Archive for November 5th, 2007

Violations of the Human Right to Sewage Treatment

In Gaza, the Israeli governmentl is violating this human right (among many others).  See this NYT story.

Why is sewage treatment a human right? B/c it is intimately connected with the Human Right to Water, which has been recognized by the UN and many international policies and conferences.  One of the most important policy statements is General Comment No. 15 of the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.

Lawyers of the world unite!

This is fucked up: police beating lawyers who are protesting the imposition of martial law in Pakistan. And so what does the Bush Administration do in response to the repression and detention of human rights activists, lawyers, opposition politicians, and media? They choose to continue aid to the military of Pakistan, using the “key allies in the war on terror” as their bullshit excuse for abandoning the rule of law. At least they are consistent! (consistently authoritarian assholes.)