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The power of journalists over private and public figures or citizens is limited by the citizen's rights to privacy. Many who seek favorable representation in the press (celebrities, for example) do grant journalists greater access than others enjoy. The right to privacy of a private citizen may be reduced or lost if the citizen is thrust into the public eye, either by their own actions or because they are involved in a public event or incident. In many nations, journalists and news organizations must function under threat of retaliation from private individuals or organizations as from governments. Criminals and criminal organizations, political parties, some zealous religious organizations, and even mobs of people have been known to punish journalists who speak or write about them in ways they do not like. Punishments can include threats, physical damage to property, assault, torture and murder in some cases.Are we there yet in Somaliland?
The Ex-NSS station chief in Berbera is leading the republic of Somaliland in the wrong direction. Four journalists of a leading independent daily news paper of the republic of Somaliland were sentenced to prison on Sunday, (Shame on you Mr. President) and their paper’s publication license indefinitely revoked over stories critical to President Dahir Rayale Kahin, This verdict criminalizes the independent reporters for doing their job of holding government officials to accountable of there acts. The ruling came five days after
Since the President and first lady are both public figures, they will be a target of journalists. The
GOOD BLESS
S.Mawlid AburiNewOne
- Mood:
angry
The Strategy must take in to the consideration to utilize an US-European,
Since
The act of union was never ratified by a joint session of the two legislative assemblies. With the folly of unconditional unity soon apparent to the people of Somaliland Self-determination is normally directly applicable in a colonial setting or in a situation where there is valid territorial integrity but a province still wants to secede. The
The disreputable politics is no secret that many countries in
By: S.Mawlid AburiNewzOne
- Mood: angry
Corruption may not be as bad as genocide, but it is also a crime against humanity. Corruption is a killer of initiative and trust. It drives away foreign investment and undermines the development of the rule of law.But most callously, corruption robs African childrens of a better future. Just ask my 20 years old little nefew of mine in djibouti who missed his first year of university because of that(corruption). African leaders are literally getting away with millions. From donor agencies and nations resources, as well as African societies themselves, not to make political and civil leaders accountable for robbed money is to be complicit in the perpetuation of corruption. Ultimately the only real security against corruption is if Africans make their leaders accountable and demand transparency. The international community has an obligation to help eradicate poverty, but the international community also has the right and the obligation to demand accountability and transparency as well. Donors should work more closely with each other to ensure that African governments that turn a blind eye to corruption get cut off from foreign aid.
As the public lines up in increasing numbers behind Live8 and the Make Poverty History campaign, many are asking: why should we forgive Africa’s debt and give more money in aid if all Africa’s leaders do is steal it? Here's Christian Aid's response to this question. When tackling drugs crime, most British police forces know you have to target the dealer first and foremost. The user is as much victim as criminal. This holds true for African corruption. But in the case of corruption, it’s the G8 nations and their rich northern neighbours who are the bribe pushers – and some African governments who are the users. It’s American, French and Russian companies that pay bribes to get a competitive advantage over their rivals. Yet their governments fail to prosecute them.
ASK Andrew Mwenda how rich nations can help Africa and you get a quick and disturbing answer.
“The best thing the West can do is nothing,” he says.
The Ugandan journalist and broadcaster is in London telling anyone who is prepared to listen that aid has been a disaster for Africa, fuelling corruption and hindering development.
"There was Children of Hope, there was Hope for Children, there was Help the Children." Vast sums vanishes into the pockets of politicians and corrupt government officials. Money from Western taxpayers, corporations and individual donations raised with rock star endorsement is siphoned into private bank accounts.
"Reassuringly enough, there is today in Africa demand for a new approach to governance. The clamour today for democracy and good governance in Africa stems from two broad reasons. First, the denial of fundamental human rights, the presence of arbitrariness and the absence of basic freedoms for the individual have in the main remained familiar traits of a majority of governments in Africa. The strain of these styles of governance has prompted a demand and a clamour for new approaches to the resolution of various national questions. In consequence, Africans are clamouring for greater responsiveness on the part of their political leadership, respect for human rights, accountability and a two way flow of information between the people and their leadership. They are also clamouring for an adequate legal system and for the laws and the independence of the Judiciary and a free press, which together can serve as a bulwark against the oppression of government, and especially a corrupt or unpopular government".
“Olusegun Obasanjo “
The above statement of Obasanjo in 1994 captures in a nutshell the essence of this paper on "Human Rights and Good Governance in Africa". Human rights and Good governance are intrinsically interwoven in that the latter cannot be achieved without respect for the former and human rights cannot be enforced and observed without good governance. Certainly, the failure and inability of the postcolonial State to expand and protect the scope of human rights in Africa has generated critical issues on the contemporary political landscape. This paper will attempt to highlight the nexus between human rights and good governance, discuss the role of civil society in achieving and consolidating good governance, and examine the constraints militating against the effective performance of its role as watchdog of society.
Corruption is everywhere and impunity is complete, in Djibouti, collective bargaining remains a risky practice. In September 2005, while negotiations were initiated by the unions of the Port of Djibouti in order to put an end to a strike, the management of the Port boycotted the negotiations and ordered the arrest of 156 strikers: 60 of them were dismissed (among whom 11 were union activists) and 120 others received an “ultimate warning before dismissal”.11 trade-union leaders were condemned to up to two months’ of prison with probation. These examples of repression towards independent trade-unionists in Djibouti provide a clear illustration of 10 years of intimidation and harassment practices by the police and the judiciary, as well as imprisonment and dismissals, targeting daily independent trade-unionists in Djibouti.
Meles Zenawi is a great demagogue and a liar. He uses Marxism-Leninism today and tomorrow he will use Buddhism. The day after he will read a few books and be the champion of Hinduism against Buddhism. He hid his narrow Tigray-nationalist agenda of TPLF and created the Marxist Leninist League of Tigray to gain control of the TPLF and eliminate all opposition against his narrow ideology within it. Zenawi is no Nelson Mandela. His government is accused by human rights groups of widespread torture, extrajudicial killings, and arbitrary political imprisonment. Transparency International's Corruption Perception Index ranks Ethiopia 137th out of 158 countries. Like the Somali warlords, Ethiopia has proved adept at the game. Following the 9/11 attacks, the country emerged as a key American ally in the Horn of Africa. The Pentagon has a large base in neighboring Djibouti and has worked closely with the Ethiopian military, conducting joint exercises and keeping a watchful eye on events in the region, especially in Somalia.
The warlords in somalia marketed themselves as the Alliance for the Restoration of Peace and Counterterrorism, and had received money and assistance from the CIA. “Everybody is playing the counterterrorism card on the Bushies,” said one former intelligence officer who has followed the situation. “All you have to do is say 'counterterrorism,' like this silly alliance in Somalia, and you'll be given guns, money, and trucks. It's becoming a sick joke.”
Corporate interests and activities in Africa have also contributed to exploitation, conflict and poverty for ordinary people while enriching African and foreign elites.The easy access to natural resources to maintain and fuel rebellions (combined with corporate interests, this makes for a nasty combination)
Africa's "friends" in Congress have again introduced a "NAFTA-for-Africa" bill. Representatives Philip Crane, R-Illinois, and Charles Rangel, D-New York, reintroduced an African free trade bill called the African Growth and Opportunity Act, which passed the House of Representatives in 1998, but stalled in the Senate. Some of the bill's sponsors are undoubtedly genuine in their desire to afford economic opportunity to Africa. If Mexico has NAFTA, they believe, then Africa should have its own free-trade bill. But providing those kinds of benefits is akin to giving the plague. It's not exactly the kind of gift you want to pass on to a friend.
Supporters of the bill include such friends of Africa as Chevron, Mobil, Exxon, Enron, Caterpillar, Bristol-Myers-Squibb, Bank of America, the Gap, Texaco, Amoco, Citicorp, Kmart and Coca-Cola. These companies are among the members of USAfrica, the corporate lobby for NAFTA for Africa.It is no accident that oil companies are so prominent among the NAFTA for Africa supporters. The legislation would further open up African countries to exploitation by multinational resource corporations, and prevent countries from taking steps to control the drilling, mining, harvesting and use of resources within their own borders. Will Africa speaks one day or forever be dump? Time will tell.
By:S.Mawlid
AburiNewzOne www.aburin.20m.com
- Location:Ottawa
- Mood: angry
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Mario Dumont was born in May 19, 1970 in Cacouna, a former President of the Parti libéral du Québec's Youth Commission, succeeded Allaire as leader after the latter resigned for health reasons. Dumont was elected as an ADQ member of the National Assembly for Rivière-du-Loup in the 1994, 1998 and 2003 elections. Dumont holds a Bachelor in Economics from Concordia University 1993 and completed some graduate work at the University of Montréal.
Banking his re-election chances on racism, the ADQ Learder has joined the increasing media hysteria against religious minorities. Most recently the media have focused on Montreal's orthodox Jewish community who asked a YMCA to have tinted windows at their gym so as to not display people exercising with little clothing on; to this has been added a renewed attack in the press on the rights of Sikh students to wear the kirpan, Muslim students to have prayer space, and Muslim women to wear the hijaab.
The political establishment has not greeted religious minorities with open arms but with closed fists. Since 9-11 there has been an intensification of Islamophobia across Canada and Quebec, in order to justify the occupation of Afghanistan. Canada deported Maher Arar to torture and keeps others incarcerated without trial under “security certificates”, just for being Muslim. In Quebec, the National Assembly banned civil law third-party arbitration for Muslims only. The guise of secularism is nothing but hypocrisy, Quebec just like his allied French government plays down the secularism mode, when you see there majority of the population doesn’t go to work on Sundays neither on
Christmas day.
The ADQ is doing the dirty work for the other corporate parties by launching a campaign against minorities that is at the same time a campaign to break this unity and halt the population's move to the left or center. The ADQ and PQ who bicker amongst themselves but all support privatization. Is it just coincidence that when UQAM students mobilize against the fees, when workers demand equal pay, and when the vast majority demand public healthcare, that the media and opportunist political parties try to divert people’s anger onto religious minorities?
There is, of course, the man himself: he has style, energy, determination. he comes across as sure of himself but not arrogant. he calls for dramatic changes, yet his style is anything but that of a damn the torpedoes radical. An experienced political tactician despite his age, he has good timing and a developed ear for popular sentiment and for what would play in the media. Above all, and contrary to the Parti Quebecois and Liberal foes, he didn't seem torn, anguished or burdened by Quebec politics and his place in it. he seems at ease, like a fish in water. In Quebec, a complicated place that breeds inferiority complexes.
The leader adéquiste Mario Dumont however offered in 1999 to approve important agreements in schools.
It recommended to regroup different schools who are the same confession to give them a religious education in their beliefs. And according to ADQ, this education, Islam for instance, could be given by another person than professor, recruited among the Muslim community. Not being able to have competent professors to teach particular religion, « schools should be able to call existent persons of this religious confession ». The party of Mario Dumont offered even that collective agreements and more « at needs expressed by the parents and the children because, belief in religion is the rights and freedom of the person.
In this political context, Canadians were actually not facing all the current problems caused by so much accommodations granted to ethnic minorities back then. In fact, while describing multiculturalism, former Prime minister Jean Chrétien once said in June 2000:
“We have established a distinct Canadian Way, a distinct Canadian model: Accommodation of cultures. Recognition of diversity. A partnership between citizens and state. A balance that promotes individual freedom and economic prosperity while at the same time sharing risks and benefits.”
It’s not fair also to compare Mario Dumont with the careless French politican nicolas sarkozi and jean marie lepen which there viewpoints of immingrants are totally racist.Mario Dumont in the other is right and made a point that some people from religious minorities are disregarding the political values such as the equality between men and women in the name of freedom of conscience and beliefs.
Let’s puts back Canada in the place it deserve,N1 and heal the wound forever. Each and everyone of us has his place in this country, it takes a believe, tolerance and understanding each other.
VIVE LE CANADA
- Location:Ottawa
- Mood:
disappointed
Although unified as a single nation at independence, the south and
the north were, from an institutional perspective, two separate
countries. Italy and Britain had left the two with separate
administrative, legal, and education systems in which affairs were
conducted according to different procedures and in different
languages. Police, taxes, and the exchange rates of their respective
currencies also differed. Their educated elites had divergent
interests, and economic contacts between the two regions were
virtually nonexistent. In 1960 the UN created the Consultative
Commission for Integration, an international board headed by UN
official Paolo Contini, to guide the gradual merger of the new
country's legal systems and institutions and to reconcile the
differences between them. (In 1964 the Consultative Commission for
Legislation succeeded this body. Composed of Somalis, it took up its
predecessor's work under the chairmanship of Mariano.) But many
southerners believed that, because of experience gained under the
Italian trusteeship, theirs was the better prepared of the two
regions for self-government. Northern political, administrative, and
commercial elites were reluctant to recognize that they now had to
deal with Mogadishu.
At independence, the northern region had two functioning political
parties: the SNL, representing the Isaaq clan-family that
constituted a numerical majority there; and the USP, supported
largely by the Dir and the Daarood. In a unified Somalia, however,
the Isaaq were a small minority, whereas the northern Daarood joined
members of their clan-family from the south in the SYL. The Dir,
having few kinsmen in the south, were pulled on the one hand by
traditional ties to the Hawiye and on the other hand by common
regional sympathies to the Isaaq. The southern opposition party, the
GSL, pro-Arab and militantly panSomali , attracted the support of
the SNL and the USP against the SYL, which had adopted a moderate
stand before independence.
Northern misgivings about being too tightly harnessed to the south
were demonstrated by the voting pattern in the June 1961 referendum
on the constitution, which was in effect Somalia's first national
election. Although the draft was overwhelmingly approved in the
south, it was supported by less than 50 percent of the northern
electorate.
Dissatisfaction at the distribution of power among the clanfamilies
and between the two regions boiled over in December 1961, when a
group of British-trained junior army officers in the north rebelled
in reaction to the posting of higher ranking southern officers (who
had been trained by the Italians for police duties) to command their
units. The ringleaders urged a separation of north and south.
Northern noncommissioned officers arrested the rebels, but
discontent in the north persisted.
In early 1962, GSL leader Husseen, seeking in part to exploit
northern dissatisfaction, attempted to form an amalgamated party,
known as the Somali Democratic Union (SDU). It enrolled northern
elements, some of which were displeased with the northern SNL
representatives in the coalition government. Husseen's attempt
failed. In May 1962, however, Igaal and another northern SNL
minister resigned from the cabinet and took many SNL followers with
them into a new party, the Somali National Congress (SNC), which won
widespread northern support. The new party also gained support in
the south when it was joined by an SYL faction composed
predominantly of Hawiye. This move gave the country three truly
national political parties and further served to blur north-south
differences.
S.Mawlid AburiNewzOne
- Location:Ottawa
- Mood: disappointed
Herouxville,Quebequistan, The signs of fascim
Terrorism is an anxiety-inspiring method of repeated violent action, employed by (semi-) clandestine individual, group or state actors, for idiosyncratic, criminal or political reasons, whereby — in contrast to assassination — the direct targets of violence are not the main targets. The immediate human victims of violence are generally chosen randomly (targets of opportunity) or selectively (representative or symbolic targets) from a target population, and serve as message generators. Threat- and violence-based communication processes between terrorist (organization), (imperilled) victims, and main targets are used to manipulate the main target (audience(s)), turning it into a target of terror, a target of demands, or a target of attention, depending on whether intimidation, coercion, or propaganda is primarily sought," (Schmid, 1988).
Islamism is often used in the West to describe the political goals of the phenomenon. Islam is seen as a monolithic bloc, static and unresponsive to change. Islam is seen as separate and 'other'. It does not have values in common with other cultures, is not affected by them and does not influence them, as inferior to the West. It is seen as barbaric, irrational, primitive and sexist, as inferior to the West. It is seen as barbaric, irrational, primitive and sexist. as a political ideology and is used for political or military advantage.
Criticisms made of the West by Islam are rejected out of hand.
Hostility towards Islam is used to justify discriminatory practices towards Muslims and exclusion of Muslims from mainstream society. Anti-Muslim hostility is seen as natural or normal.
You must learn perhaps the history and what the west have done for so long to others (Indians,Blacks,Jewish,Arabs) to understand what is happening today. The drive to assimilate Indians into the mainstream of American life by changing their customs, dress, occupations, language, religion and philosophy has always been an element in Federal-Indian relations. In the latter part of the 19th century and the early part of the 20th century, this assimilationist policy became dominant. A major thrust of assimilation efforts was to educate Indians in American ways. in 1879 the Carlisle Indian Training School was established by a former military officer. Its philosophy of separating Indian children totally from their Indian environment and forcing them to adopt white ways became the basis for a widescale boarding school movement that eventually removed thousands of Indian children from their cultural settings and families. In addition, traditional tribal governing systems, particularly justice systems, came under strong attack during this period. The Bureau of Indian Affairs established tribal police forces and courts under the administrative control of its agents, the reservation superintendents and other efforts designed to erode the power and influence of Indian leaders and traditions. Everything Indian came under attack. Indian feasts, languages, certain marriage practices, dances and any practices by medicine or religious persons were all banned by the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
The people of Herouxville, Que., say they welcome immigrants to their small town, but there are a few things they want to make clear: for instance, there will be no public stoning of women, and facial coverings are reserved for Halloween.
A code of standards sent to the federal and provincial governments last week by Herouxville’s municipal council has put the town of 1,300 inhabitants, about 150 kilometres northeast of Montreal, at the centre of Quebec’s increasingly divisive debate over integrating minorities.
Among the information the municipality asks federal and provincial officials to distribute to potential immigrants:
- It is forbidden to stone women, burn them alive, throw acid on them or circumcise girls.
- Consumption of alcohol is common in Herouxville, as is dancing. “At the end of every year, we decorate a tree with balls and tinsel and some lights. This is normally called ‘Christmas decorations’ or also ‘Christmas tree.’ ”
- Boys and girls swim together in public pools.
- Veils are not welcome. “The only time you may mask or cover your face is during Halloween.” [source]
I give this measure a standing ovation for Canada. Each and every standard set forth by Herouxville is logical, reasonable, and necessary to curb the isolationist and non-assimilation problem we are facing in our country today.
The people of Herouxville are rejecting those values that do not resonate with Canadian ones, such as the vulgar “Sharia Laws of Islam”, the gender apartheid Muslims try to immigrate with them, and the veil, which is an affront to the customs and people of Canada.It should be noted that the laws are mostly ceremonial; the town has less immigrants than could be found in a one block radius in Montreal. But it has sent a strong message that has reverberated throughout the country, and set people debating from sea to sea.The changes to the law are driven by examples that attempt to preserve the fundamental values of the host inhabitants:
“We have to ensure that people who settle here are happy. If someone comes here and says, ‘I want a swimming pool where my daughter can swim, but she can’t swim with little boys,’ we have a real problem,” said Andre Drouin, a town councillor.
“We are not racists. We invite people from all nationalities, all languages, all sexual orientations, whatever, to come live with us, but we want them to know ahead of time how we live.”
Makes sense to me. And as Mario Dumont, leader of the opposition Action democratique du Quebec, has pointed out, Quebec has a right to preserve it’s Christian-based values, just as any Muslim country would be well within it’s rights to preserve it’s Islamic-basedvalues. It would be perfectly “Canadian” to believe it’s allright to have our values changed by immigrants, but not vice versa. Thankfully a growing number of people are changing that perception, and in time perhaps we can keep that part of Canada we grew up in alive for centuries to come.
Fifty-nine per cent of Quebecers admit to being racist to some degree, according to a Léger Marketing survey published Monday, January 15, 2007 in Le Journal de Montréal.In comparison, only 47 per cent of those outside Quebec say they are racist to some degree.Among Quebecers, most (43 per cent) said they were only mildly racist, while 15 per cent said they were moderately racist and only one per cent responded that they were very racist.The findings stunned Jean Dorion of the Société Saint-Jean-Baptiste."I do not perceive the Quebec society as being racist," he told Le Journal de Montréal.The findings come from three surveys in late December and early January. The first two surveys were conducted over the internet, with 2,228 Quebecers taking part, while the third survey interviewed 3,092 people across Canada."Every society has racist elements, Quebec is no different, but people should be careful and try to understand how ignorance of the reality can be dangerous," he said, pointing out an overwhelming majority of minorities surveyed by Léger don't consider Quebec a racist place.Charest warned against confusing some Quebecers' discomfort over the ad hoc nature of "reasonable accommodations" of minorities with racist sentiment.
The racism and hate in quebec is rooted deep down. A black man walks into a Montreal area bar and is told he can't have a drink because of the colour of his skin. A Filipino boy is told he eats like a pig, and quote, "that's not how we eat here," unquote. A Jewish institution is firebombed. A former premier of the province blames "money and the ethnic vote" for losing the referendum. Some of these incidents you've heard about---others maybe not. But they're fueling a tumultuous debate over race and racism that's continuing to rage in Quebec. One that's been reinvigorated by an incendiary column in a national newspaper, and reports that the province hopes to drastically boost its immigrant numbers. Right now public hearings are underway to stamp out racism and promote what the province's minister of immigration, Lise Theriault, calls full participation of visible minorities in Quebec society. She is Quebec's minister of immigration and cultural communities and we heard from her. At the same time a different, but connected, political storm has erupted over comments made by Globe and Mail columnist Jan Wong in the wake of the Dawson college shootings. She wrote that racial and linguistic alienation might have contributed to the crime. This prompted Quebec Premier Jean Charest and Prime Minister Stephen Harper to write scathing letters to the editor and reignited racial and linguistic tensions in the province.
Surprisingly Quebecers which are the most racist breeding been in the Canadian soul, sees themselves as a racist”BRAVO” atleast they recognized what they are.But why north Americans in general wants us to adopt there own living style,when themselves, as a immigrant of first generation they never integrated to the Indians way of living,but instead they assimilated them and ruined there lives.
The word Québécois can be politically charged because it combines notions of territory and residence (in the Province of Quebec), ethno-cultural identity (of French-speaking Quebeckers), and ancestry (Québécois de vielle souche). Government publications generally refer to Quebec territory and residence, while the news media focuses more on issues of ethnocultural identity — especially facing separation or nationalist issues.
On the extremes, for example, people of ancestry living in Montreal may be considered Québécois because they reside in Quebec, or not Québécois because their ancestry cannot be traced back to New France. Their belonging may also be judged in accordance with their assimilation into mainstream Quebec culture and adoption of Quebec nationalist political views. As well, although English-speaking Quebecers may be included in the French meaning of the word, they rarely if ever self-identify as Québécois in English, and are only occasionally referred to as such in English in academic or political circles
The Form of Racism including in the Herouxville code of conduct:
- It is forbidden to stone women, burn them alive, throw acid on them or circumcise girls.
- - Veils are not welcome. “The only time you may mask or cover your face is during Halloween.” ETC…
The town of Herouxville, Quebec wants immigrants to fit in, with what they came up,”the code of conduct” that shows you,the Herouxville city hall is not busy creating and the small town must be fully employed”City Boom””Alberta style” so these guys kill time scrambling absurb thing and wasting tax payers money.
According to the Canadian charter of human rights:
Everyone has the following fundamental freedoms:
a. freedom of conscience and religion;
b. freedom of thought, belief, opinion and expression, including freedom of the press and other media of communication;
c. freedom of peaceful assembly; and
d. freedom of association.
The Charter guarantees certain freedoms for everyone in Canada. Canadian traditions and laws have reflected the freedoms set out in section 2 for many years. Since 1982, the Charter has given these freedoms constitutional protection.
