Despite the government's claim that the legislation is useful for the nation's security, the newly introduced anti-terrorism law is being used to silence journalists from telling all sides of the story in the country. This law has a broad definition of terrorism that makes it easier for the government to arrest anyone they deem a "terrorist." Since the introduction of this law, several journalists have been arrested. ... The government is not the people's father. ... Journalists may publish what the government may not want to hear. ...

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The people believed the change they sought could be accomplished by voting in the Labour Government. ... Labour was a Socialist form of government in that it hoped to aid all citizens, with ideas including free healthcare and more jobs, no matter what class. ... The Labour government started the groundwork for the release of their land outside the motherland starting with India. ... The accused had been charged with violations of international law, but the law was binding on nations, not individuals. Individuals could be prosecuted only under the laws of their home nation. ...

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One example is the Yemeni Government issuing a decree in August 1998 implementing severe punishment--including execution--for kidnappers and stepped up enforcement of the law on unlicensed weapons in major cities. ... Four of the tourists died, and two others--including one US citizen--were wounded during a Yemeni Government rescue attempt that liberated the remaining hostages. ... Continuing efforts begun in 1997, the Yemeni Government took further steps to rein in foreign extremists. ... The government also instituted the requirement that Algerian, British, Egyptian, Libyan, Sudanese, and Tu...

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Affirms the primary responsibility of States hosting refugees to ensure the security and civilian and humanitarian character of refugee camps and settlements in accordance with international refugee, human rights and humanitarian law; 2. ... Encourages the Representative of the Secretary-General, through his continuous dialogue with Governments and all intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations concerned, to continue his analysis of the causes of force migration, the needs of those refugees, measures of prevention and ways to strengthen protection, assistance and solutions for re...

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Background Afghanistan is a country where woman have barely any rights due to traditions and laws. ... After 9/11, the US invaded Afghanistan and overthrew the Taliban government. ... However, the laws they make barely have any power over the people. ... The Afghan government has passed the EVAW law to criminalize rape toward women, child marriage and domestic violence. ... They could also give more women government positions. ...

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The warning came from a letter signed by the Government Press Office, saying the flotilla is "a dangerous provocation that is being organized by Western and Islamic extremist elements to aid Hamas" (Chick). ... "As the Director of the Government Press Office, I would like to make it clear to you and to the media that you represent that participation in the flotilla is an intentional violation of Israeli law and is liable to lead to participant being denied entry into the State of Israel for ten years, to the impoundment of their equipment and to additional sanctions," the letter read. "I imp...

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The Syrian government received a surge of backlash following their attack on protestors, which could prompt an intervention by the United Nations. Almost five months ago, protestors took to the streets, inspired by the recent government overthrows in Tunisia and Egypt. With barely any progress for either the protestors or the government, demonstrators vowed to temporarily forego their demonstrations in honor of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. The Syrian government quickly took advantage of the demonstrators' silence by ordering a military assault on the city of Hama, killing almost 1...

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The Syrian government received a surge of backlash following their attack on protestors, which could prompt an intervention by the United Nations. Almost five months ago, protestors took to the streets, inspired by the recent government overthrows in Tunisia and Egypt. With barely any progress for either the protestors or the government, demonstrators vowed to temporarily forego their demonstrations in honor of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. The Syrian government quickly took advantage of the demonstrators' silence by ordering a military assault on the city of Hama, killing almost 1...

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Canada has developed policies and laws that are based on the principles that terrorism must be prevented, perpetrators of terrorist acts must be brought to swift justice, and terrorists should be denied sanctuary and support. ... Solutions to the new challenges posed by information technology are inherently horizontal in nature and require an inclusive approach to policy development, involving a wide variety of stakeholders both inside and outside government. Within the federal government, departments dealing with law enforcement, national security, criminal justice, the private sector, fo...

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Torture was originally used to acquire false confessions and now the United States government is using torture as method of acquiring truth. ... But although these terrorists have committed such a gruesome crime the U.S government must remember that they are still human and deserve to be treated as such. Instead of resorting to violence and psychological torture we should be working with the Iraqi government and its people. The U.S government was built on an idea; all men are created equal and are entitled to a just trial under the law. ... Therefore, just because a meaning of the word is cha...

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The Security Council passes military laws and regulations, such as: interventions with force or send peace keeping forces or just act as intermediate between the two groups that are in conflict. ... And at this point the international community was saying this is and internal war, or civil war and that they should not interfere since the laws drawn by the law makers at United Nations decided that in countries like these there should not be any intervention. ... If the NATO action is designed to coerce the Yugoslav government to accept the allied peace plan for Kosovo, it would require Securi...

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That's why the US government has been working hard to keep the American population safe from international threats. ... The mob was running companies and government branches, through the dirty funds, and drug money. ... Unfortunately racism has fueled many acts of hate and violence in America, but today we now have many laws against these acts, and those who violate will be imprisoned. ... In hopes of preventing terrorist acts, the government is doing a great job promoting the war on terrorism. ...

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Since, September 11th, the United Sates government has tightened up its security and takes terroristic attacks more seriously than ever. ... Also, when flying, the government has implemented a new system known as, "Advance Passenger Information". ... The German Government had to put an end to these obliterate people. ... Also, for suspicions of terrorism, law enforcement were able to ransack any apartment building for suspected terrorists. ...

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This "phenomenon" indeed is a growing concern not just by local governments, but the international community and humanity. ... As citizens governed by law, law is the best and the only weapon we can utilize to help and empower these people. Through International Laws, Humanitarian Laws and Human Rights refugees can be assured that they are indeed cared for, they are not completely alone. What's needed is the fulfillment of the said law. ...

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We had great changes in our legislation system and some new laws were passed. ... Also after crash of the spaceship in Texas government decided not to send any spaceships in the galaxy for couple of years. ... One of the laws that our parliament passed was the Patriot Act. 2002-2003, President Bush signed the USA Patriot Act. With this law we have given sweeping new powers to both domestic law enforcement and international intelligence agencies and have eliminated the checks and balances that previously gave courts the opportunity to ensure that these powers were not abused. ... Hussein kept v...

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Would you support a government who imprisons innocent people while it decides their future? ... The Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) strongly discourages detaining children, but the government still continues with its mandatory detention program. ... Under the laws of the United Nations High Commission on Refugees (UNHCR), we are obliged to protect these people, not lock them up. ... Our government had decided to let refugees in but when they get here, they are detained. ...

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World's View on Iraq The United States government has made it perfectly clear that military action in the very near future is needed against Saddam Hussein and Iraq for weapons violations. ... Although the United States is backed by the British government, they are experiencing a very similar situation to the United States, with many of its citizens avidly protesting the war. ... One member was quoted as saying, "It looks like they are going to attack Iraq and we want the British government to know "you are not doing this in our name" if they go ahead" (BBC News, p.1). Many are callin...

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The UNDOC is developing training materials for law enforcers working to prevent human trafficking and smuggling. Governments are the main responsible players in the total attempt to fight human trafficking. Governments attempts to fight trafficking through prevention, protection, and prosecution evaluations has boosted greatly over the last five years. A bigger number of governments now are aware of the fact that human trafficking is a violation of the human rights of any single person. Governments are producing stricter penalties for human trafficking which may play a significant role in disc...

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A United States invasion of Iraq would be a clear violation of international and US law. The US is bound by federal law to abide by the UN Charter, and therefore is subject to abide by UN Security Council resolutions. ... This is in accordance with international law, which prohibits such violations of Iraqi sovereignty. Only the Iraqi people have the authority to determine what type of government they will live under. ...

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She claimed she was abducted at a government checkpoint and held for days while officials bound, beat, poured alcohol in her eyes, and gang raped her repeatedly. The accused men plan to sue her, according to government spokesman Moussa Ibrahim (The Huffington Post). ... Other non-governmental organizations are also trying to get al-Obeidy out of Benghazi and to a European destination as soon as possible. ... However, the manner in which she was deported is illegal under international law, according to Human Rights Watch (Robertson)....

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Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF), as the US Government called the major conflict campaign in Iraq, comprehended of only 42 days, generating the death of one hundred thirty nine US soldiers. ... After September 11th terrorist attacks, the US government can not deny the vulnerability it has against terrorist attacks. Because of this, this government has the right to prevent such an event from happening again. ... In fact, freedom should not have a price tag since this right can not denied to any individual in the world as inversely done by China, Cuba, some North African and Middle Eastern Countrie...

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Many of the problems in Nigeria such as gas flaring and pollution of rivers can be stopped by a democratic government (Bacher, 4). With a less corrupt government, voted into office instead of just taking it over, will be more likely to follow the laws of the country and keep things such as that from happening. ...

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In fact, it is argued, the best way to promote human's rights is to promote free trade as future economic growth will help to "undermine many areas of government control." ... These forces will then naturally cause "the rule of law and democratic values [to] evolve spontaneously as they have in South Korea and Taiwan." Furthermore he also argues that "an individual's right to trade is an important and fundamental human right, not a privilege bestowed by government. The proper function of government is to safeguard that right," and the very fact that the United States is looking to ta...

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We should shift some of the budget to the intelligence portion of the government though. ... The military intelligence and intelligence of all of our defenses, governmental or not, need increased attention. ... Our government needs to get into what's is going on with immigration and potential enemies on our soil ready to attack again. Stricter immigration laws need to be in affect, deeper background checks on all immigrants, and follow up checks after entrance of our country need to be made. ...

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In Australia, many girls are forced into sterilization because of their disabilities (Senators Propose Tighter Laws 1). ... Many mentally disabled people have been forced "behind the closed doors of psych wards" where government mental health system workers carry out violent forced 'treatments' against [their] will. ... These women are denied their human right of a free life in light of choosing their spouse as their government does not act to help the situation (UDHR 1). ... As well as a heart wrenching loss for the mother, this form of torture violates the fifth right of ...

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