Video: Human Rights Is Big Bucks #15

“…the cap on damages has been removed…I’ll be exploring how the Tribunal has been handling applications under the new and transitional rules, and strategies you can use if you appear before the Tribunal. I’ll also be discussing damage awards after the cap…”

Shocker: Amnesty Int’l Takes Up The “Jihad” Lingo

CNS News – A simmering dispute over collaboration between Amnesty International and a former Guantanamo Bay detainee with Taliban sympathies has heated up after a senior Amnesty official argued that “defensive jihad” is not antithetical to human rights.

Photographer Takes Pictures Of Sanctimonious Blow Hards, Gets Exhibition

Guardian – Photographer Nadia Bettega worked with more than 60 individuals and groups to create the Changing the Face of Human Rights exhibition…

This exhibition is supported by is supported by the British Institute of Human Rights (BIHR) and it gives participants the opportunity to define how they and their community are represented and to explain the importance of human rights to their lives.

Children Rejoice! The Human Right Not To Write Tests

Independent – Children primary schools are being robbed of their human rights by national curriculum tests, a teachers’ leader said today.

Christine Blower, general secretary of the National Union of Teachers, said constant testing of pupils was a breach of the UN Convention on the rights of the child which states children have a right to a broad education.

Awwww. Gutless Comics Have Their Own Little Blog

Punchline – Here’s what we think: We obviously don’t condone the act of making fun of people based on whom they like to have sex with—especially if it’s not done with any sense of tact, art or humor. But we also don’t condone people showing up late to a comedy show, sitting in the front row and acting like complete assholes to the comedian onstage. One of the signs of a seasoned comedian is the ability to skillfully – and that sometimes includes being harsh – deal with hecklers…

Both parties were out of line.

The Pardy Effect (Or: The Gutless Chumps That Make Up Canada’s Comedians)

CBC – A discrimination complaint before the British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal has cast a chill over stand-up comics in the Lower Mainland, a comedy club manager says….

“I go out and I frequent rooms in the city because that’s how I find my talent. And I would say that people who are performing in rooms on a regular basis are a little bit more careful about their interaction with the crowd.

“I know that comics who have usually taken an antagonistic approach with the crowd are a little bit more — they sugar-coat their words now.”