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Election, Constitution and Rights

Law and nature; Men and Law; Men and nature. Interrelated and corelated. But most of the time people who are walking on the corridor of powers always isolated themselves with the nature. Nature have taught us great things. Fairness always prevailed. No one can denied anyone's rights. Truth is always supreme. The recent legislation on public assembly is does not complied with the requirements of nature, constitution and us. Why this legislation is created? A lot resentment and all is down to upcoming election. Can we just forgo our rights which enshrined under the constitution to acheive a single motive? I have no answer for this question. cheers.

Human Rights & Terrorism: An Overview

Introduction Human rights are relevant to terrorism as concerns both its victims and its perpetrators. The concept of human rights was first expressed in the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which established "recognition of the inherent dignity and inalienable rights of all members of the human family." The innocent victims of terrorism suffer an attack on their most basic right to live in peace and security. The suspected perpetrators of attacks also have rights, as members of the human family, in the course of their apprehension and prosecution. They have the right not to be subject to torture or other degrading treatment, the right to be presumed innocent until they are deemed guilty of the crime and the right to public trial. The "war on terror" focused human rights issues The Al Qaeda attacks of September 11, the subsequent declaration of a "global war on terror," and the rapid development of more stringent counter-terrorism efforts have p