tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21629351372307923.post8560066556055524002..comments2024-02-10T10:20:12.925+01:00Comments on The Road to the Horizon: 2009 Humanity's Shame Top 10: Taking nominations now!Peterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05877671849645884790noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21629351372307923.post-894934898704900452009-12-26T13:29:00.640+01:002009-12-26T13:29:00.640+01:00The Philippines for "not wanting to internati...The Philippines for "not wanting to internationalise" the resurgence of conflict in Mindanao and thereby keeping it nearly forgotten from the eye of the world. <br /><br />Number of violence-induced IDPs on UNHCR country profile: 0 (I sent an email to update the website, so it might have been updated in the meantime - or not)<br /><br />Number of IDPs according to IDMC: up to 330 000 - 400 000. <br /><br />Also shame on the Philippine government to fail to put an end to the extrajudicial killings and disappearances of human rights activists.Heidihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17719968113703025598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21629351372307923.post-91815648311421944242009-12-24T00:08:48.061+01:002009-12-24T00:08:48.061+01:00Shame on the government of China for equivocating ...Shame on the government of China for equivocating in Sudan.<br />Shame on George W. Bush for initiating war in Iraq.<br />Shame on American Republicans for being such pains in the ass on healthcare reform.<br />Shame on the International Community for being so terribly schizophrenic at the cost of human suffering in Sri Lanka, Afghanistan, Sudan..............J.http://talesfromethehood.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21629351372307923.post-53156043785602431612009-12-23T18:33:13.234+01:002009-12-23T18:33:13.234+01:00Ethiopia. their role in the Somalia crisis, discri...Ethiopia. their role in the Somalia crisis, discriminating the opposition in the provision of aid, and their civil war in Ogaden.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21629351372307923.post-29133906352815662272009-12-23T16:24:58.853+01:002009-12-23T16:24:58.853+01:00In terms of abandoning their citizens, North Korea...In terms of abandoning their citizens, North Korea definitively should be on the list. Add Myanmar, Zimbabwe, Ethiopia, Sudan and Iran to that list, and you have a pretty good overview of those states abusing human rights.Georghttp://www.unicef.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21629351372307923.post-41732251191569132002009-12-23T16:23:20.981+01:002009-12-23T16:23:20.981+01:00DRC, by far!DRC, by far!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21629351372307923.post-74976967329504904192009-12-23T08:24:06.039+01:002009-12-23T08:24:06.039+01:00To take what Prof Easterly says back a step, shame...To take what Prof Easterly says back a step, shame on official aid agencies for contributing such woeful levels of funding, and for a large percentage of these meager amounts being spent on external consultants flying in and out.Carlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06491071708629151378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21629351372307923.post-67749325136717344142009-12-22T22:27:43.080+01:002009-12-22T22:27:43.080+01:00Shame on official aid agencies, for not being acco...Shame on official aid agencies, for not being accountable for the $100 billion a year that they mostly fail to get to the world's poor.William Easterlyhttp://aidwatchers.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21629351372307923.post-70943327177685186052009-12-22T21:41:55.429+01:002009-12-22T21:41:55.429+01:00Should at least have an honourable mention: EU, Mi...Should at least have an honourable mention: EU, Middle East and Far East countries buying up land in Africa, for biofuel production, or production of their own food.<br /><br />Despite the fact that country does not produce enough food for their own yet.<br /><br />Their own corrupt governments to blame, of course.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21629351372307923.post-36795748845133652272009-12-22T19:43:32.963+01:002009-12-22T19:43:32.963+01:00***
Thanks all for the comments.
@George: I agre...***<br />Thanks all for the comments. <br /><br />@George: I agree, will adapt in the final list<br />@anonymous: About WHO: you have a point.<br />@John and @Karen: good points<br /><br />Keep the comments/nominations coming!<br /><br />PeterPeterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05877671849645884790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21629351372307923.post-26845528150769385152009-12-22T18:29:37.114+01:002009-12-22T18:29:37.114+01:00I don't get number 10. If anything, WHO overes...I don't get number 10. If anything, WHO overestimated the impact of H1N1, which got people serious about it and probably slowed the epidemic somewhat. WHO did their job, public health is just not a predictable or static science. <br />Definitely agree with all the other nominees though.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21629351372307923.post-5640042770792171782009-12-22T16:18:36.810+01:002009-12-22T16:18:36.810+01:00Shame on the Gaza blockade that collectively punis...Shame on the Gaza blockade that collectively punishes 1.5 million refugees by inhibiting education, reconstruction, health and nutrition to allow the people to break out of a vicious circle of abuse. <br />Highest grade weaponry has been used in the war to destroy and kill, yet due to the blockade primitive reconstruction materials and medications are now being used to save the people and the infrastructure.<br />The Gaza blockade is implemented by governments of Israel and Egypt and endorsed by most governments in general on request of Israel. It should not be permitted according to international human rights laws on several basis.<br />I realise that a "Shame top 10" nomination for Gaza is already nominated, however I believe that, although it may look cosmetically nicer to symmetrically accuse both Hamas and Israel, it does not reastically reflect the issues on the ground. Hamas is cruelly and strategically using the Gaza situation to it's political advantage, but it cannot be said that its human rights abuses are "equal" to those of Israel.George Muammarhttp://www.twitter.com/geo_twitnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21629351372307923.post-75571215713623339332009-12-22T15:47:19.850+01:002009-12-22T15:47:19.850+01:00ASEAN looks to improve trade relations at the expe...ASEAN looks to improve trade relations at the expense of basic rights across the entire region, the US plays along. Genocide in Burma continues.John Jacobsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21629351372307923.post-63407096734769846512009-12-22T15:05:55.975+01:002009-12-22T15:05:55.975+01:00I'd have to nominate North Korea for their sca...I'd have to nominate North Korea for their scare tactics, failure to cooperate, and of course for their human rights violations. This wasn't underreported but shame on the North Korean government(and in some ways us) for letting it all happen.Karen K.http://calledtocompassion.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21629351372307923.post-27466773814096536052009-12-22T14:37:53.793+01:002009-12-22T14:37:53.793+01:00My nominee is the Belgian government in providing ...My nominee is the Belgian government in providing inadequate shelter for the homeless and the asylum seekers during the winterlindahttp://www.wfp.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21629351372307923.post-77493749164779337802009-12-22T13:49:38.023+01:002009-12-22T13:49:38.023+01:00How could you forget the thorough efforts of the I...How could you forget the thorough efforts of the Iranian governing elite to violently suppress peaceful demonstrations through whatever means they had.<br />Shame on the Iranian ruling class.<br /><br />Aime.Aimehttp://www.un.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21629351372307923.post-48702211045766411022009-12-22T13:48:13.099+01:002009-12-22T13:48:13.099+01:00Ethiopia, for sure. Famine again. After unpreceden...Ethiopia, for sure. Famine again. After unprecedented level of aid.Luchttp://www.reliefweb.intnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21629351372307923.post-68642657952097826572009-12-22T13:46:11.941+01:002009-12-22T13:46:11.941+01:00The Uganda LRA, definitively. For their atrocities...The Uganda LRA, definitively. For their atrocities in DRC, Uganda, Chad and Sudan. And to the international community's inability to do anything about a handful of armed men creating havoc at that level.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21629351372307923.post-20859737010825146342009-12-22T13:43:24.810+01:002009-12-22T13:43:24.810+01:00Shame on the US in mixing humanitarian and militar...Shame on the US in mixing humanitarian and military causes, putting the lives of aidworkers at stake.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com