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I’ve come across the new event of Bloggers Unite initiative that aims to use the power of the blogs to make the world a better place and increasing the awareness about fundamental issues on earth. I wasn’t able to join previous events and I learned this one on the last day. This event’s focus is Human Rights. Bloggers all around the world will be writing about Human Rights on May 15th.
It’s such a vast topic. Even right at this moment, hundreds and thousands of violations of the very basic human rights occur as we repeat our daily routine.
Everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of person.
-Article 3 of the (UDHR) -
Just some quick free associations; Iraq (twice; one for G. Bush, other for G. W. Bush), Bosnia, Palestine, Tibet, Vietnam, North Korea, Lebanon…
No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.
-Article 5 of the (UDHR) -
What about Guantanamo Bay detention camp ? And those horrible, unacceptable, shameful photos from Abu Gharip?
No one shall be subjected to arbitrary arrest, detention or exile.
-Article 9 of the (UDHR) -
See above and also this one…
This horror and terror is someone else’s daily life out there… And the links on this post are not even close to show the real amount of the abuses of Human Rights.
Today is a day of awareness for Human Rights on the blogosphere. Just being aware of it is a good start itself, since violation of human rights has both a global face ( see above examples) and a local face which occurs everyday in our neighbourhood. Maybe there is something you can do in your power to help one of your acquaintances.
You can find and read various good and valuable posts related Bloggers Unite – Human Rights event here. Feel free to participate to the event by commenting to the posts and joining the discussions. You can also let me know if you write about the subject by commenting this post.
I wanted to write about new album of Nightwish (and Tarja Turunen) after their break-up but wasn’t able to do that. After seeing new video of the Nightwish I felt the urge to write. “The Islander” is one of the two songs that I particularly like (The other is “Last of The Wilds” which is instrumental) in the Dark Passion Play. That’s why I rushed to watch the video. Video perfectly fits the mood of the song and the lyrics. All that surreal and dreamy atmosphere completes the song. Anette’s voice is pretty good in this one, blends well with Marco.
Dark Passion Play is overall a good album, much better to my taste actually. Yes, Nightwish has changed, for the better. They are closer to the mainstream than ever in this album probably. But all the elements are much more harmonious. My picks (in addition to the above) are “Sahara” and “Bye Bye Beautiful” (and “The Escapist” I might add).
To watch the video, just click on the image.
