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Top-down, bureaucratic neo liberalism is threatening the Christchurch rebuild - an ethical human rights approach is required.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Thu, 16/02/2012 - 8:42am

Top-down, bureaucratic neo-liberalism is threatening the Christchurch rebuild – an ethical human rights approach is required.

Anthony Ravlich
Human Rights Council (New Zealand)
10D/15 City Rd.,
Auckland City.

I consider an ethical, ‘bottom-up’ approach to human rights and development, emphasizing small/medium business development, would enable Christchurch to make the most of its opportunities (And I also think this should be extended to the rest of the country and the world).

I believe this approach will eventually replace neo liberalism.

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Democracy needs reform: Human rights, housing policy – Australia and China compared

Submitted by Wei Ling Chua on Tue, 07/02/2012 - 9:28pm

Housing affordability is an issue of basic human rights. A recent report in the UK, A Silent Killer by Sheffield University commissioned by a charity organisation, Crisis (21 Dec 2011) reveals that:

“People who live on the streets die an average of 30 years before the general population” due to:

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NSW Government is a liar

Submitted by william moss on Tue, 07/02/2012 - 12:11pm

The NSW Government is a LIAR, it has done every thing the Labor Party warned it would do before Election, save jobs and wages sack the Lib Government at the next election, plus every thing they have planned Rail, Roads, Hospatials and Education all going to happen after the next Election, The Premier has lied to me personally over a Parlaiment Equiry, today i have found out that i have been Ignored all the time, i ask to be told the truth from the start, waste of time of Michael in Mr Bart Bassett's office,,, any way Labor voters come back and sack the NSW Government and keep the Federal L

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Billboard liberated in Melbourne for Invasion day

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sun, 29/01/2012 - 9:33am

Please see attached picture of a billboard that was liberated on the eve of invasion day. What a nice thing to stumble across on my way home late one night.

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Kids in Leonora called by number, not name

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sat, 28/01/2012 - 9:19pm

RRAN activists have succeeded in gaining access to visits at the Leonora detention centre. After traveling the 800km from Perth, on Friday Serco and DIAC tried the usual lies to deny visit. "Nobody wants to be visited by you" etc. After much shouting and protesting, with unaccompanied minors and others in the centre joining in, Serco relented and there have been several visits this Saturday. The kids in detention even launched balloons with messages on them, some of which made it into the hands of RRAN activists.

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Canberra banner drops demand sovereignty.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sat, 28/01/2012 - 10:39am

A group of aboriginal rights activists last night dropped a number of banners around the Civic in the nation's capital. One reading '(AUSTRALIA - crossed out) INVASION DAY. SOVEREIGNTY NEVER CEDED" was hung over the pedestrian bridge on Alinga St. Numbers 21-23 and 25 London Cct, across from the Department of Public Prosecutions, had banners which read, respectively, "224 YEARS OF OCCUPATION, 224 YEARS OF RESISTANCE" and "STOLEN LAND".

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Why Wall Street Protesters will Admire Chinese Protestors

Submitted by Wei Ling Chua on Thu, 26/01/2012 - 3:54pm

In the land of the ‘FREE’, Wall Street protestors campaigning against social injustice, inequality, unemployment, corporate powers, cost of living and hardship have constantly been arrested and evicted by authorities.

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Occupy Melbourne

Occupy Wall Street

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Concern for Iranian refugees on hunger strike in Broadmeadows Detention Centre

Submitted by benjaminsolah on Mon, 16/01/2012 - 2:09pm

Refugee activists have raised concerns for the welfare of two Iranian refugees currently on hunger strike in the Melbourne Immigration Transit Accomodation centre in Broadmeadows, after one refugee, on hunger strike now for 6 days, was found lying by the fence.

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White supremacists to converge in Brisbane in 2012

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sun, 08/01/2012 - 1:02pm

A convergence of racist white supremacists is expected to occur under the guise of a music festival "Hammerred" in Brisbane on April 21st this year.

Australian Federal Race Discrimination Commissioner Dr Helen Szoke this week labelled the event as "abhorrent to our community", while Queensland Police and the Brisbane City Council are allowing the event to go ahead, claiming it is legal.

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Honduras: environmentalist priest severely tortured by police

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Fri, 06/01/2012 - 4:36pm

Honduras: Macuelizo, Santa Barbara

On 5 January 2012, hundreds gathered in solidarity with the priest Marco Aurelio Lorenzo and showed that Hondurans do not tolerate the continued persecution in the context of a coup regime

Priest Marco Aurelio Lorenzo is a recognised activist against environmental exploitation, defending the Merendón mountain ranges against corporate interests, as well as an advocate for the poor.

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