CNBCvanishedarticleSpire.jpg (611×2880) Occupy Wall Street #ows - NYPD has stepped up its media training. Are we becoming a police state? Five things that have civil liberties advocates nervous | Need to Know. A Proposal for Freedoms in Cyberspace Meets Resistance. An Apology To Veterans and Seniors. I would like to take this opportunity to apologize to two groups of Americans: our military veterans, and all senior citizens who are members of the World War II era, also known as The Greatest Generation. I want to apologize for myself and my generation not doing our part to be more like you. You sacrificed, took risks, did without, and delayed gratification of one sort or another for a cause greater than yourselves. My generation and the rest of the American population has been rather cowardly when it comes to defending our liberties. Not that we have not had plenty volunteer for military service, because we have.
Our cowardice has been in not standing up to our own government's weakness, deceit, and manipulation. You see, we have now endured several "wars" which have been pathetic, at best. Not the actions of our soldiers, but the actions of our government and the inaction of our citizens. Most recently, by my count, we have been "at war" for nearly a decade. U.N. Envoy: U.S. Isn't Protecting Occupy Protesters' Rights.
WASHINGTON -- The United Nations envoy for freedom of expression is drafting an official communication to the U.S. government demanding to know why federal officials are not protecting the rights of Occupy demonstrators whose protests are being disbanded -- sometimes violently -- by local authorities. Frank La Rue, who serves as the U.N. "special rapporteur" for the protection of free expression, told HuffPost in an interview that the crackdowns against Occupy protesters appear to be violating their human and constitutional rights. "I believe in city ordinances and I believe in maintaining urban order," he said Thursday. "But on the other hand I also believe that the state -- in this case the federal state -- has an obligation to protect and promote human rights.
" "If I were going to pit a city ordinance against human rights, I would always take human rights," he continued. "One of the principles is proportionality," La Rue said. Occupational hazard: arrests as ‘Occupy Portland’ resume. Warsaw protester launches drone to spy on police. By David EdwardsThursday, November 17, 2011 13:15 EDT During protests in Warsaw last weekend, one crafty activist deployed a flying drone to spy on riot police. YouTube user latajacakamera — or “flying camera” in Polish — uploaded the amazing video that the drone effortlessly captured as it hovered over teargas-filled streets. In another video, the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) floats in front of a formation of police in riot gear as they rush towards demonstrators. None of them appear to notice. Wired editor-in-chief Chris Anderson confirmed that the flying machine was built by the Polish company Robokopter.
Watch this video from latajacakamera, uploaded to YouTube Nov. 12, 2011. (H/T: Danger Room) Copyright 2011 The Raw Story <a style="color: #336699; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" href=" David Edwards David Edwards has served as an editor at Raw Story since 2006. The Resource : Part II. International Human Rights System, 11/11.
Part II. International Human Rights System. 11/11 10. Human Rights and Humanitarian Law 10.1 Persons with disabilities and armed conflicts The evolution of international law related to the protection of war victims and to the conduct of war has been strongly affected by the development of human rights protection after the Second World War. The adoption of important international instruments in the field of human rights contributed to affirm the idea that everyone is entitled to the enjoyment of human rights, whether in times of peace or war. In times of peace human rights are the fundamental principles for the protection of all persons in all contexts, but the different circumstances during wartime require special protection for the individual-civilians as well as combatants. Today, the impact of armed conflicts on civilians is one of the major causes of disability. 10.2 Human Rights in Times of Emergency Certain rights have been considered so important that they are non-derogable.
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