activists‚ and religious believers scored several victories as they continued to push the limits of permissible expression‚ including the exposure of corruption‚ the circulation of underground political publications‚ and the government’s retraction of orders to install Green Dam monitoring and censorship software on all personal computers. South Asia featured two of the year’s six status changes‚ and both were positive despite the overall global downward trend.Following numerical improvements in 2008
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Secularism and Equality Secularism ensures equal treatment to all citizens; one group cannot be more privileged than other. A secular state provides each individual freedom to practice‚ choose and change his or her religion. You and I will have no fewer shrines to visit. Though it is not inscribed in the law‚ secularism was already partly embodied in our country. People amiably living together‚ since decades‚ in harmony with diverse religious structure‚ however‚ dominated by Hinduism testify it.
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Marriage Equality “Our nation was founded on a bedrock principle. “We are all created equal”...This morning the Supreme Court recognize that the constitution guarantee marriage equality. Doing so‚ they reaffirm that all American are entitle to the equal protection of the law. That all people should be treated equally regardless of who they are‚ or whom they love…”(Whitehouse). This is part of a speech made by President Barrack Obama after the Supreme Court passed the decision on marriage
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Freedom and Determinism "We may regard the present state of the universe as the effect of its past and the cause of its future. An intellect which at a certain moment would know all forces that set nature in motion‚ and all positions of all items of which nature is composed‚ if this intellect were also vast enough to submit these data to analysis‚ it would embrace in a single formula the movements of the greatest bodies of the universe and those of the tiniest atom; for such an intellect nothing
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Freedom of the press and journalistic ethics is an important topic today in India — with the word ‘press’ encompassing the electronic media also. There should be a serious discussion on the topic. That discussion should include issues of the responsibilities of the press‚ since the media have become very prominent and very powerful. In India‚ freedom of the press has been treated as part of the freedom of speech and expression guaranteed by Article 19(1)(a) of the Constitution‚ vide
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Advocacy America was founded in 1776 with the core idea of freedom and equality for all (time period racism and sexism aside). While the definition of equality and to whom it applies to changes generationally‚ the meaning behind it has remained. If someone were asked to describe America in one word‚ 9 times out of 10 they would reply with “freedom”‚ and would avidly defend it. So why doesn’t the word “equality” come up as often as “freedom” does? Some people treat inequality in the way skeptics treat
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What is freedom? Many people‚ both pro-gun and pro-gun control‚ talk about freedom. But nobody ever really stops to define what it is‚ and then apply it to the gun debate. This leads to mischaracterizations‚ particularly from the pro-gun side‚ that any attempt to implement gun control policies is an infringement on freedom. The ultimate end of this argument is to paint those in favor of gun control as "tyrants‚" or bring up the name of Hitler in an attempt to tar those on the other side. In this
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Economic Freedoms May 14‚ 2013 GB540: Economics for Global Decision Makers Abstract Economic freedom is the way a country operates. It involves the techniques a country uses to produce‚ sell and use their own resources while respecting others’ rights to do the same. (Economic freedom 2011) Economic freedom is very import because it impacts the success of that country. Those countries thriving in economic freedom tend to thrive while those who are not tend to be in poverty filled environments
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Freedom of information‚ speech and the press is firmly rooted in the structures of modern western democratic thought. With limited restrictions‚ every capitalist democracy has legal provisions protecting these rights. Even the UN Declaration of Human Rights‚ adopted by the general assembly in 1948 declares "Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek‚ receive and impart information and ideas through any
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Freedom of Speech The First Amendment for America was built on freedom. The freedom to speak‚ freedom to choose‚ freedom to worship‚ and freedom to do just about anything you want within the law. The first amendment was designed to protect each race. Out of all of our rights‚ freedom of speech is should be the most cherished‚ and one of the most talked about subjects. Freedom of speech should be utilized‚ because
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