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Live Webcasts: His Holiness in Washington, DC and the San Francisco Bay Area
There will be live webcasts of His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s talks and discussions from Washington, DC; Berkeley, California; and Santa Clara, California on February 20-24, 2014.
Times in Washington, DC are Eastern Standard Time (EST = GMT-5.00); times in California are Pacific Standard Time (PST = GMT-8:00)
Message from the Sikyong on Tibetan New Year http://goo.gl/fb/dBPnP
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February 20th: Panel Discussion – „Moral Free Enterprise – Economic Perspectives in Business and Politics“
His Holiness the Dalai lama, Arthur C. Brooks (AEI), Jonathan Haidt (New York University), Glenn Hubbard (Columbia University) and Daniel S. Loeb (Third Point LLC). will join in a discussion hosted by the American Enterprise Institute in Washington, DC. The live webcast can be viewed at http://dalaila.ma/1jMv4il
Time: 9:00am EST
February 20th: Panel Discussion – „Unlocking the Mind and Human Happiness“
His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Richard Davidson (University of Wisconsin), Diana Chapman Walsh (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) and Arthur Zajonc (Mind & Life Institute) join in a discussion co-hosted by the American Enterprise Institute and Mind & Life Insitute in Washington, DC. The live webcast can be viewed at http://dalaila.ma/1jMv4il
Time: 10:30am EST
February 23rd – Public Talk – „How to Achieve Happiness“
His Holiness the Dalai Lama will give a public talk sponsored by the Tibetan Association of Northern California at the Berkeley Community Theater in Berkeley, California. The live webcast can be viewed at http://www.dalailama.com/live-berkeley
Time: 9:30am – 11:00am PST
February 24th: Discussion – „Business, Ethics, and Compassion: A Public Dialogue“
His Holiness the Dalai Lama will be joined by the CEO of Dignity Health, Lloyd Dean, for a talk concerning the intersection of organizational life and compassion. His Holiness will also answer questions gathered from the public. The event is hosted by Santa Clara University in Santa Clara, California. The live webcast can be viewed at http://dalaila.ma/1kPF7Ua
Time: 10:00am – 11:30am PST
February 24th: Panel Discussion – „Incorporating Ethics and Compassion into Business Life: A Conversation between His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Academic and Business Leaders“
His Holiness the Dalai Lama will address a panel that includes four academic and business leaders for a discussion that will encompass religion, research, and business. The event is hosted by Santa Clara University in Santa Clara, California. The live webcast can be viewed at http://dalaila.ma/1kPF7Ua
Time: 1:30pm – 3:15pm PST
For times in your region 10:00am EST on February 20th in Washington DC, is the same as 7:00am PST on February 20th in Berkeley, California; 8:30pm IST on February 20th in New Delhi, India, and 3:00pm on February 20th in London, Englan
DPR Korea human rights report elicits concern from senior UN officials [High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay.
#COIDPRK: Navi Pillay calls for urgent action on “historic” DPRK report suggesting crimes agst humanity: http://sm.ohchr.org/1bIOnXr
UN rights chief urges action in North Korea http://bit.ly/1eRMjqq
#UN Rights Chief urges int’l leadership to ensure justice for #NorthKorea crimes against humanity incl through #ICC. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=47166&Cr=democratic&Cr1=korea#.UwRZnvldV5A …
“@EWDolan: United Nations report: North Korea’s leaders should be tried for crimes against humanity http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/02/17/united-nations-report-north-koreas-leaders-should-be-tried-for-crimes-against-humanity/ …” But will UN act?
ANKÜNDIGUNGEN:Personal and legal perspectives on targeted killings by drones in Pakistan
Event at ECCHR with Reprieve on personal and legal perspectives on drone war: Mo, 17 Feb, 7 PM: http://www.ecchr.de/index.php/veranstaltungen.html …
#previous #articles #ECCHR #humanrights
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Syria: NPWJ concludes second Training Course on “Forensic Investigations of Cases of Political Violence and the…
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Toby Cadman @tobycadman
Syria: NPWJ concludes second Training Course on “Forensic Investigations of Cases of Political Violence and the… http://fb.me/2dMGziLCYThe long-term goal of this project is to promote democracy and human rights protection through incorporating justice and accountability in decision-making on conflict resolution and stability, development, and reconstructing planning in Syria. The project’s strategic objective is to support Syrian civil society playing an active role on justice and accountability issues, including advocacy and documenting human rights violations, including receiving, gathering, collecting, collating, processing and securely storing information, documentation and materials and analyse it for the purpose of establishing what happened and reconstructing decision-making processes that resulted in violations international humanitarian and human rights law in Syria since March 2011.MT:
@UNHCRUK 20,000+#Syria#refugees have arrived in#Turkey since start of the year,biggest influx since early 2013 http://goo.gl/BBTFFXSyrian Network for Human Rights: Since the beginning of Geneva II Peace conference, Syria Government Forces have killed 2,247 civilians
No exact head count
@UN says 1000 civilians left now in old#Homs approx.1500 evacuated, again#UN number@capriconza3@FreeingSyria#Syria#UN Rights Chief calls for#Syria#ICC referral. Will#EU put „army“ of dips to work & rally massive global support? http://bit.ly/1iWVrzo#Syria talks end w/o progress http://bbc.in/1gDq3VJ Reality is#Russia &#Gulf never used leverage to stop slaughter/advance accountability#BREAKING: Syria peace talks break off, no new date set for third round: UN mediator BrahimiA tale of our collective failure! Why is 107year old
#Syria#refugee stuck in#Greece when her family is in#Germany? http://www.enetenglish.gr/?i=news.en.society&id=1762 …UN mediator apologises to Syrian people as peace talks in Geneva end without making progress http://bbc.in/MmmyZj
A New Civil Society Guide to Dam Standards
„Dam Standards: A Rights-Based Approach“ is available for download in its entirety, or in separate sections that follow a dam’s project cycle. DOWNLOAD NOW
Dear Supporter,
In many countries, the most applicable means of protection for people affected by dams are national and local laws. But too often, laws alone are not strong enough to protect the rights of affected communities. Increasingly, companies, banks and governments commit to follow internationally-recognized standards. Some of these standards are voluntary, and sometimes the financing or support for a dam project is conditional upon complying with them. But what exactly are dam standards, who makes them, and how can you use them?
Our new guide – „Dam Standards: A Rights-Based Approach“ – attempts to summarize the strongest social and environmental standards related to each stage of a dam’s project cycle: from strategic planning to project analysis to implementation, operation and dam decommissioning. The guide takes the position that the most effective standards are those that safeguard the rights of dam-affected people, avoid risks, and allow the public to hold governments, institutions and companies accountable.
We hope this guide will aid civil society to do just that. The guide is very much a living document; policies continuously change and new ones are created. So your comments, suggestions, and ideas will contribute to making future versions of this guide even stronger.
Finally, please email me if your organization is interested in:
- Receiving translations of specific sections on dam standards from the guide, and/or
- Inviting International Rivers staff to speak at local workshops on specific dam standards topics
Download our civil society guide to dam standards today.
For our rivers and our rights,
| Zachary Hurwitz Policy Program Coordinator zachary@internationalrivers.orgP.S. You can also read my blog about the guide. |
Congress Takes Landmark Decision for Rivers and Rights
Peter Bosshard, Huffington Post, January 17, 2014 http://huff.to/1dvRlM2 via @HuffPostGreen
Dams have turned freshwater into the ecosystem most threatened by species extinction, displaced 80 million people and impoverished many more. Even so, the World Bank is eager to re-engage in large dam projects around the world, and other financiers are following in its wake. The US Congress has now poured cold water on these plans. In a landmark decision it has instructed the US government to oppose the construction of large dams in international financial institutions, and called for justice for the victims of human rights abuses in their projects.
The new instructions were sponsored by Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt), and are part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, the budget compromise which was approved by the US Senate and House this week. In the section on multilateral financial institutions, the act says:
„The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the United States executive director of each international financial institution that it is the policy of the United States to oppose any loan, grant, strategy or policy of such institution to support the construction of any large hydroelectric dam (as defined in „Dams and Development: A New Framework for Decision-Making,“ World Commission on Dams (November 2000)).“
(Like the dam industry, the World Commission on Dams basically defines dams as large if they are at least 15 meters high. You can find the language on p. 1361 of the voluminous act.)
At a time when better solutions are readily available, the Congressional decision supports a shift of public funding from large, often destructive hydropower projects to decentralized renewable energy solutions which are more effective at reducing energy poverty and protecting the environment. Under the new mandate, the US executive directors will have to object to dam projects such as Inga 3 on the Congo, Dasu on the Indus, Adjarala in Togo, Amaila Falls in the rainforest of Guyana, and the dams in the Nam Ngiep and Sekong river basins in Laos.
The budget act also takes action to support the victims of human rights abuses in development projects. It instructs the US government to „seek to ensure that each such institution responds to the findings and recommendations of its accountability mechanisms by providing just compensation and other appropriate redress to individuals and communities that suffer violations of human rights, including forced displacement, resulting from any loan, grant, strategy or policy of such institution.“ More specifically, Congress asks for regular updates about measures undertaken by the World Bank and the Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) to ensure reparations for the survivors of the massacres carried out under the Chixoy dam project in Guatemala. (See p. 1240 for this provision.)
More than 400 Maya Achi indigenous people were killed in a series of massacres to make way for the World Bank and IADB’s Chixoy Dam on the Rio Negro in 1978. With support from International Rivers and other activists, the survivors of the massacre negotiated a reparations agreement with the Guatemalan government in 2010, but the government and financiers have dragged their feet on implementing it ever since. The new decision by the US Congress makes a big step towards finally bringing justice to the victims of the Chixoy massacres and other human rights abuses.
The World Bank has close to 200 member countries. The Bank and other international financial institutions are free to ignore the position of the US executive directors. If this happens, Congress should redirect its financial contributions to institutions that are more willing and better equipped to support clean local energy solutions. Through the Power 4 People campaign, International Rivers and other organizations are calling on governments and national parliaments to shift $1.6 billion from the World Bank’s International Development Association to the Green Climate Fund and other appropriate channels for decentralized renewable energy solutions.
The language in the new Congressional act is a breakthrough for healthy rivers and the rights of river-based communities, and we salute all the efforts that made it possible. At the same time, serious problems in the global energy policy of the US government and Congress continue to exist. First, the appropriations bill that was originally drafted by the Senate instructed the US government to oppose not just large dams, but also coal projects in international financial institutions. Under pressure from the fossil fuel lobby, coal projects were dropped from the final text in the negotiations with the House of Representatives. Policies to protect the climate in the operations of US export financiers were also rolled back.
Secondly, the US government plans to increase its support for large hydropower dams in Africa such as the Inga 3 Dam through USAID and the new Power Africa initiative at the same time as Congress is asking it to oppose such projects in international financial institutions. The US should not fund projects bilaterally that it would reject on the multilateral level. We celebrate an important breakthrough for rivers and rights today. Making the new policy more consistent will be the task for tomorrow.
#previous #articles #videos #international rivers
http://www2.ohchr.org/english/issues/environment/environ
Syrian Lawyers and Judges to Establish Syrian Special Court
DCHRS #Syria @SCTJOfficial Syrian Lawyers and Judges to Establish Syrian Special Court pic.twitter.com/QotSymEGzA
#Syria/Old Homs: Humanitarian aid workers clearly targeted – we renew our calls for access: http://sm.ohchr.org/1kypfoU #WarCrime
UN Human Rights @UNrightswire
#Syria: Deep alarm at reports of major military build-up & threat to civilians in #Yabroud: http://sm.ohchr.org/MS4yGi
UN Human Rights Chief Navi Pillay renews her call to the Security Council to refer the situation in Syria to the International Criminal Court #ICC.
How is language of ‘savagery’ & ‘barbarism’ invoked to justify bombing Damascus? From the London Review of #IntLaw http://oxford.ly/1iwxGxl CD
Lotte Leicht #UNSC #Syria Res on urgent hum access 2 desperate #Syria civilians long overdue. ALL countries w a conscience must press #Russia not to veto
Attending course on forensic investigations and cases of political violence in Syria @npwj
Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Qatar, is requesting an emergency meeting of the UNGA to address war crimes in Syria http://www.inquisitr.com/1127724/saudi-arabia-calls-emergency-un-meeting-on-syrian-war-crimes/ …
http://tmcadvisorygroup.com/ العدالة-الإنتقالية-في-سوريا/ http://fb.me/2ddhIrDX6
شوهدت هذه الاسماء بفرع المخابرات الجوية بمطار المزة : اخر مشاهدة بتاريخ شهر 6 _ 2013 : 1_احمد الحمصي _ معلم حجر… http://fb.me/2Wn2Nog7F
يرجى المساعدة بالنشر كي تصل المعلومة لاهالي المعتقلين
<<< وصلنا قائمة باسماء ضباط معتقلين في سجن صيدنايا – الرائد خالد طلاس من الرستن – ملازم أول علاء الدين العبد الله… http://fb.me/6vvdquC4F
JURIST Both sides committing war crimes in Syria: UN rights experts http://bit.ly/1kkYCDN
SCTJ Official #Syria @DchrsOrg محامون وقضاة يجتمعون لتأسيس محكمة دولية خاصة وبناء بنك بيانات موحد لانتهاكات حقوق الإنسان في #سوريا pic.twitter.com/kDExVAOC5a
@DchrsOrg Lawyers and Judges to Establish Syrian Special Court & to use Unified Database of HR Violations in #Syria pic.twitter.com/r2UwSIcn6t
Physicians for Human Rights-Israel (רופאים לזכויות אדם – ישראל)
PHR-Israel claims that when compared to the toll on Jordan and Lebanon, Israel has taken a minimum role in face of the Syrian catastrophe and that it can be creative and do more. Humanitarian assistance should match the needs of the victims, not the limits of the good will of the doer.
The Jerusalem Post: „Rule of Law – A Moral Dilemma“ -> http://bit.ly/1b7ZCIB
#previous #articles #videos #syria #humanrights
Int’l lawyers request ICC probe of state ‘crimes’
@freebangladesh The decision of the ICC Prosecutor will be independent of the US, which is not a state party, and of the UK, EU
So Madame Prime Minister, the international community fully supports the election does it? http://unbconnect.com/biswal-bd-3/#&panel1-2 …
@ihsaanmir Because you are a lawyer and why say in 50 words what you can say (and bill for) in 500?
Bangladesh Islamic leader dies awaiting war crimes trial http://bit.ly/1ls5ld9
Spending the week on the Syrian border on community engagement workshop on justice and security.
Briefing the Bangladesh media on the ICC Communication http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HChhB4qDad8 … http://fb.me/3ar6Vpa7W
Lord Avebury on #bangladesh ‚human rights crisis‘: ‚The vote was a sham‘ http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/lord-avebury/bangladesh-and-a-human-ri_b_4744580.html … #hasina
Good report from the International Commission of Jurists on Odhikar. Members of Adilur Rahman Khan’s family… http://fb.me/1akzleaW
Bangladesh: stop harassment of human rights defenders http://www.icj.org/bangladesh-stop-harassment-of-human-rights-defenders/ …
http://9bri.com/press-notice-9-bedford-row-international-submits-article-15-communication-to-icc-prosecutor-concer …… http://fb.me/6GkXtPsSv
Filed an Article 15 Communication with the ICC Prosecutor this week to open a preliminary inquiry into the situation in Bangladesh.
Quilliam Jamaat-e-Islami and Abdel Qader Mollah: Quilliam opposes actions of Bangladesh’s International Crimes Tribunal. http://www.quilliamfoundation.org/press-releases/quilliam-opposes-actions-of-bangladeshs-international-crimes-tribunal/ …
PRESS RELEASE – Quilliam Opposes Actions of #Bangladesh’s International Crimes Tribunal https://www.facebook.com/notes/quilliam/press-release-quilliam-opposes-actions-of-bangladeshs-international-crimes-tribu/10151836987301739 …
Int’l lawyers request ICC probe of state ‘crimes’ http://www.newagebd.com/detail.php?date=2014-02-06&nid=82853#.UvLfN5hEyrY.twitter …
@shyrsatr What an ignorant comment. It’s for the ICC Prosecutor to decide what action to take now.
Just finished follow up meeting with the ICC Office of the Prosecutor to deposit supporting material.
Sayod Habibur Rahman #Odhikar, ASK call for inquiry into ‘extrajudicial’ killings http://shar.es/QsEuE @tobycadman @davidbangladesh @afp @ap
David Bergman’s take on today’s ICC filing with the ICC Office of the Prosecutor http://bangladeshpolitico.blogspot.nl/2014/02/moves-to-get-international-criminal.html …
David Bergman Understanding ‚political‘ violence and killings in #bangladesh http://bangladeshpolitico.blogspot.com/2014/01/a-look-at-political-violence-in.html …
Condemn opposition violence, but also take a look at #bangladesh state violence which has killed far more people http://bangladeshpolitico.blogspot.com/2014/01/a-look-at-political-violence-in.html …
HR violation in Bangladesh: Intl. Lawyers Filled Case in ICC http://bdinn.com/news/hr-violation-in-bangladesh-intl-lawyers-filled-case-in-icc/ …
#previous #articles #law #humanrights #tobyCadman
http://storify.com/DeinAyurvedaNet/bih-kosovo-croatia-serbia-montenegro-sierra-leone
“The targeting of the medical community in Syria has reached epic proportions.“ Our new fact sheet:
Deprival of food, water, shelter and medical care –a method of war in #Syria & a crime against humanity: http://sm.ohchr.org/1c6Op5I
PHR what’s next in #Syria via @deborahamos of @nprnews http://owl.li/tblOJ
Syria signs agreement to dispose of chemical weapons http://bit.ly/1itxqyQ
„The Displaced“ #Syria may be fading from in’t headlines & diplo attention, but the war grinds on. Andy Warner comic http://www.unrwa.org/newsroom/features/palestine-refugees-syria-andy-warner-comic …
New #UN report on violations against children in #Syria highlights killings, torture, terror tactics. http://bit.ly/1fHljhn
New #UN report includes info on attacks on hospitals, targeting of doctors and patients in #Syria (starting on p.10) http://owl.li/tf3q2
New #UN SG report on violations against children in #Syria incl killings, torture,recruitment
Sharp increase in #Syria govt airstrikes against rebel-held areas of #Aleppo prompts new exodus of civilians http://wapo.st/1fIalsH
“The targeting of the medical community in Syria has reached epic proportions.“ Our new fact sheet: http://owl.li/t9fHA #Syria
The death toll in #Syria continues – nearly 1,900 people have been killed during the week-long peace talks. http://owl.li/takU7
DCHRS | Casualties Report | Total Deaths: 106 | Thursday 30/1/2014 #Syria #سوريا
DCHRS | Casualties Report | Total Deaths: 106 | Wednesday 29/1/2014 #سوريا #Syria
سلمان العودة » المقالات » أنت ناجح …
UN Human Rights Chief Navi Pillay enters the Auschwitz-Birkenau Museum
A star shining in darkness: Pillay shares young Petr’s story at an event marking #Holocaust Memorial Day http://sm.ohchr.org/MeqQSj
“The Holocaust remains one of the paramount examples of humans’ ability to sink to unimaginable depths of cruel depravity, but in the middle of death and destruction, one can also find resistance to despair,” said UN Human Rights Chief Navi Pillay during an event on 28 January marking the International Day of Commemoration in memory of the victims of the #Holocaust: http://sm.ohchr.org/MeqQSj
Photo: UN Human Rights Chief Navi Pillay enters the Auschwitz-Birkenau Museum.
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#UN must include #Romani spreakers in Holocaust commemoration. Sign the petition to @Bankimoon23 here: https://www.change.org/petitions/mr-ban-ki-moon-take-immediate-action-to-include-romani-speakers-in-the-official-commemoration-of-the-holocaust-at-the-un#share …
Executive Director of DCHRS, Dr Ziadeh @radwanziadeh speaks about ICSC Syrian Media Workshop
DCHRS Executive Director of DCHRS, Dr Ziadeh @radwanziadeh speaks about ICSC Syrian Media Workshop, @SitesConscience,… http://fb.me/6p8dIrP6X
ICSC @SitesConscience #Syria Media Workshop: Journalist @Mohammad Al Asi describes Memorialization in Manbej… http://fb.me/36VBZR5Xu
Syria peace conference must act on allegations of #Syria http://fb.me/3rB4MKRvc
Syria peace conference must end starvation for besieged civilians #Syria http://fb.me/2Tl0DiMPk
Geneva II Conference on Syria : Unrestricted humanitarian access and release of peaceful activists should be… http://fb.me/30sRwTead
Syria war crimes evidence #Syria http://fb.me/3lQV2Ofui
Syrian regime document trove shows evidence of ‘industrial scale’ killing of detainees #Syria http://fb.me/UBVjdMJq
http://storify.com/DeinAyurvedaNet/3-red-line-or-still-not-yet-chemical-attacks-kill
#Holocaust Memorial Day: Stop turning a blind eye to signs of serious #HumanRights violations – Pillay:
#Holocaust Memorial Day: Stop turning a blind eye to signs of serious #HumanRights violations – Pillay: http://sm.ohchr.org/1aBRFev
“Today, we honour the memory of the millions of people – men, women and children – brutally murdered seven decades ago for the simple fact of being Jewish, Roma, Slav or homosexual, because they had disabilities, or were Jehovah’s witnesses or political opponents,” UN Human Rights Chief Navi Pillay says for the International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the #Holocaust. Read her full statement:http://sm.ohchr.org/
UN Human Rights chief Navi Pillay paid her respects to the #Holocaust victims at #Auschwitz
“It is truly a humbling experience to feel the immense tragedy that permeates the walls and grounds of this terrible place. I commemorate all the children, women and men who were killed by the Nazi regime, in absolute denial of their #HumanRights”, she said during her visit at the concentration camp.
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ERRC Roma, LGBT, Anti-Racist, Disability and Jewish Organisations Stand Together on Int. Holocaust Remembrance Day: http://www.ertf.org/images/Press_Releases/2014/JPR27012014_FINAL.pdf …
JoÄint Press Statement: International Holocaust Remembrance Day: United front against all forms of racism: pic.twitter.com/hJ9IP8aeJ2
Poland to investigate alleged CIA secret prison following new developments http://bit.ly/1aTytDv
International #Holocaust Remembrance day: during the Holocaust Lithuania lost nearly 200.000 citizens, this is a day to remember all of them
PHR #Burma could be the site of the world’s next #genocide says @gcaw http://owl.li/t08jH #Muslims #Rohingya
Today on Int’l Holocaust Remembrance Day, we must learn from history & apply its lessons to #humanrights crises today. #HMD2014 #Burma #CAR
Intl #Holocaust Remembrance Day – Howard Jacobson: Re-reading If This Is a Man by Primo Levi. http://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/apr/05/rereading-if-this-is-man … #Holocaustday
Steve Swerdlow Russian duma never ceases to amaze: Bill Broadening Gay Propaganda Law to All Sexual Orientations Submitted to Duma http://www.themoscowtimes.com/news/article/bill-broadening-gay-propaganda-law-to-all-sexual-orientations-submitted-to-duma/493333.html …
Rights in Russia Russian Research and Educational Holocaust Center – preserving the memory of Holocaust victims – http://en.holocf.ru
Russia and the Holocaust – whose genocide was it anyway? | openDemocracy http://www.opendemocracy.net/od-russia/ilya-altman/russia-and-holocaust-%E2%80%93-whose-genocide-was-it-anyway …
Will #Russia press Assad to release 1000s of #Syria political prisoners? Will #Gulf States press rebel groups to release hostages? #Geneva2
http://www.deinayurveda.net/wordpress/2013/01/international-holocaust-remembrance-day/
#Myanmar: UN Human Rights Chief Pillay calls for killings in northern #Rakhine State to be investigated:
#Myanmar: UN Human Rights Chief Pillay calls for killings in northern #Rakhine State to be investigated: http://sm.ohchr.org/KOJCiL
UN rights expert calls for probe into violence in Myanmar http://bit.ly/1eKznpK
Rohingya Blogger UN expert on #Myanmar calls on Government to clarify reports of clashes in northern Rakhine State http://bit.ly/1dZv9HF #Rohingya
Urgent Humanitarian Assistance Needed For Returnees In #Duchiradan http://bit.ly/1aTkCNN #Rohingya #Burma #Myanmar
#Burma Govt cynically rejects reported killings of #Rohingya Muslims as groundless& aimed at damaging its reputation. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-25866350 …
U.S. urges Myanmar to probe attacks on Muslim minority http://bit.ly/1dZv1rR #Rohingya #Burma #Myanmar
Govt denies Buddhist mob attacked, killed Muslims in Maungdaw http://bit.ly/1cD5JhX #Rohingya #Burma #Myanmar
Gülşah Güçyetmez Adnan Oktar: Let us announce the persecution going on in Myanmar to the whole world. Rohingya http://shar.es/UZX1z @rohingyablogger
A #Rohingya Woman Mother Of Three Gang-Raped By Four Soldiers In Maungdaw http://bit.ly/19QMHtQ #Myanmar #Burma
Nay San Lwin A source confirmed me that #Rohingya are to be rounded up and killed. Boys above 10 and men. A standing order there. @drzarni @JamilaHanan
Maungdaw Authority: Will Shoot If You Report The Truth http://bit.ly/1hMglRd #Rohingya #Burma #Myanmar
Rakhine Lawyer Threatened All Rohingyas Could Be Killed Within 20 Minutes http://bit.ly/1hJ840m #Rohingya #Burma #Myanmar
Father & Two Sons Mercilessly Killed By #Rakhine Extremists In Rathedaung http://bit.ly/1brWKUZ #Rohingya #Myanmar
An Insider’s Analyses on #Myanmar’s State-sponsored anti-#Muslim violence and #Rohingya #Genocide http://bit.ly/KsLm0c
Updates from #Duchiradan, #Maungdaw: More Reports of Death, Looting, and Arrests of Rohingyas http://bit.ly/1bauxy5 #Rohingya #Myanmar
#Syria ICSC ( @SitesConscience ) & DCHRS Organize Workshop on Media and Transitional Justice
#Syria ICSC ( @SitesConscience ) & DCHRS Organize Workshop on Media and Transitional Justice http://fb.me/2F1ORA0lS
Sites of Conscience „We Have a Historical Responsibility“: Syria Media Workshop Reflection http://bit.ly/KItHS9 @DchrsOrg #memorialization #media #Syria
Syria peace conference must act on allegations of #Syria http://fb.me/3rB4MKRvc
Syria peace conference must end starvation for besieged civilians #Syria http://fb.me/2Tl0DiMPk
Geneva II Conference on Syria : Unrestricted humanitarian access and release of peaceful activists should be… http://fb.me/30sRwTead
Syria war crimes evidence #Syria http://fb.me/3lQV2Ofui
Syrian regime document trove shows evidence of ‚industrial scale‘ killing of detainees #Syria http://fb.me/UBVjdMJq
Asia-Pacific Regional Dialogue on #LGBT rights
Be heard at Asia-Pacific Regional Dialogue on #LGBT rights –
Make a submission TODAY: http://goo.gl/vhg8kI @beinglgbtinasia
UN Human Rights Office is co-hosting an Asia-Pacific Regional Dialogue on #LGBT, #HumanRights & Health. Share your experience, speak up & be heard! The deadline: 24 February – Make a submission TODAY: http://goo.gl/vhg8kI
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LGBT is an initialism that stands for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender. In use since the 1990s, the term is an adaptation of the initialism LGB, which itself started replacing the term gay when in reference to the community beginning in the mid-to-late 1980s,[1] as many felt the term gay community did not accurately represent all those to whom it referred.[2] The initialism has become mainstream as a self-designation and has been adopted by the majority of sexuality and gender identity-based community centers and media in the United States and some other English-speaking countries.[3][4] It is also used in some other countries in whose languages the initialism is meaningful, such as France.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT
