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    factory workers in Bangladesh. The female workers there explain in the documentary how there is little option to choose which job they have, working conditions and unsanitary, sudden unemployment is frequent, union membership is prevented by arbitrary arrest, and the money they are paid is not adequate to survive. The power to enforce or alleviate these conditions rests in the hands of mainly the supervisors and corporations. The supervisors use threats and violence for persuasive and physical…

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    rounded up through raids and mass arrests aimed at officials of the deposed Popular Unity government, political activists, labor unions, factory workers, and shanty town dwellers.”2 It was said that they there were around twenty detention camps throughout the nation in which a majority of the general public had no knowledge of. 3 The largest of the sites were two sports arenas, the National Stadium and the Chile Stadium in Santiago, that had been converted to detention camps. Many of the locker…

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    Throughout history communities in America face the harsh reality that throughout their life they will be policed. The act of policing is the creation done that insoles personal control, social control, political control, and some aspects mind control. The form of policing has changed over time, in the past policing for slaves was done by their inability to walk freely between plantations to real policing done by legal officers. Many people face the struggle of policing on their daily lives for…

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    One major human rights issue that has been debated for the past decade in Australia, is the protection and treatment of refugees who land on Australian shores. “At the end of 2015, the number of refugees reached 65.3 million, revealing that 1 in every 113 people are displaced from their home.” This constant rise in refugee number highlights the importance for Australia’s government to move towards better solutions for the management of asylum seekers. This essay will consider the political…

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    Sociologists theoretically and empirically neglect genocide. In this paper, our important collective framing perception begins by looking at state origins of race-founded ideology in the dehumanization and mobilization leading to genocide. It looks at this dynamic by recognizing culturally driven-level process that is theoretically not developed and questioned in many settings. The research paper investigate common processes by developing an unprecedented survey of civilians and refugees from…

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    FINDINGS AND SUGGESTIONS 13. Introduction. On concluding the research study it has been noticed that tight from the chapter number one we have been noticing the issues women and transgenders have faced in the custody of police, in jails, while under trial, pre and post conviction, correction homes and at care homes and by any other detaining authority and all these are the authorities working and safeguarding the rights of people as guaranteed in the constitution and law. We have noticed the…

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    "Australia has done a wonderful job of protecting human rights and it should be proud of its position on the world stage.” Human Rights Commissioner Tim Wilson, Feb 3 2015. Analyse this statement with reference to at least two cases and one piece of legislation supporting your position. Be critical and analytical in your research and response. Within society, human rights play a crucial role for individuals and the community to ensure that everyone, regardless of “distinction of any kind,…

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    in which neighbors retaliate for private disputes via the justice system. *The ability of officers to arrest individuals suspected of so-called cognizable offences without a warrant violates the right not to be subjected to arbitrary arrest and detention. Section 54 of the Criminal Procedure Codes, which delineates the broad and vague grounds on which an officer may make an arrest without a warrant, has opened the door to abuse of police power that even the Supreme Court of…

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    Nicholas refused the establishment of an elected, democratic parliament until this was forced upon him as a result of the 1905 revolution. Moreover, the Tsar had his own secret police otherwise known as the Okhrana who often used arbitrary arrest, detention and torture to gain information and this would have made the Tsar unpopular with ordinary Germans. The cossacks also forcefully suppressed strikes and protests adding to this and the Tsar himself encouraged pogroms against the Jews and…

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    The Muslim Rohingya minority have lived alongside the predominately Buddhist majority in Burma since the 11th century (“Persecution of,” n.d.). According to Wikipedia, Burmese King Bayinnaung banned prominent Muslim holidays such as Eid al-Adha and Eid al- Fitr (“Persecution of,” n.d.). Shortly after, Burmese king Bodawpaya slaughtered four of the country’s most influential religious leaders for refusing to eat pork (“Persecution of,” n.d.). Recently, in June 2012, the brutality escalated…

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