from the age of 13 in an attempt to cut teenage pregnancies[13] [edit] Amendment bill Main article: Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill The Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill was a private member ’s bill introduced to the British House of Commons in 2007 which failed to become law. Conservative MP David Maclean introduced the bill to ensure that MPs ’ correspondence was exempt from freedom of information laws. The then leader of the Liberal Democrats‚ Sir Menzies Campbell‚ said there should
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help to the Tamils in Sri Lanka. The LTTE was a help to the Tamil cause because they had tried to voice their unhappiness regarding their human rights on behalf of all the other Tamils in Sri Lanka. This gave them hope that they would be heard and actions would be taken for them to regain the human rights they deserved and to be fairly treated by the Sri Lankan government. For example‚ when the Tamil’s demands were not met‚ the LTTE resorted to violence by attacking the Sinhalese‚ Tamil members of
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What Freedom means to me The condition of being free; the power to act or speak or think without externally imposed restraints exemption: immunity from an obligation or duty; Freedom. Freedom is a word‚ which we hear‚ everyday‚ but probably have never really taken a second to think what it means to us individually. Born and raised in United States freedom is not so much a privilege but more of a given right‚ so to me freedom does not really mean much that could all quickly change if it was
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The most important amendment is the freedom of religion. The freedom of religion lets you be who you are. The government can’t punish Americans for any religion you practice. There are not really any limits to this freedom. The first reason the freedom of religion is the most important amendment is because it lets Americans be their true self. You are being your true self if you are practicing a religion that you truly believe in. Nobody should take advantage for who you are or what you practice
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The film Freedom Writers tells a tale of a high school class that broke a cycle of violence and failure in their inner city school. This film is based around the race riots during the early 1990s in Los Angeles. In this film‚ the school is divided by race and clearly
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Freedom in America “This isn’t freedom. We’re holding a gun to every citizen’s head and calling it security” (Captain America). America has freedom but not the most freedom in the world it is classified as mostly free. Although with the American Dream some people believe that the dream is still attainable and relevant because they still have the freedom that the people from America are all promised‚ others argue that the American Dream is not relevant and is not possible to be attained today because
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between Sinhalese and Tamils? The Sinhalese and the Tamils have been having conflict in Sri Lanka. Most of the issues revolve around the discriminatory policies against the Tamils practiced by the Sri Lankan government which prefers Sinhalese‚ the majority. One of such policy is the citizenship rights. In 1948‚ when Sri Lanka gained independence‚ only those born in Sri Lanka or whose forefathers were born there were given Sri Lankan citizenship. This caused many Indian Tamils to be stateless‚ although
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Changing Rights and Freedoms The rights and freedoms of Aboriginal people changed significantly between the years 1945 and 2000. The Australian government put in place polices of protection‚ assimilation‚ integration and self determination which disempowered Aboriginal people and severely affected their rights and freedoms. The policy of protection effected many Aboriginals rights and freedoms. They were treated unfairly‚ procrastinated on every move they made and were forced to be educated in
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America leads the way in freedom. The America I believe in is FREE. This freedom came at a high price. Many men and women gave up their own freedom as they joined our military and served our country on enemy soil. Many military men and women came into the military to help our county some of them went into war to fight for us so we can live. We should thank the military for fighting for us and giving up their lives just for us to live. Judd Greggs pinned it best‚ “The veterans of our military services
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Throughout the years there have been many significant speeches in regards to freedom of Americans. Two examples are: “I have a Dream” by Martin Luther King about civil rights and equality‚ and “Toward a More Perfect Union‚” by Senator Barack Obama. The baseline of these great speeches is The Declaration of Independence‚ by Thomas Jefferson and the Continental Congress‚ and “The Gettysburg Address‚” by President Abraham Lincoln. Both speeches are the same when the speeches refer to human rights and
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