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Can a Buddhist Master be a Political Activist? Tibetan Hunger Strike Hero Says Yes!

Adele Wilde-Blavatsky | Posted 26.05.2012 | UK
Read More: Hunger Strike, Political Buddhism, Tibetan Hunger Strike, Tibetan Buddhism, United Nations Human Rights Council, Tibet Protests, Tibetan Protesters, United Nations, Tibet, Buddhism, UK News
Adele Wilde-Blavatsky

Self-immolations and hunger strikes are very distressing forms of political protest but they have been successful in putting Tibet back into the mainstream media and at visibly showing the collective pain and suffering of the Tibetan people.

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Old And New Media Come Together To Launch Human Rights Day 2011

The Huffington Post UK | Olivia Williams | Posted 17.11.2011 | UK
Read More: Amnesty International Freedom Writers, Human Rights Day, Amnesty International, UK News, UK Impact, Arab Spring, United Nations Human Rights Council, UK Media, UK News

In a year that has seen thousands of people out on the streets campaigning for freedom in the Arab Spring, it would seem that the fight for universal ...

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Juan Mendez: Person Of The Week

The Huffington Post UK | Olivia Williams | Posted 22.11.2011 | UK
Read More: Guantanamo, Juan Mendez, UK Impact, United Nations Human Rights Council, Juan E. Mendez, Guantanamo Detainees, UK News

Juan Mendez's first encounter with torture was as a victim, when he spent 18 long months as a political prisoner in his native Argentina. Now, as a U...

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FULL TEXT: David Cameron, Nicolas Sarkozy And Angela Merkel Statement On President Assad

Posted 18.10.2011 | UK Politics
Read More: Angela Merkel, President Assad, United Nations Human Rights Council, David Cameron, Syria, Nicolas Sarkozy, UK Politics News

"The Syrian authorities have ignored the urgent appeals made over recent days by the United Nations Security Council, by numerous States in the region...

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