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		<title>Human Rights Day 2011</title>
		<link>http://freedomcenter.org/freedom-forum/index.php/2011/12/human-rights-day-2011/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Dec 2011 19:15:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jamie Glavic</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ban Ki-moon]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Universal Declaration of Human Rights]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As we celebrate the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948 – we must, in the words of Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, &#8220;acknowledge its enduring relevance for our own times.&#8221; To read his entire statement, click here. As you watch the video below think about the rights you have and the rights of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>War Criminal Henry Wirz Hanged!</title>
		<link>http://freedomcenter.org/freedom-forum/index.php/2011/11/war-criminal-henry-wirz-hanged/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Nov 2011 18:00:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron Isett</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Andersonville]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Henry Wirz]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[human rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[POW]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In every war, there are men who commit horrendous acts of violence and cruelty. Both the Union and Confederacy kept prisoners under deplorable conditions. However, Henry Wirz is especially worthy of mention here. A Swiss immigrant, Wirz lived in Louisiana before the Civil War broke out. He joined the Fourth Louisiana Battalion, and, after guarding [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Columbus Day 2011: Still Reaping the Benefits of Enslavement</title>
		<link>http://freedomcenter.org/freedom-forum/index.php/2011/10/columbus-day-2011-reaping-benefits-enslavement/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Oct 2011 15:40:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jodie McFarland</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Civil War 150]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Commentary]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Slavery Today]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Christopher Columbus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[civil rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Civil War]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Columbus Day]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fan The Flame]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[history]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[human rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[modern slavery]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Last year I had the distinct pleasure of giving a tour of the Freedom Center to a group of international visitors that was comprised of representatives of four different continents; Africa, Asia, Europe, and South America. As we were discussing issues of enslavement at the Anderson slave pen, one of our distinguished guests from Chile [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Civil War at 150: How Far Have We Come?</title>
		<link>http://freedomcenter.org/freedom-forum/index.php/2011/06/civil-war-150/</link>
		<comments>http://freedomcenter.org/freedom-forum/index.php/2011/06/civil-war-150/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jun 2011 16:06:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jodie McFarland</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Civil War 150]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Commentary]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Featured]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Human Rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[civil rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Civil War]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fan The Flame]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Freedom Center]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[human rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[james byrd jr.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lynching]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[U.S. Constitution]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://freedomcenter.org/freedom-forum/?p=5447</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Thirteen years ago this week, James Byrd, Jr. of Texas was tied to the back bumper of a pickup truck and dragged to his death. The reason for this heinous act was not out of vengeance for some crime he committed and it was not an act of self defense on the part of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>10 Things You Need to Know About Ida B. Wells</title>
		<link>http://freedomcenter.org/freedom-forum/index.php/2011/05/10-ida-wellsbarnett/</link>
		<comments>http://freedomcenter.org/freedom-forum/index.php/2011/05/10-ida-wellsbarnett/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 May 2011 20:46:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ally Yusuf</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Commentary]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[activist]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[civil rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[freedom]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[human rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ida b wells]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lynching]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NAACP]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[(1)    Ida B. Wells was a fearless anti-lynching crusader, suffragist, women&#8217;s rights advocate, journalist and speaker. (2)    Ida is known to be one of the earliest civil rights advocates. She passionately fought against the practice of lynching, a horrific form of racial prejudice. (3)    She was born into slavery. (4)    In 1884, Ida purchased a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Revolution &amp; Human Rights in the Middle East: Intervention or Not?</title>
		<link>http://freedomcenter.org/freedom-forum/index.php/2011/04/revolution-human-rights-middle-east-intervention/</link>
		<comments>http://freedomcenter.org/freedom-forum/index.php/2011/04/revolution-human-rights-middle-east-intervention/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Apr 2011 15:45:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jamie Glavic</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Events]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Europe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[human rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[international politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Libya]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[McMicken College of Arts & Sciences]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Middle East]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[North Africa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[University of Cincinnati]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://freedomcenter.org/freedom-forum/?p=4789</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[On Wednesday, April 27 at 5:00 p.m.  University of Cincinnati faculty with specialties in human rights, Europe, North Africa and the Middle East will discuss the recent events in Libya and the implications for international politics at the “Revolution and Human Rights in the Middle East: Intervention or Not?” forum. The event will feature the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>An Empty Chair is This Year&#8217;s Image of Human Rights Day</title>
		<link>http://freedomcenter.org/freedom-forum/index.php/2010/12/empty-chair-years-image-human-rights-day/</link>
		<comments>http://freedomcenter.org/freedom-forum/index.php/2010/12/empty-chair-years-image-human-rights-day/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Dec 2010 15:43:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Bernish</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[China]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[human rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Linked in]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liu Xiabo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nobel Peace Prize]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://freedomcenter.org/freedom-forum/?p=3982</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If you remembered that today is Human Rights Day (and if you did, good for you!),  then the empty chair at the Nobel Peace Prize award ceremony in Oslo is perhaps the enduring symbol of how close &#8212; and distant &#8212; the goal of universal human rights still is. The empty chair was for Chinese [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The “Invisible” 2,500 Women and Girls Trafficked in West Bengal</title>
		<link>http://freedomcenter.org/freedom-forum/index.php/2010/09/invisible-2500-women-girls-trafficked-west-bengal/</link>
		<comments>http://freedomcenter.org/freedom-forum/index.php/2010/09/invisible-2500-women-girls-trafficked-west-bengal/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Sep 2010 13:16:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Bernish</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Human Trafficking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Slavery Today]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[human rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kolkata]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[trafficking in India]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[West Bengal]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A scathing editorial in a Kolkata (Calcutta) newspaper, the Telegraph, cites figures from the West Bengal police that as many as 2,500 Indian girls and women are trafficked from that province alone &#8212; and as shocking as that number is, it probably only reflects a fraction of the &#8220;invisible&#8221; crime of trafficking. The Freedom Center [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Violence Against Women A Key Factor in Trafficking</title>
		<link>http://freedomcenter.org/freedom-forum/index.php/2010/08/violence-women-key-factor-trafficking/</link>
		<comments>http://freedomcenter.org/freedom-forum/index.php/2010/08/violence-women-key-factor-trafficking/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Aug 2010 13:18:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Bernish</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Commentary]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Human Trafficking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alyse Nelson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[human rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vital Voices Global PArtnership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[womens rights]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://freedomcenter.org/freedom-forum/?p=3115</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In a little over a month, on October 9, the Freedom Center will open a new, permanent exhibition on contemporary forms of slavery and its sordid companion: human trafficking. The exhibition, entitled &#8220;Invisible: Slavery Today,&#8221; explores the extent of slavery today, which by some estimates is a global business of exploitation, abuse and oppression involving [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Human Trafficking Victims Live in Legal Limbo</title>
		<link>http://freedomcenter.org/freedom-forum/index.php/2010/02/human-trafficking-victims-live-limbo/</link>
		<comments>http://freedomcenter.org/freedom-forum/index.php/2010/02/human-trafficking-victims-live-limbo/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2010 16:13:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Bernish</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[DCAF]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[forced prostitution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[human rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Human Trafficking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[law enforcement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[modern slavery]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sex trafficking]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://freedomcenter.org/freedom-forum/?p=1866</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Allison Jernow, a former Justic Department prosecutor and now senior legal officer at the International Commission of Jurists, provides this perspective on human trafficking: &#8220;Whatever else you can say about human trafficking,&#8221; she writes in a chapter in the DCAF report, &#8221; it is a real and tangible violation of an individual&#8217;s rights.&#8221; But for human [...]]]></description>
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