http://rights.web2announcer.com/ Web 2.0 announcer top stories for rights en Fri, 06 Jun 2008 07:00:00 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2626354 unknown@ma.gnolia.com I got asked to stop taking photographs on a RyanAir flight earlier in the week. When I asked the attendant why, he couldn't answer. So I didn't stop. Saved By: webponce | View Details | Give Thanks Fri, 06 Jun 2008 07:00:00 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2626354subversionmacOSXsvnfontstutorialdesign-inspirationpresentationspresentation softwareonline appsiphonedevelopmenttemplates280slidesslidesharepresentationcreateflashTechnology??photographystockmacosSoftwareDesignweb development37signalsphotoshopcodecomputingcodingDevelopment Platformswebtree456privacydigitalrightsrights http://web2announcer.com/go/2380375 unknown@ma.gnolia.com Have users rights on (portable) social networks? Christian Scholz outlines some of them. Saved By: Carsten Pötter | View Details | Give Thanks Sun, 20 Jan 2008 07:00:00 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2380375csstipsgradienticonfreeweb designsocialreferenceopenidmyopenidjavascriptsflashrssnamespaceswebtoolsiconsjavascriptProgrammingwebdesignGraphics And Image Generatorsbloggingwordpresslaughingfunnylistsnaturewp plug-inidentitévie privéephotoshopillustratorgraphicsstrekhjertedata portabilityrightsUsers http://web2announcer.com/go/2046405 unknown@Netscape.com Another former Justice Department lawyer went before Congress on Wednesday with few answers for his Democratic interrogators and a spotty memory. Time and again during his confirmation hearing, Hans von Spakovsky cited either the attorney-client privilege or a cloudy memory for his purported role in restricting minorities' voting rights. Thu, 14 Jun 2007 12:52:12 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2046405DepartmentofjusticehansVonSpakovskycivilrightsVotingbushadministrationPoliticscongressNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2045272 unknown@Netscape.com In recent years, the Bush administration has recast the federal government's role in civil rights by aggressively pursuing religion-oriented cases while significantly diminishing its involvement in the traditional area of race. Thu, 14 Jun 2007 10:47:05 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2045272bushadministrationjusticeDepartmentcivilrightsPoliticsNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2044906 unknown@Netscape.com On June 5th, 2007, the California State Assembly passed AB 43, the Religious Freedom and Civil Marriage Protection Act, which grants same-sex couples the right to marry. A lot of folks--including legislators and a few presidential candidates--are saying we shouldn't be talking about such things "in a time of war." Thu, 14 Jun 2007 05:57:15 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2044906newsquakegayMarriageAB43civilrightsNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2040810 unknown@Netscape.com former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee (R) expressed his disagreement with Powell about closing Guantanamo, saying "most of our prisoners would love to be in a facility more like Guantanamo and less like the state prisons that people are in in the United States." Mon, 11 Jun 2007 19:50:55 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2040810HuckabeeguantanamorightsNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2036575 unknown@Netscape.com A civil rights leader who worked closely with the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. has been charged with incest. Sat, 09 Jun 2007 19:53:53 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2036575civilrightsleaderchargedincestNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2035789 unknown@Netscape.com Thomas Jefferson said religion was "a matter which lies solely between man and his God." Therefore, the citizens of the fledgling country Jefferson helped create would have an unparalleled freedom: To seek Truth and Knowledge without the leash of government telling them how to do it. Sat, 09 Jun 2007 16:37:39 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/20357891stAmendmentfreedombillofrightsconstitutionReligionNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2034300 unknown@Netscape.com It's a dangerous and frightening time in America today as the nation hurtles toward tyranny, and our right to speak out and protest continues being challenged and undermined. That makes the battle for the last frontier of press freedom crucial to preserving our fragile democracy now somewhere between life support and the crematorium. Fri, 08 Jun 2007 17:50:44 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2034300freespeech1stAmendmentbillofrightsNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2033849 unknown@Netscape.com The Kerry Edwards 2004 campaign says Bill Clinton tried to throw gays under the bus. Bill Clinton's office says it's not true. Who do we believe? And what does this mean for Hillary Clinton's presidential run? Thu, 07 Jun 2007 22:01:59 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2033849gayrightsClintonHillarykerryNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2030038 unknown@Netscape.com From hate state to great state? Colorado's transformation over the past few weeks is nothing short of amazing. Tue, 05 Jun 2007 22:48:09 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2030038gayrightscoloradoNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2022167 unknown@Netscape.com By Ross Kaminsky - The biggest problem with gay activism is that they want to be treated as special or as victims when it suits them, and as "just like anybody else" when it suits them. Indeed that is the problem with activists of many stripes, not just based on sexual orientation. In my view, they are not special, and although they have Sat, 02 Jun 2007 17:19:45 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2022167civilrightsprivateenterprisenannystateactivismNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2020307 unknown@Netscape.com Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), chairman of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, has announced a series of hearings titled "The Constitution in Crisis: The State of Civil Liberties in America. Fri, 01 Jun 2007 01:17:13 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2020307constitutionbillofrightslibertyNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2019693 unknown@Netscape.com Gov. John Lynch signed legislation Thursday that will legalize civil unions for gay couples starting in January. Thu, 31 May 2007 17:20:27 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2019693civilunionsgayrightsnewhampshireNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2018467 unknown@Netscape.com Mitt Romney, that used car salesman presidential candidate, has come up with a new whopper to convince us to buy his Edsel: "I am not anti-gay." Thu, 31 May 2007 03:53:59 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2018467RomneygayrightsNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2013026 unknown@Netscape.com Derya, 17, is the picture of innocence. But Derya is here at this women's shelter in rural Turkey because her family wants her dead. Her crime: talking to a male classmate on her cell phone-the closest thing to dates many teens in strict Islamic societies have before marriage. Mon, 28 May 2007 03:34:38 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2013026womenmuslimdeathrightsNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2012410 unknown@Netscape.com MOSCOW, Gay rights activists trying to raise support for gay pride parades were beaten and pelted with eggs and garbage, then arrested in Moscow Sunday. The activists were trying to deliver a petition to the city's mayor, demanding the right to hold parades, when protesters began beating them and chanting, "Moscow is not Sodom," the B Sun, 27 May 2007 20:34:43 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2012410MoscowgayrightsNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2006685 unknown@Netscape.com In a post-9/11 climate, the right of free expression is under attack and endangered in the age of George Bush when dissent may be called a threat to national security, terrorism, or treason. Thu, 24 May 2007 06:31:04 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2006685FirstAmendmentfreespeechlibertybillofrightsNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1998833 unknown@Netscape.com THE ONION NEWS NETWORK: A new bill would require any woman seeking an abortion to obtain the consent of her fetus. Tue, 22 May 2007 10:34:54 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1998833satirenextbattleOver.Fetal.VotingrightsNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1923721 unknown@Netscape.com The government's briefs claimed that it needs to read attorney-client communications because lawyers have "presented security issues" at the base by giving detainees information about, inter alia, political developments that might affect Congress, or White House OLC memos concerning official torture policies Wed, 16 May 2007 23:26:31 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1923721guantanamobillofrightslibertyNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1875147 unknown@Netscape.com Man Says Boss Didn't Like His Lifestyle Sun, 13 May 2007 23:49:33 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1875147ReligionlifestylehumanrightsatheistfiredNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1842413 unknown@Netscape.com Hiasl, a 26-year old Austrian-based chimpanzee, is petitioning the courts for human status, and let me be the first to extend him a warm welcome to our species. My animal rights activism has never gone beyond the cage-free eggs' stage; it's the human possibilities raised by Hiasl's case that caught my attention. If a chimpanzee can be declared a Fri, 11 May 2007 13:16:19 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1842413willChimplifegethumanrightsNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1833061 unknown@Netscape.com The American People should contact their various legislators, remind them of their oath, and inform them that they will not receive another vote unless they do their duty and uphold the Constitution they promised to protect and defend. Fri, 11 May 2007 07:08:38 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1833061constitutionbillofrightsoathofficecongresselectionsNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1828494 unknown@Netscape.com Many said that if George W. Bush were reelected we'd see Americans punished for expressing their ideas. I guess they were right! Thu, 10 May 2007 21:43:45 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1828494studentdissentcivilrightsconstitution2ndAmendmentspeechcodeNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1816930 unknown@Netscape.com We either stand for our principles -- all of our principles -- and the rule of law, or we have allowed the terrorists to win. I don't know about you guys, but I'm going to make a few phone calls and tell elected officials to stand up for the Constitution and the rule of law. Wed, 09 May 2007 19:19:52 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1816930constitutionPoliticiansbillofrightsNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1749898 unknown@Netscape.com Since the Supreme Court's landmark 1973 abortion-rights decision in Roe v. Wade,1 the law has taken the lead in defining the contours of the continuing public debate over reproductive liberty. Sat, 05 May 2007 12:22:08 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1749898supremecourtabortionrightsRoev.WadelandmarklibertyNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1732233 unknown@Netscape.com The FBI will open a civil rights inquiry into the Los Angeles Police Department's actions at an immigration rally at which officers cleared a park by wielding batons and firing rubber bullets, the bureau said Thursday. Fri, 04 May 2007 06:18:35 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1732233LApoliceFBIcivilrightsImmigrationrallyNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1728147 unknown@Netscape.com Sixteen words may be all that stand right now between the apparatus of government and the Founding Fathers' worst nightmare. And those words are starting to give. "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof . . ." Thu, 03 May 2007 19:43:11 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1728147bushFirstAmendmentbillofrightsNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1702636 unknown@Netscape.com Women were far better off under former Iraq dictator Saddam Hussein, a women's group has found after an extensive survey in Iraq. Under Saddam, women could go out to work, university, and get married or divorced in civil courts. But at the moment women have lost almost all their rights and are being pushed back into the corner of their house. Wed, 02 May 2007 03:46:33 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1702636iraqWomensrightsSaddamHusseinconstitutionbackwardNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1628666 unknown@Netscape.com "The Pentagon's surveillance program undermined the constitution and eroded Americans' privacy rights, Sharra E. Greer, director of law and policy for SLDN, said Thursday. Thu, 26 Apr 2007 22:28:46 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1628666gaysgayrightsNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1528662 unknown@Netscape.com The cultists who support this National ID card say that it's all voluntary. And it is. You can refuse to comply, in which case you won't be able to open a bank account, enter a federal building, ride a plane or train, etc. Yes, quite voluntary. A nice card, containing all sorts of sensitive information, which can be scanned everywhere you go. Fri, 20 Apr 2007 15:11:37 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1528662nationalidRealstatesrightsconstitutionlibertyNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1511188 unknown@Netscape.com States may not regulate mortgage-lending subsidiaries of national banks, the Supreme Court ruled Tuesday in a decision that undercuts state efforts to curb predatory practices but ensures that lenders won't be subject to a mix of state and federal rules. Wed, 18 Apr 2007 20:20:08 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1511188statesrightsBanksregulationNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1509371 unknown@Netscape.com ver the past six years, the Bush administration has aggressively reshaped the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division. Many career analysts and attorneys have either been transferred or driven out; their replacements are long on conservative credentials and short on civil rights experience. Wed, 18 Apr 2007 15:50:00 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1509371justiceDepartmentcivilrightsbushadministrationPoliticsNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1484146 unknown@Netscape.com So much of what has happened over the last six years seems a repetition of events drawn from English history, from the turbulent years from the Civil War to the Glorious Revolution-this could be said of the struggle over habeas corpus, which was right at the center of the conflict between Parliament and king, as seen in the Five Knights case of 162 Tue, 17 Apr 2007 03:47:02 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1484146torturerightslibertyNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1456778 unknown@Netscape.com Sixty years ago today, Jackie Robinson stepped onto Ebbets Field in Brooklyn and ushered in a new era in American sport. But baseball's first black player of the modern era didn't just change the game when he crossed the line on April 15, 1947. His impact went well beyond sports and extends to all of American society. Sun, 15 Apr 2007 16:06:27 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1456778jackierobinsonbaseballequalrightshistoryNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1445283 unknown@Netscape.com KABUL, Afghanistan - A U.S. Marine unit broke international humanitarian law by using excessive force during a shooting spree last month that left 12 people dead, an Afghan human rights group said in a report Saturday. Sat, 14 Apr 2007 23:06:44 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1445283AfghanistanMarineshumanrightsNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1436724 unknown@Netscape.com REAL ID reduces rights of the individual to a string of digits, subject to the good-will of politicians, the government, software and/or bureaucrats. It makes Americans get permission to live and move in the basic functions of society: banking and travel. We shouldn't have to ask permission to be functioning citizens within our own country. Sat, 14 Apr 2007 00:28:09 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1436724Realidnationalbillofrightsliberty10thAmendmentNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1418564 unknown@Netscape.com I think it is time to reread the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, the Bill of Rights, and the writings of our forefathers; then ponder the direction we are currently going and what we can do about it. Hopefully, for a time, the choice is still ours. Thu, 12 Apr 2007 21:52:40 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1418564libertyconstitutionbillofrightsfreedomgovernmentNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1371625 unknown@Netscape.com The head of an international human rights group Friday charged that the war against terror had transformed itself into a war against human rights. Mon, 09 Apr 2007 20:48:48 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1371625rightswaronterrorNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1315750 unknown@Netscape.com For them, the military IS America. War is America. The president is America. The NSA is America. Every politician that they love and worship is America. And, if you don't like it, you obviously hate America. You must be some kind of terrorist, or communist; and you'd rather be living in some foreign dictatorship. Fri, 06 Apr 2007 05:02:19 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1315750libertybillofrightswaramericafreedomNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1301151 unknown@Netscape.com Conservatives used to oppose these government programs - fighting them with economic arguments, pointing to unintended consequences, and citing the unconstitutionality of the proposals. But no longer. Wed, 04 Apr 2007 21:10:28 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1301151ConservativesrepublicansbillofrightsconstitutionNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1307509 unknown@Netscape.com On This day in 1968 (April 4), Martin Luther King was shot dead in Memphis Tennessee. Wed, 04 Apr 2007 19:46:21 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1307509martinlutherkingcivilrightsNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1243486 unknown@Netscape.com Since George Bush took office, his administration has been not so quietly dismantling the DOJ's Civil Rights Division, which is responsible for enforcing the nation's civil rights laws, and doing it for the same reason the 8 federal prosecutors were fired: to use the enforcement power of the federal government for Republican gain. Sat, 31 Mar 2007 21:11:00 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1243486justiceDepartmentAlbertoGonzalesbushcivilrightsPoliticsNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1228407 unknown@Netscape.com Eighty countries signed the United Nations convention enshrining the rights of the world's 650 million disabled on Friday in what the U.N. human rights chief called an unprecedented show of support to empower the physically and mentally impaired. Sat, 31 Mar 2007 04:49:10 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1228407disabledrightssignedNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1174901 unknown@Netscape.com Iran said Tuesday the 15 British sailors and marines it detained last week are healthy, have been treated in a humane manner and that the only female sailor among them had been given privacy. Hosseini would not say where the Britons were being kept and reiterated that their case is under investigation. Tue, 27 Mar 2007 13:23:00 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1174901iranbritishTroopsDetainedtreatmenthumanrightsNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1145110 unknown@Netscape.com On the heels of a well-received report on Darfur by the newly revamped UN Human Rights Council, the body is in danger of having its power stripped away. The EU says, give the council more time. Sun, 25 Mar 2007 05:06:22 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1145110UNhumanrightsCouncilEUdarfurNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1133291 unknown@Netscape.com There is currently a significant amount of inaccurate and misleading information circulating on the internet about Codex and other related health freedom issues. Fri, 23 Mar 2007 22:25:27 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1133291codexhealthfreedomsrightsNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1121182 unknown@Netscape.com On the heels of its investigation of the firings of US Attorneys that has rocked the White House and the Justice Department in recent weeks, the House's Judiciary Committee received testimony on whether partisanship is affecting the Justice Department's enforcement of civil rights laws during the Bush administration. Fri, 23 Mar 2007 02:22:55 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1121182housejudiciarycommitteecivilrightsU.S.attorneysjusticeDepartmentbushadministrationNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1106536 unknown@Netscape.com Federal standards for identification are not authorized by the Constitution. It doesn't matter whether they're enforced through "laws" or economic "incentives" to the States. The politicians, by trying to force this on us without amending the Constitution to allow it, are showing utter contempt for states' rights and the princip Thu, 22 Mar 2007 20:48:42 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1106536RealidnationalconstitutiontenthAmendmentstatesrightsNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1088869 unknown@Netscape.com Op-Ed: Is diversity eroding the country's foundation? Wed, 21 Mar 2007 14:55:49 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1088869diversitydivisionequalityrightsresponsibilitiesNews