Tag: human rights
group name: thehrc
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February 05, 2007 10:12 AM EST --
Amazing Grace, based on the life of antislavery pioneer William Wilberforce, is directed by Michael Apted (The World is Not Enough, Coal Miner's Daughter) from an original screenplay written by Academy . . .
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February 08, 2007 12:01 PM EST --
Although slavery was common in the West in the Ancient World, and indeed Aristotle argued that it was part of the natural order of men, with the advent of Christianity came the gradual end of slavery, . . .
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February 19, 2007 09:58 AM EST --
"It's estimated that 27 million people are in slavery around the world"
Sourced by the UN, New York Times, Amnesty International, The Christian Science Monitor, and Free The Slaves, among . . .
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February 08, 2007 12:02 PM EST --
NHD Philly! is the regional National History Day program for Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is a collaboration of more than thirty history and community-based organizations in the Greater Philadelphia . . .
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February 12, 2007 03:14 AM EST --
John Amaechi, who came out last week on ESPN (the first (former) NBA player to do so) was named by the Human Rights Campaign as spokesperson of their National Coming Out Day project, a position generally . . .
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February 08, 2007 11:56 AM EST --
"You may choose to look the other way but you can never again say you did not know."
- William Wilberforce, 1789
From acclaimed director . . .
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December 21, 2006 09:00 AM EST --
At the end of this year, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan retires from his post and Ban Ki Moon of South Korea will begin his term. (“Annan says Iraq war ‘worst moment’ of . . .
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