Harry Wu and the Quality of Labor
There has been a great deal of talk about jobs and China in the US presidential campaign this year. One of thethings that has not been addressed is the nature of that employment. There is a considerable difference between jobs done willingly by people treated humanely and forced labor under brutal conditions. Candidate rhetoricemphasizes the [...]
China: Detention of Shanghai-based human rights defender Ms Mao Hengfeng
President Hu Jintao, The State Council General Office, People’s Republic of China Your Excellency, I am William Nicholas Gomes, Human Rights Ambassador for Salem-News.com. I came to know about the situation from Front Line Defenders. On 30 September 2012 Shanghai-based human rights defender Ms Mao Hengfeng was detained while petitioning in Beijing. She was apprehended [...]
From icon to politician. Aung San Suu Kyi’s and the future of Burma
On September 24th Burmese pro-democracy activist and Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi visited the University of Louisville as a guest of the McConnell Center. I had the enormous honor and privilege both to meet her in person and to sit in on a private question and answer session she had with our [...]
Philippines: Killing of human rights defender Mr Genesis Ambason
H.E. Benigno Aquino III, President, Republic of the Philippines Your Excellency, I am William Nicholas Gomes, Human Rights Ambassador for Salem-News.com. I came to know about the situation from Front Line – The International Foundation for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders. On 13 September 2012, human rights defender Mr Genesis Ambason was killed just [...]
Aung San Suu Kyi’s U.S visit: A Personal View
I first became aware of the brutal nature of the regime in Burma and the story of Aung San Suu Kyi during the mid 1990s. Suu Kyi had been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1991 and five years later the award-winning journalist and filmmaker John Pilger released the film Inside Burma: Land of Fear [...]
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