Prabowo‚ Aburizal score poorly for human rights A survey published by the human rights watchdog group the Setara Institute on Monday found that Lt. Gen. (ret.) Prabowo Subianto‚ chief patron of the Great Indonesia Movement (Gerindra) Party and Aburizal Bakrie‚ Golkar Party chairman‚ had the worst human rights records among politicians tapped to run in the 2014 presidential election. The survey found that only 0.5 percent of 200 respondents —comprising activists‚ academics‚ community leaders
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Violent crimes are deemed unacceptable globally.Crimes such as murder‚assault ‚robbery and rape instilled fear in most people when they contemplate the possibility of becoming a victim of any of these heinous actions.South African criminal law defines murder as the unlawful and intentional killing of another person.The murder of a police official refers to causing the death of an official without a lawful excuse‚and with the intent to kill the official. The international killing of a police officer
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Social Justice: Distribution of Wealth Ever since an early human decided to give intrinsic value to a bushel of wheat for trade‚ money has been a quintessential part of human culture. As time has gone on‚ a flaw in this system has become apparent: some people have lots of money while others have very little. Today‚ this very flaw is the basis of a large portion of today’s issues‚ like corruption or poverty. Monetary Inequalities Wealth is distributed unequally amongst the world’s people. This issue
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on Christmas Eve. He rejects a Christmas dinner invitation‚ and all the good tidings of the holiday‚ from his jolly nephew‚ Fred; he yells at charity workers; and he overworks his employee‚ Bob Cratchit. At night‚ Scrooge’s former business partner Jacob Marley‚ dead for seven years‚ visits him in the form of a ghost. Marley’s spirit has been wandering since he died as punishment for being consumed with business and not with people while alive. He has come to warn Scrooge and perhaps save him from
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Mine Nationalization Proposals Mine nationalization has been a topic of discussion in South Africa for the past two years. South African mines are the fifth largest in the world and produce more than 80% of the world’s platinum. Other minerals found within the country are coal‚ gold‚ and diamonds. There are many opposing views surrounding the issue‚ which leads one to believe South African mines will not be nationalized. For Nationalization: * Redistribution of wealth; private ownership
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Media is a platform that serves to be the medium between the consumer and producers of media output. In a democratic country‚ the media is often the medium between citizen and government. Ideally the media is supposed to facilitate communication‚ government transparency and act as a voice to the people. Media essentially always has a purpose of which it fulfils to its audience. The purpose differs and is relative to the consumers’ needs and use of the media. The media serves a certain purpose in
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Scrooge had just returned home from work and he was getting in bed. “The same face: the very same. Marley in his pigtail‚ usual waistcoat‚ tights and boots...How now!”(Dickens Pg.11). He was so surprised when Jacob Marley appeared. He was scared for his life. Yet the Grinch gets invited to go to the holiday ceremony in Whoville. When he goes down there he thinks it is a hoax because they don’t give him his reward right away...So he burns down the town’s Christmas
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It was the same thing that occurred eight years ago- death. Both the previous day and eight years ago‚ Scrooge had a loved one succumb to the indifferent grasp of death. Eight years ago‚ it was Jacob Marley. One day ago‚ it was Tiny Tim. Scrooge had genuinely tried his best to stop this awful disaster from passing. Alas‚ Scrooge remembered a quote- "There is no great news‚ there is no light at the end of the tunnel‚ there is no silver lining."
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had no regards for Christmas and anyone who believe in it and enjoyed it with their families. He was just a miserly old man‚ who believed that Christmas was just an excuse for people who wanted to miss work and for idle people to expect handouts. Jacob Marley‚ was Scrooge’s business partner and the first to visit him with ‘‘No rest‚ no peace. Incessant torture of remorse’’ (p15). Marley wanted to warn him to stop living his life in an unchristian way; otherwise he will have to spend his death after
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million for personal use. Julius Malema was convicted of hate speech on many counts as well as the more recent accusations of fraud‚ money laundering and racketeering; he still awaits trial aside from his expulsion from the party. Our president‚ Mr. Jacob Zuma has faced significant legal challenges. He was charged with rape in 2005‚ but was acquitted. Futhermore‚ he fought a long legal battle over allegations of racketeering and corruption‚ resulting from his financial advisor Schabir Shaik’s conviction
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