Cuba and human rights. Please ignore this if you think Cuba is a 1. Glorious Worker's Paradise or 2. 3rd largest prison on Earth (after Myammar and N. Korea) I would like to know more about human rights for the average person in Cuba. For instance, if a regular person (NOT a government employee, journalist, or someone w/ connections) could afford it, could they just leave and go to India for 2 weeks on vacation? Buy a computer and get full access to the Web? Visit a relative in Miami? Open a bookstore and import what they want? Start a blog discussing human rights in Cuba? What actually happens if they try sailing a boat to Miami or Mexico?
posted by ebesan on Oct 6, 2009 - 14 answers

NGOfilter: I think I've discovered my vocation - the question is, how do I go about achieving it? Lots of background, questions from clueless young person and more. [more inside]
posted by monocot on Aug 7, 2009 - 7 answers

How has Turkmenistan changed since the death of former-president Saparmurat Niyazov/Turkmenbashi? [more inside]
posted by mustcatchmooseandsquirrel on Jul 20, 2009 - 4 answers

Human rights luminaries. And/or recent human rights books. Any suggestions for a human rights conference speaker or a recent human rights book to read? [more inside]
posted by semacd on Jun 26, 2009 - 13 answers

I'm looking for a human rights NGO to work for in the Francophone world. My preference is for a Francophone Arab country, but I'm open to any option that would be a good work experience. Does anyone have experience or other knowledge of NGOs they would recommend? [more inside]
posted by totalbs247 on May 24, 2009 - 5 answers

I am collecting examples of the “Ticking Time Bomb Scenario” in fiction, film/tv, and journalism. [more inside]
posted by Mngo on Apr 10, 2009 - 10 answers

What countries (other than North Korea) don't allow citizens to leave? [more inside]
posted by LaszloKv on Dec 23, 2008 - 12 answers

I am looking for an anti human trafficking/slavery group to work for this summer in South America. Can anyone offer any ideas or suggestions? [more inside]
posted by yoyoceramic on Apr 16, 2008 - 6 answers

I need ideas for a visual representation of a human rights issue. [more inside]
posted by Etta Hollis on Jan 24, 2008 - 11 answers

What exactly would one do as a lawyer with a background in international law (specifically human rights, refugees issues, things of that nature)? [more inside]
posted by naoko on Jan 21, 2008 - 8 answers

Human rights violations around the world. What are countries with histories of major modern human rights violations that I may not think of? [more inside]
posted by n'muakolo on Nov 1, 2007 - 38 answers

I'm an International Relations: Human Rights and Social Movements major graduating next year.What should I do to find a job/ earn experience in this field that doesn't involve just filing papers? This is quite a new major at my Uni, and therefore, doesn't have a solid or thorough post-graduation resource bank, so to say. [more inside]
posted by Etta Hollis on Mar 24, 2007 - 7 answers

How credible are the claims of Coca-Cola bottling plants in Colombia having hired paramilitaries to kill union leader Isidro Gil?
posted by Count Ziggurat on Feb 27, 2006 - 17 answers

Are there organizations that report on the human rights of gays and lesbians around the world? [more inside]
posted by Amizu on Jan 6, 2006 - 6 answers

I need help finding or creating a macro to transliterate Cyrillic characters to their Latin-alphabet, English-language "equivalents" without doing a massive find-and-replace by hand. [more inside]
posted by michaelkuznet on Sep 1, 2005 - 5 answers

Does anyone have experience with a moissanite engagement ring? I hate the diamond industry because I've been doing human rights work all my life, but those Harry Winston diamond ads make me swoon more than I'd like to admit. [more inside]
posted by hamster on Jun 16, 2005 - 34 answers

EthicsFilter: Do you support making what you feel is an unjust law or policy more equitable? [MI] [more inside]
posted by IshmaelGraves on Nov 7, 2004 - 10 answers

Can a free people in a democratic country that has grown to such an enormous power remain to its historically told ideals of basic human rights, government from and for the people? Could the desire for control of that power be great enough to collapse a free society? Is humankind enslaved to war?
posted by the fire you left me on Apr 30, 2004 - 22 answers

I'm interested in broadening my cinematic horizons. Can anyone recommend a good movie that deals with the theme of international indifference to human rights violations? [more inside] [more inside]
posted by .kobayashi. on Mar 2, 2004 - 15 answers