In this morning's New York Times , Nicholas Kristof calls for the establishment of a Truth Commission to document and investigate the human rights violations of the United States government under the Bush administration.
Kristof writes:
The first step of accountability isn’t prosecutions. Rather, we need a national Truth Commission to lead a process of soul searching and national cleansing. ... Both Barack Obama and John McCain should commit to impaneling a Truth Commission early in the next administration. This commission would issue a report to help us absorb the lessons of our failings, the better to avoid them during the next crisis.
Good idea on not prosecuting the perpetrators, as any rational accounting could sensibly hold most of us reading these words accountable. And that's not so realistic.
So, let's establish the Truth Commission and take the folks directly responsible for conceiving and carrying out the despicable American torture progra...
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Keith Martin, a Liberal MP for Esquimalt-Juan de Fuca has re-introduced his motion to delete subsection 13(1) from the Canadian Human Rights Act. The new motion, numbered M-153, replicates the original motion (M-446) which died on the order paper, following the recent election call. M-153 - November 19, 2008 - Mr. Martin (Esquimalt-Juan de Fuca) - That, in the opinion of the House, subsection 13(1) of the Canadian Human Rights Act should be deleted from the Act. (Source) The Parliamentary webs... more
Headlines for November 21, 2008; US Activist Detained in Israeli Jail Condemns Blockade of Gaza; South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu on the Election of Barack Obama, the Israeli Blockade of Gaza, US Foreign Policy under President Bush and More; As New York Renames the Triborough Bridge for Robert F. Kennedy, We Speak with RFK’s Daughter Kerry Kennedy on Her Father’s Legacy, Her Human Rights Activism and the 2008 Election... more
Dimapur | November 21: North East Network (NEN) with Breakthrough and The Morung Express today screened four short films focusing on Human Rights, at the... more
The Truth and Accountability Commission, which is known as ’TAC’ has been declared Illegal by Bangladesh’s High Court Today, A Division of Bangladesh High Cort declared the Truth and Accountability Commission as Illegal and ordered Government to explain, why the activity of Truth Commission will not declared as Illegal Reports by Different Electronic media of Bangladesh including NTV, ATN Bangla and Bangla Vision. A Bench of the High Court Division of the Supreme Court of Ba... more
The High Court (HC) yesterday declared illegal and unconstitutional the Voluntary Disclosure of Information Ordinance-2008 through which the government formed the Truth and Accountability Commission for voluntary disclosure of corruption-accused.URL: http://www.thedailystar.net/story.php?nid=63260
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The High Court (HC) today declared the Truth and Accountability Commission Ordinance-2008 illegal and unconstitutional.
A division bench of the higher court comprising Justice Mir Hasmat Ali and Justice Shamim Hasnain passed the order upon a writ petition.
The government formed Truth and Accountability Commission (Tac) under the ordinance promulgated by the president on [...]
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Since Adlai Stevenson, America has recoiled from intellectuals in power—but maybe Barack Obama, “an open, out-of-the-closet, practicing intellectual,” can change that, writes Nicholas Kristof in the New York Times . “Smart and educated leadership is no panacea,” Kristof notes, “but we’ve seen recently that the converse—a White House that scorns expertise and shrugs at nuance—doesn’t get very far either.”... more
Just to let you all know where we were this morning -
We run in a set of servers in Minneapolis that is in a normally very reliable co-location site. This morning they seem to have had a huge power failure in the datacenter which took out almost all of their customers out. And our servers seem not to work very well without power for some reason.
Anyway, after a somewhat crazy morning of scrambling (and a LOT of coffee) out here in Cruiskeen Lawn/Uppity Wisconsin land, things ... more
Power2Change From: uppitywis.org Post Date: 2008-03-26 07:56:28
The Sierra Club has started a new campaign for responsible energy policy called Power2Change . This program is an action campaign where you may sign up to promote better energy policies. Wisconsin is one of the key states in the campaign. Please go take a look and consider signing up. There will be multiple activities revolving around this campaign, culminating in events around the country on Earth Day. More on this later. ... more
Great news for Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Louis Butler: There is a pent-up demand among voters, who want to vote for a black man.
Who knew?
It wasn't until Mike Nichols, the Journal Sentinel's Ozaukee/Washington County columnist, pointed it out that it became obvious.
Nichols's column appeared almost two weeks ago, but I was afraid if I wrote about it earlier that the Butler campaign would quit working, knowing that his election on April 1 is inevitable.
Nic... more
Earth Hour From: uppitywis.org Post Date: 2008-03-28 11:46:29
Last year, in a program promoted by the World Wildlife Fund and Sydney, Australia, Sydney turned off all of its lights for one hour. The effort was an attempt to draw attention to responsible energy use and the issue of global warming.
This year the WWF is asking us to do so around the world. An hour of darkness doesn't seem too much to ask. If you'd like to participate, turn off your lights between 8 and 9 PM on Saturday, your own local time. Learn more from the Earth Hour we... more
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