Word: unjust
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...dissent against the policies he represents—not only at Harvard, but also on campuses across the nation that have joined in the grassroots campaign to simultaneously voice principled opposition. The U.S. government and the public at large should also take notice of these voices, and reject the unjust, coercive and ultimately oppressive treatment of Taiwan by the People’s Republic of China...
Prominent liberal activist and historian Howard Zinn told a packed lecture hall last night that history proves the American occupation of Iraq is unjust...
...addition to our neglect for actual victims of this unjust war, Rogers explains how our “over-hyped” concerns for intangible victims have shamefully “monopolized public attention to the exclusion of the issue of how it affects our troops.” Duh! When was the last time you saw headlines like “2 GIs Killed North of Baghdad” (surely last week) or “Rocket- Propelled Grenades Kill U.S. Soldier in Iraq” (not a day before that) make the front page? We are embarrassed...
...scarves from public-school classrooms if they felt their presence interfered with the obligation to provide a religiously neutral education. More liberal states are likely to allow teachers to cover their heads, but conservative ones like Bavaria have already announced they will prohibit it. Many Germans feel it's unjust that crucifixes should be removed from classrooms while Muslims are allowed to wear head scarves, even though the hijab is a personal statement and the crucifix on the wall a state initiative. Some European countries have found a better balance between state secularity and personal religious expression. In Britain, laws...
China must cease to treat Yang—and the many other prisoners whose unjust incarcerations foul its human rights record—in such cruel and unusual ways for this era of human history. No concrete evidence against Yang has materialized, and yet he has already incurred significant punishment; while here in Cambridge his wife and eight-year-old son endure excruciating and interminable uncertainty as to his fate. Yang and many other prisoners of the Chinese government have not been proven guilty on criminal charges yet have been held captive in unjustifiably harsh conditions for extended periods?...