La educación y el alimento son derechos humanos fundamentales y todos tenemos una responsabilidad de contribuir a que se apliquen y respeten.
Las Misiones Salesianas no hacen proselitismo ni importunan a otros para inducirlos a convertirse sino que predican con el edificante ejemplo de amor al prójimo. La Orden Salesiana es una de las más extendidas en una labor misionera de asistencia social, educación y compasión por los desposeídos.
Con frecuencia me llegan sus folletos y boletines que discretamente piden un óbolo generoso para poder mantener tan magna obra y convertirla en una OBRA DE TODOS. Por ellos conozco la labor que relizan en Turquía o en Myanmar o en Filipinas, pero también en Estados Unidos y Canadá, sobre todo a favor de los niños y adolescentes, porque no se trata tanto de fomentar las labores humanitarias y caritativas para regalar el pescado sino de enseñar a pescar.
Dharamsala, Dec.29 (DP.net).─ Last September, Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Washington, DC, for an official state visit with President Obama. The International Campaign for Tibet (ICT) responded with vigor, holding high-profile demostrations with a coalition of human rights groups, including a rally near the White House and a "Stateless breakfast" in conjunction with the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission on the day of the official state Dinner.
By the end of September, ICT EU Policy Director Vincent Metten spoke at a side event held in conjunction with the 30th Session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva that was titled "Torture and the Chinese Government", revealing China's systemic use of torture as a tool to supress human rights defenders and peaceful dissent. The ensuing debate also called attention to the opportunities that exist for states to challenge China's actions and encourage positive change.
On the following month, last October, the Chinese leader traveled to London for a state visit and banquet hosted by Queen Elizabeth II, where ICT played an important role in countering Chinese propaganda. Matteo Mecacci, presently presiding ICT, took part in a roundtable discussion at the Univ. of Westminster, which called attention to the British government focus on courting Chinese busines interests at the expense of human rights, particularly in Tibet. ICT also collaborated on a "Stateless Lunch" in Parliament, hosted by Member of Parliament Fabian Hamilton. This event honored Tibetan, Uyghur and Chinese human rights defenders, and participants urged PM Cameron to speak out on behalf of those persecuted by the Chinese government.
Los demócratas venezolanos piden a todos los amantes de la democracia que se sumen a la petición que será enviada a los miembros de las Misiones de Observación Internacional (pulse en este enlace ► [Petición])
Oct.31 (DP.net).─ El gobierno venezolano ha expresado en diversas ocasiones durante las últimas semanas que rechaza a la mayoría de los posibles observadores internacionales dispuestos a presenciar las elecciones venezolanas y examinar sus métodos. En boca del propio Presidente Maduro, "Venezuela no será monitoreada por nadie".
Esta frase terminante la pronunció ante la prensa tras reunirse en la Sede de las Naciones Unidas con el Secretario General Ban Ki-moon, expresando su rechazo a una misión de observadores de la ONU. Las peticiones de personalidades de la oposición, como Henrique Capriles, de que se invite a observadores de la OEA, han sido también ruidosamente rechazadas por Maduro en sus arengas públicas.
Esta actitud provoca una grave situación desde que, además, Nicolás Maduro ha recrudecido la represión política contra miembros de la oposición, prominentemente con el encarcelamiento de candidatos en las próximas elecciones, en particular el de Leopoldo López, condenado por crímenes que el propio fiscal nacional encargado del juicio, Franklin Nieves, ha denunciado, ahora en el exilio, que se trataba de acusaciones falsas y fabricadas por "presiones" del Poder Ejecutivo.
La Asociación para la Democracia en las Américas (ADA), en colaboración con Parlamentarios por la Democracia (PARLADEM) y con la diputada del Parlamento Europeo Dita Charanzová, dirigieron el viernes 29 de octubre una carta al Presidente Tabaré Vázquez, solicitando que convoque al Consejo Permanente de la OEA para examinar estas graves irregularidades de la crisis venezolana.
Today, Venezuela has more than 100 political prisoners. The World Movement for Democracy is rallying individuals and organizations around the world to send a collective message to President of Venezuela Nicolas Maduro - it is time to #SetThemFree!
The goal for this campaign is to reach at least 100 supporters (or individual social media profiles) by June 24. If the goal is reached by that date, the following message will be simultaneously blasted on 100+ social media profiles:
In another of a series of disturbing crackdowns on civil society in Bahrain, Abaas Abusafwan from the Bahrain Center for Studies in London and Sayed Ahmed Alwadaei from the Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy (BIRD), along with many others, were stripped of their citizenship by the Bahraini government.
A full list of names and charges can be found HERE.
The PEN American Center and Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) released statements calling for the immediate reinstatement of nationality for writers stripped of their citizenship as well as to "allow Bahraini people their fundamental right to receive, share, and debate a wide range of information," as stated by Sherif Mansour of CPJ.
BIRD also issued a general statement condemning the actions of the government and holding it in direct violation of Article 15 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which Bahrain has ratified, and which states "no one shall be arbitrarily deprived of his nationality nor denied the right to change his nationality."
The World Movement for Democracy will continue to monitor closely civil society developments in Bahrain, and demands an immediate cessation of the Bahraini authorities' deliberate campaign to intimidate and arrest human rights activists in the country.
