Tag Archives: Human Rights

A “baad” story from Afghanistan.

Posted on February 17, 2012 by Barbara Dillon Hillas

 We bought you with money and will kill you with a stone  “Da zar kharidim da sang mekoshim”  (from UNAMA).    The New York Times had a story yesterday that explains the “baad” custom that is prevalent in certain areas … Continue reading →

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“Who are you?” Forensic anthropology and human rights.

Posted on January 15, 2012 by Barbara Dillon Hillas

From Arts & Letter Daily  comes a fascinating article,  Mengele’s Skull, that details “…the value of forensic anthropology to human rights…”  An excerpt: It was during the Mengele investigation that the procedures and techniques of forensic identification of human remains … Continue reading →

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“Get out of here, you whores”.

Posted on April 15, 2009 by Barbara Dillon Hillas

Brave Afghan women demonstrate against draconian law, the New York Times reports. About 300 Afghan women, facing an angry throng three times larger than their own, walked the streets of the capital on Wednesday to demand that Parliament repeal a … Continue reading →

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New Afghan law codifies oppression of women and regulates conjugal sex…

Posted on April 4, 2009 by Barbara Dillon Hillas

goes back to the drawing board?…  “[President] Karzai said he ordered the Justice Ministry to review the law, and if anything in it contravenes the country’s constitution or Shariah law, “measures will be taken.””

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New Afghan law codifies oppression of women and regulates conjugal sex…

Posted on April 4, 2009 by Barbara Dillon Hillas

It seems to me that it was not too long ago that Western countries had laws that exempted marital rape. From Spiegel Online: Article 132, for example, mandates that “the wife is bound to give a positive response to the … Continue reading →

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Dissidents in Prague: Aznar, Havel, Sharansky and Bush.

Posted on June 10, 2007 by Barbara Dillon Hillas

by Barbara Dillon Hillas Spent a very busy week in magical Prague, attending 2 events. The first one, the Democracy and Security Conference in Prague was historically monumental. Did anyone report the standing ovation that President Bush got at the … Continue reading →

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Dissidents, human rights and security.

Posted on May 21, 2007 by Barbara Dillon Hillas

by Barbara Dillon Hillas Natan Sharansky, once a dissident who spent 9 years in the Soviet gulag, is co-hosting a conference on democracy and security in Prague next month, together with former president of the Czech Republic Václav Havel and … Continue reading →

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