Why Oppose HR 6600 and S 3199

Why Oppose Western Powers in General and America in Particular The HR 6600 and S 3199 are two bills under consideration in the United States’ House of Representatives and the Senate respectively. Both bills are designed and sponsored under the guise of promoting democracy, peace, and stability in Ethiopia.  The bills purport to end the …

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World Report 2021 – Annual Review of Human Rights around the Globe

World Report 2021, Human Rights Watch’s 31st annual review of human rights practices and trends around the globe, reviews developments in more than 100 countries. In his introductory essay, Executive Director Kenneth Roth calls on the incoming US administration to more deeply embed respect for human rights as an element of domestic and foreign policy to …

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Human Rights Watch – EU

The Covid-19 pandemic altered the lives of everyone in the European Union in 2020, with some member states more affected than others by the public health emergency and socioeconomic consequences of lockdown measures. Despite some efforts at the EU and national levels to mitigate the worst impacts, the public health crisis had a disproportionate impact …

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International Bill of Rights

Following the second world war, a series of declarations and covenants began to articulate universal human rights. In 1948, for the first time, countries agreed on a comprehensive list of inalienable human rights. In December of that year, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), a milestone that would profoundly influence …

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International Human Rights Laws

The international human rights movement was strengthened when the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) on 10 December 1948. Drafted as ‘a common standard of achievement for all peoples and nations, the Declaration for the first time in human history spell out basic civil, political, economic, social, and cultural …

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Universal Declarations of Human Rights

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) is a document that acts as a global road map for freedom and equality – protecting the rights of every individual, everywhere. It was the first time countries agreed on the freedoms and rights that deserve universal protection in order for every individual to live their lives freely, …

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HR 6600 Bill

The United States House of Representatives (HR) is working on this Bill which subjects Ethiopia to sanctions based on what the US identifies as actions intended to or group(s) working to perpetuate conflict among belligerent groups in Ethiopia. Here the danger is the fact that the US acts for its own interest and can identify …

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What is Politics?

Politics is exciting because people disagree. They disagree about how they should live. Who should get what and how power and other resources be distributed. Should society be based on cooperation or conflict? And so on. They also disagree about how such matters should be resolved. How should collective decisions be made? Who should have …

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