Mukoko has collected evidence of tens of thousands of abuses in the past decade.
Category: Latest News
Welcome to our archive of news stories relevant to the project of fighting fashionable nonsense. The stories are drawn from the electronic pages of the world’s media. On this page, you’ll find links to those stories that have been featured on Butterflies and Wheels during the current year. At the bottom of the page, you’ll find links to separate archives of stories from previous years.
We’re always pleased to hear about news stories that you think should be featured on Butterflies and Wheels. Just send an email here, if you want to point one out to us.
A note about links
Inevitably links go out of date. We suggest, therefore, that you make hard-copies of the stories that particularly interest you.
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Mukoko Changed People’s Lives
Article 19 says Mukoko (and everyone) has the right to ‘receive and impart information and ideas through any media.’
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Ben Goldacre Considers
Scientific proof that we live in a warmer and more caring universe.
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Ben Goldacre Says Why He is so Repetitive
Six newspapers report coroner hearing case of toddler who died after MMR jab; one reports the result: MMR not guilty.
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Want to Feel Better? Try Tuning Fork Therapy
Or perhaps a gemstone elixir, or some nice Fibonacci set, or a mix of chakra forks and angel forks.
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Bush Admin Blamed for Abuse of Detainees
Bipartisan Senate report says coercive interrogation practices damaged the government’s moral authority.
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David Irving, Free Speech Defender
So the libel suit was just a joke?
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Documentary Celebrates UDHR 60th Anniversary
Shows 8 people who have fought to exercise their right to free speech; the last is David Irving.
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Blair Regrets Reticence About His ‘Faith’
Thinks people are ‘comforted if they think the person leading them has some sense of spiritual values.’
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The UDHR at 60
Grayling, Tutu, Robinson, Chakrabarti, Reidy, others comment.
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What the UDHR Drafters Wanted
That everyone should belong somewhere, but not be imprisoned by that belonging.
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Padraig Reidy on Article 19
Most pernicious is the notion that ideas, like people, should be afforded protection.
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Jesus Repaired Mo’s Irony Meter
But Mo just will not be careful.
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Religion and Compassion in the UK
Madrassa ‘teacher’ whipped children for forgetting verses or mispronouncing Arabic words.
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Routine Violence in UK Madrassas
‘We are hiding behind the defence of cultural sensitivities and our children are not being protected.’
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Psychologist Defends Teasing
Says teasing is seen as damaging because it is confused with bullying; almost admits that it sometimes is bullying.
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Universal Human Rights Day
Mary Robinson is thinking of two women today: Eleanor Roosevelt and Jestina Mukoko.
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Abuses Persist as UDHR Turns 60
In Zimbabwe, lawyers marched on Parliament and the Supreme Court to protest human rights abuses.
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Turi Omollo on Rwanda and Human Rights
What can we in Rwanda and the rest of Africa celebrate on this day?
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US Arms Sales Undermine Global Human Rights
US sells arms to Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Colombia among other rights violators.