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...last several hundred years - since [Hugo] Grotius wrote his 'Freedom of the Seas' treatise [in 1609] we have had freedom to fish on the high seas, without constraints, but clearly for deep-sea bottom trawling this can't continue. And I am reasonably optimistic it can be stopped," says Matthew Gianni, Deep Sea Coalition co-founder, who became a conservation advocate 20 years ago, after a decade of trawl fishing off U.S. coasts. "If there is going to be a turning point I think the concerns and the process of negotiation that played out at the General Assembly will prove...
...successor to the KGB), whereas several Kremlin leaders, including Putin himself, started their careers in the security agencies. He warmed the hearts of his audience at Davos this year: "We are well aware that there's one simple reason why no nondemocratic state has ever become prosperous: freedom is better than nonfreedom...
Kyle M. Brown, an organismic and evolutionary biology graduate student and the president of the GSAS Graduate Student Council, said he supported the move to increase freedom for exploration at the graduate level...
...hand has to be created. Raising awareness is a process in which we can all participate, whether by joining a human rights organization on campus or just speaking to your friends over dinner. Student groups in Cuba are risking persecution just to promote awareness, organizing peaceful demonstrations calling for freedom of expression. Their courage is inspiring, especially considering the recent arrests of three of their leaders...
...What I say is admittedly idealistic, but nevertheless necessary. It is our duty as privileged beneficiaries of freedom to advocate for the respect of human beings throughout the world. John F. Kennedy ’40 once told us: “When one man is enslaved, all are not free.” True freedom exists only when it is reaped by all. And we can help...