Finally Gaddafi has left Libya but the country is torn apart as NTA and pro-Gaddafis struggle with the transition. Let's hope that the turmoil ends soon.

The newest state, South Sudan, has been created yet the schism between South and North Sudan still prevails. The bombings in Mumbai, Pakistan and the fragile situation in

Afghanistan draws upon the abuse of human rights and the insecure world. Much is to be done, for human rights and human security above all.

All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.
—Article 1 of the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights

The ideal of free... (more)

Finally Gaddafi has left Libya but the country is torn apart as NTA and pro-Gaddafis struggle with the transition. Let's hope that the turmoil ends soon.

The newest state, South Sudan, has been created yet the schism between South and North Sudan still prevails. The bombings in Mumbai, Pakistan and the fragile situation in

Afghanistan draws upon the abuse of human rights and the insecure world. Much is to be done, for human rights and human security above all.

All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.
—Article 1 of the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights

The ideal of free human beings enjoying civil and political freedom and freedom from fear and want can only be achieved if conditions are created whereby everyone may enjoy his civil and political rights, as well as his social, economic and cultural rights
—International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the International Covenant on Economic Social and Cultural Rights, 1966

To say that freedom is Western or unAsian is to offend our traditions as well as our forefathers, who gave their lives in the struggle against tyranny and injustices.
—A Ibrabim in his keynote speech to the Asian Press Forum title Media and Society in Asia, December 2, 1994

A right is not what someone gives you; it's what no one can take from you.
-- Ramsey Clark