The government and opposition have rejected a bid to open the offshore detention centres on Nauru and Papua New Guinea for inspection by the Australia’s Human Rights Commissioner.They have also blocked an attempt to give the Australian media the same access to the centres it has to mainland and Christmas Island detention facilities.Labor Senator Kate Lundy told the Senate on Thursday that enshrining independent inspection rights in Australian law would undermine the independence and authority of sovereign nations. Read full report via http://m.theage.com.au/opinion/political-news/mainland-excised-from-australias-migration-zone-20130516-2joee.html
Mainland excised from Australia’s migration zone | theage.com.au
Posted: May 16, 2013 in Asylum Seekers, Australia, Human Rights, NewsTags: australia, Human Rights, mainland excised from migration zone, Policy, Violation of human rights ratification
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UN: No clear proof of Syria chemical arms use – Middle East – Al Jazeera English
Posted: May 8, 2013 in Human Rights, Middle East, News, Syria, Video, Western Censored NewsTags: Chemical Weapons, evidence points to rebels use of chemical weapons, FSA Rebels, no clear proof, rebels, syria, un, United Nations
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2013/05/201356135529534687.html UN team of investigators into rights abuses in Syria has stressed there is no conclusive proof of either side in the conflict using chemical weapons, despite a team member’s claims to the contrary. “The Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic wishes to clarify that it has not reached conclusive findings as to the use of chemical weapons in Syria by any parties to the conflict,” the commission said in a statement on Monday.Earlier, Carla del Ponte, a former war crimes prosecutor and a member of the commission, had told Swiss public broadcaster RSI that “according to the testimonies we have gathered, the rebels have used chemical weapons, making use of sarin gas”.She acknowledged there was “still not irrefutable proof, [but] very strong suspicions, concrete suspicions that sarin gas has been used… by opponents, by rebels, not by government authorities.”The Geneva-based inquiry into war crimes and other human rights violations is separate from an investigation of the alleged use of chemical weapons instigated by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.Ban’s office is still trying to negotiate entry into Syria to investigate and collect samples. The Free Syrian Army (FSA) swiftly denied the claim that rebel forces had used chemical arms.
Phillipines: Volcanic Eruption
Posted: May 8, 2013 in Asia Pacific Region, Environment, Health, NewsTags: environment, Eruption, health, Phillipines, Volcano
Mexico: Volcanic eruption
Posted: May 8, 2013 in Environment, Health, NewsTags: Earth, environment, Eruption, health, Mexico City, Volcano
by benjamin
May 6, 2013
One of the world’s leading terrorists, the Satan worshipping mass murderer Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel has been summoned to China where he will be confronted with evidence of his involvement in the March 11, 2011 nuclear and tsunami terror attack against Japan, according to Chinese government sources. The evidence is a tape recorded phone call to then Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan in which Netanyahu threatened to destroy all of Japan’s nuclear reactors if Kan did not order the Japanese government to write off its holdings of US government debt, according to Japanese military intelligence.
with Noam Chomsky
videonation – May 6, 2013
Post-9/11 repression pales in comparison to what Americans have had in the past, and we have more ways to make a change than people used to have. So why aren't we doing anything with them?
by Leah Bolger and David Swanson
Writer, Dandelion Salad
http://greenshadowcabinet.us
May 5, 2013
Statement of Leah Bolger, Secretary of Defense and David Swanson, Secretary of Peace, of the Foreign Affairs Branch of the Green Shadow Cabinet:
The Obama administration has seemingly painted itself into yet another military corner by announcing that use of chemical weapons by Syria would constitute a red line that would mandate military action on the part of the United States.
5/6/2013 -- Idaho earthquakes continue -- moved from Lava Hot Springs, ID to the Yellowstone magma chamber
Posted: May 7, 2013 in News
On top of the 4.2M and 3.7M earthquakes at Lava Hot Springs, ID.... we're now seeing movement in North Central Idaho.... directly above the magma chamber for the main Yellowstone Caldera.
Also, just north of Craters of the Moon, and Hell's Half Acre volcanoes in Idaho.
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In 2011, professionals announced that the magma chamber for the Yellowstone supervolcano extends much further into Idaho than previously thought.
... and questions are being asked as to why it has been kept from the people. Amazing testimony!
http://youtu.be/kJHnMicpS2Q
Published on May 4, 2013
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= Citizen Hearing on Disclosure (CHD) =
The Citizen Hearing on Disclosure will attempt to accomplish what the U.S. Congress has failed to do for forty-five years - seek out the facts surrounding the most important issue of this or any other time.
The main ballroom of the National Press Club will be configured to resemble a Senate hearing room.
Published on May 5, 2013
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= Citizen Hearing on Disclosure (CHD) =
The Citizen Hearing on Disclosure will attempt to accomplish what the U.S. Congress has failed to do for forty-five years - seek out the facts surrounding the most important issue of this or any other time.
The main ballroom of the National Press Club will be configured to resemble a Senate hearing room.
It has occurred as I thought it might, but hoped it wouldn't. I am afraid that Users who have uploaded the 5 day "Citizens Hearing" on YouTube, have been forced to remove their uploads on the proceedings. Thus, as a consequence, access to the footage of these proceedings is now minimal and soon, I fear, will be a flat zero. This is wrong, this lack of access to what affects each and everyone of us should not be in place .
May 5, 2013 – ALASKA - Scientists say Alaska's Cleveland Volcano is undergoing a continuous low-level eruption. The activity began with an explosion early Saturday morning, followed by two other explosions hours later. The Alaska Volcano Observatory and U.S. Geological Survey say satellites and cameras suggest low-level emissions of gas, steam and a small amount of ash. Satellites detected highly elevated surface temperatures at the summit.
May 5, 2013 – ALASKA - Scientists say Alaska's Cleveland Volcano is undergoing a continuous low-level eruption. The activity began with an explosion early Saturday morning, followed by two other explosions hours later. The Alaska Volcano Observatory and U.S. Geological Survey say satellites and cameras suggest low-level emissions of gas, steam and a small amount of ash. Satellites detected highly elevated surface temperatures at the summit.
Some of these questions really made me think! How would you answer them?
These questions have no right or wrong answers.
Because sometimes asking the right questions is the answer.
1. How old would you be if you didn’t know how old you are?
2. Which is worse, failing or never trying?
3. If life is so short, why do we do so many things we don’t like and like so many things we don’t do?
Occupied Social Centers in Spain + Cooperatives, Another Mode of Production
Posted: May 6, 2013 in News
PressTVGlobalNews · May 4, 2013
Spanish people are giving life to many schools which have been abandoned for years, forsaken factories, foreclosed and empty buildings and many more places.
Occupied Social Centers in Spain + Cooperatives, Another Mode of Production
Posted: May 6, 2013 in News
PressTVGlobalNews · May 4, 2013
Spanish people are giving life to many schools which have been abandoned for years, forsaken factories, foreclosed and empty buildings and many more places.
Syrian Government Statement: The zionist Aggression Opens the Door Wide To All Possibilities
Posted: May 6, 2013 in News
TEHRAN (FNA)- Sources disclosed on Sunday that Israel has used depleted uranium in its recent missile attacks on a suburban Damascus area.
The first missile which hit Jamraya near al-Haviyeh in Reef (outskirts of) Damascus contained uranium substances, a correspondent of the Russian TV quoted some local sources as saying.
Other media outlets had also earlier released similar reports on Israel's use of radioactive materials in attacks on Syria.
Israel preparing to launch another war against Gaza according to Israeli media
Posted: May 6, 2013 in News
A Palestinian woman in Gaza stands in the rubble of her house destroyed in an Israeli attack. (File Photo)
PressTV | Sun May 5, 2013 6:4PM
The Israeli army is reportedly preparing to launch another all-out war against the besieged Gaza Strip in a bid to eliminate Hamas resistance movement.
According to Israeli Walla website, the Israeli army is preparing to launch the Operation Pillar of Defense II against Gaza to stop rocket attacks from the Palestinian territory despite a significant decrease in their number.
New Israeli airstrikes hit Syria & former US official: 'Israel' used chemical weapons to implicate Assad
Posted: May 6, 2013 in News
New Israeli Airstrikes Hit Syria’s Damascus
Damascus woke up early on Sunday as a wave of blasts rocked its countryside, with the Syrian sources stressing the attacks were Israeli raids.
Syrian media reported that the airstrikes targeted the Jamraya military research center in the Eastern Ghouta region.
The attack is the Zionist entity’s second this week against targets inside Syria and also its second this year on the Jamraya facility, following a January 30 raid.
A court in Bahrain has sentenced 31 anti-regime protesters to 15 years behind bars after convicting them of attacking a police patrol in the village of Sitra.
The group was charged with attempted murder and setting a police car ablaze, in addition to rioting and possessing petrol bombs, their lawyers, who requested anonymity, said on Sunday.
The defendants, however, have denied the charges and said they had been tortured into making confessions, AFP reported.
