Capitol Nativity – O’Reilly Protests
OLYMPIA, Wash. -- An atheist group has unveiled an anti-religion placard in the state Capitol, joining a Christian Nativity scene and "holiday tree" on…
U.S. Muslims worry about new federal rules (MSNBC)
The revised guidelines going into effect Monday will allow agents to use undercover sources to gather information, interview people without identifying themselves and spy…
VIDEO: War on/for Christmas Begins! Focus on the Family Protests Religiously Neutral Retailers
It is an amusing video, but the message is clear - retailers should be commercializing Christmas, not just the "holidays." At Christmastime, all retailers…