Hotel Group Adopts Rules to Stop Child Sex Traffic. The first U.S. hotel management company signed a code of conduct at a June 14 press conference to help protect children from exploitation driven by tourism.
It joins 40 other companies worldwide. Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney speaks at the June 14 press conference. Credit: Courtesy of ECPAT (WOMENSENEWS)--Real Hospitality Group became the first hotel management company in the United Sates on June 14 to sign a code of conduct designed to protect children from sexual exploitation driven by tourism. The code was signed at a New York City press conference. Seven other U.S. companies have signed the code, including hotel chains and airlines. The company, based in Ocean City, Md., is the largest of its kind operating in New York City. The code of conduct was authored in 2000 by ECPAT--which stands for End Child Prostitution, Child Pornography and Trafficking of Children for Sexual Purposes--an international nongovernmental organization headquartered in Thailand. 12,000 People - $100 billion. Sexual assault in the military: Congress pressures Pentagon to fix the system. Brian Lewis's career in the US navy ground to a halt after he was raped on board ship by a superior.
Navy commanders made clear they regarded Lewis as the problem for demanding his attacker be brought to justice, and he was discharged as mentally unfit. Olga Ferrer was in the air force when she was raped in a shower by an American serviceman during the Gulf war against Iraq two decades ago. Again, the military turned against the victim. "The security police told me: just go back to your tent and go back to work tomorrow. I went back to my tent and I thought: how can I go back to work? "They tell you that as a victim, you're the one who is disturbing the unit, you are the one doing wrong by the unit – so you're the one who needs to go. " Then there was the former army nurse who told a member of Congress that during her tours in Iraq and Afghanistan she was more afraid of being attacked by her fellow soldiers than she was of the enemy. 'We keep talking and talking, and nothing ever changes' Human Rights Watch: US: Sexual Violence, Harassment of Immigrant Farmworkers.
Occupyoakland. P.ost. #ows @sfpd in front of Wells Fargo #occupysf #occupywallstreet. Russians Refuse to Shake Obama's Hand. AZ resists ALEC. Fight For The Future. JUSTICE UNITED: Scenes From Occupy Wall Street Protests—PICTURES - National Journal. IMG_1794.
After Zuccotti Park Cleanup Canceled, #OcccupyWallstreet Spreads Throughout America. Update: 10/14/11 @ 9:50 a.m. : Despite the threat that the "Occupy Wall Street" camp in Zuccotti Park would be removed, the "cleanup" was called off Friday morning by New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg.
The news came as a victory for activists determined to stay and continue protesting. Read More: Zuccotti Park cleanup canceled, drawing cheers from Occupy Wall Street protesters It's been nearly a month since the start of the "Occupy Wall Street" protests in New York City. The future of the Occupy movement is unclear. Supporters Of SOPA/PIPA Make Arguments That Make No Sense. A few folks pointed out Bruce Iglauer's opinion piece in the Chicago Tribune, urging support for PROTECT IP.
It's a little odd, because the piece never mentions SOPA at all, and applauds the "introduction" of PROTECT IP (PIPA), despite that happening many months ago. Either way, while I'm sure that Iglauer, an old school indie label founder and operator, means well, his arguments make almost no sense. First, he runs through all the usual tropes about how "you wouldn't steal a stick of gum. " Of course, that should be a sign that perhaps (just perhaps) something is different online. Instead, people like Iglauer, after fundamentally recognizing digital works are different, then pretends they should be treated the same. #ows @sfpd guarding Wells Fargo #occupysf #occupywallstreet.
More cherry pickers shots #occupydc.
Photos from the Occupations. American Censorship Day. Occupy protesters want Mercedes driver prosecuted. Across country, ‘Occupy’ protesters dig in against police. By ReutersSaturday, November 12, 2011 19:09 EDT LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Tensions were rising at anti-Wall Street protests in three western cities on Friday as demonstrators in Portland, Salt Lake City and Oakland defied orders by police to dismantle their camps.
In Portland, police said they had received reports that protesters were digging a reinforced hole and fashioning makeshift weapons out of wood and nails after Mayor Sam Adams gave them until midnight on Saturday to clear out of two downtown parks. 10 arrested as police move in on 'Occupy Davis' near UC campus. DAVIS, Calif. -- Police at the University of California, Davis have dismantled an Occupy encampment on campus and arrested 10 protesters.
UC Davis officials say eight men and two women were taken into custody Friday afternoon. Nine of them were students. Student activists pitched more than a dozen tents on the UC Davis Quad on Thursday in defiance of a campus ban on camping. Graduate student A.J.