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Canada’s human rights record has ‘eroded’ under Harper government: watchdog
OTTAWA – A leading international human rights watchdog has told the Harper government it should include abortion in its G8 maternal health initiative.

Amnesty says countries put politics ahead of human rights
Amnesty International has accused governments in the region, including Australia, of putting political self-interest ahead of human rights.

Britain’s New Government Revisits Human Rights Act
Britain is wrestling with the dilemma of how to deal with foreigners who are suspected of being terrorists but who haven’t been charged and can’t be deported because they’d face torture or death in their homelands. The debate has become a political football within the British government’s ruling coalition.

Lecture by Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr. presented at the Ludwig von Mises Institute’s “The Manifesto of Liberty” summit held at the Institute in Auburn, Alabama; 5-6 February 1999. mises.org The editors of Human Action, The Scholars Edition, discuss the book of the century. Written during the long, dark night of socialism and central planning, Human Action was a beacon of light pointing the way to a revival of liberty. These eight talks consider Ludwig von Mises’ magnum opus, its restoration by the Mises Institute to its magnificent original state, on its fiftieth anniversary, and what Human Action and its students will accomplish in the future. Read ‘Human Action A Treatise on Economics’ online: mises.org mises.org Complete audio book version of ‘Human Action’ available here: www.youtube.com Links tomore online books and essays by Ludwig von Mises: mises.org mises.org Biography of Ludwig von Mises mises.org Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr., widely known as Lew Rockwell, is an American libertarian political commentator, activist, proponent of the Austrian School of economics, and chairman of the Ludwig von Mises Institute. Rockwell founded the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama in 1985 and was its president until the summer of 2009, when he transitioned to the position of Chairman of the Board. He also is Vice President of the Center for Libertarian Studies in Burlingame, California and publisher of the political weblog LewRockwell.com. He is the author of Speaking of Liberty, an …

And has it always been problematic to resist authority, or question politics? How do other countries view and deal with this?