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Human Rights in China and France - Religious Freedom
"More than 100 Chinese Christians have been detained after they worshiped outdoors. One Chinese state-run newspaper called the meeting "illegal" and a "public disturbance," and accused Christians of trying to politicize religion" - NPR - Click here to Read and Listen to the NPR Morning Edition Story
A law banning the face-covering Muslim veil takes effect Monday in France, where the garments are called burqa or niqab. President Nicolas Sarkozy says the veils are an assault on French values of secularism and equality of the sexes, and now they can no longer be worn in public. Critics say the French president is trying to attract right-wing voters by focusing on Muslims.
We may have many human rights here in the U.S. but the power of the elite crush the financial rights of the Middle and Lower Financial Classes.
In the story here NPR discusses banks foreclosing on people with no justifiable reason.
"But Dahlmer says that for a year and a half, her lender — Bank of America — has been losing her documents and dragging out a loan modification she qualified for. And lately, the bank has been threatening to foreclose."Read and Listen to the Story on NPR.
