Self-determination

...take a pass on such a treatment if it became available. So, is it political correctness run amok, or is it a group's right of self-determination to stipulate (by law, no less) how they should be referred to? There are plenty of precedents...

In this article: Barbara A. Mikulski, Down syndrome, No Child Left Behind, U.S. Senate, Los Angeles Times, and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

...from the US, where she was awarded the Train Foundation''s Civil Courage prize of 50,000 dollars for her struggle for the Sahrawis'' right to self-determination. After refusing to declare her nationality as Moroccan on arrival, the police...

In this article: Polisario Front, Morocco, The Sydney Morning Herald, UN, and Aminatou Haidar

...the very essence of the U.S. and NATO missions in Afghanistan. It is understandable in this post-colonial era of multiculturalism and self-determination for the United States to want to avoid the label of "foreign occupying power." But...

In this article: Hamid Karzai, Barack Obama, Afghanistan, United States, Taliban, John Kerry, NATO, Kandahar, Democracy, and Duplicity

...the US, where she was awarded the Train Foundation's Civil Courage prize of $US50,000 ($54,000) for her struggle for the Sahrawis' right to self-determination. After refusing to declare her nationality as Moroccan on the airport arrival...

In this article: Polisario Front, Morocco, Lanzarote, and UN

It proposes that such a tribunal be based upon principles that include acknowledgement of the racist nature of removal policies, self-determination, access to redress for people affected by the policy, and prevention of the causes of...

In this article: Public Interest Advocacy Centre, University of Technology, Sydney, Larissa Behrendt, Jenny Macklin, Tasmania, and Canberra

...Rights Award. She also recently received the Train Foundation's Civil Courage Prize in New York for her "courageous campaign" for self-determination of Western Sahara. Morocco annexed Western Sahara in 1975, but the Algerian-based...

In this article: Spain, Aena, Lanzarote, Canary Islands, and Morocco

But the Dalai Lama has said they may meet after Obama returns from China, which condemns the Buddhist monk as a separatist for demanding Tibetan self-determination. Chinese media have avoided fawning over Obama, in contrast to the...

In this article: Barack Obama, Hu Jintao, China, Beijing, United States, Dalai Lama, Buddhist, Global warming, and Tsinghua University

But the Dalai Lama has said they may meet after Obama returns from China, which condemns the Buddhist monk as a separatist for demanding Tibetan self-determination. (Reporting by Patricia Zengerle and Caren Bohan; Writing by Benjamin Kang...

In this article: Barack Obama, China, Hu Jintao, Dalai Lama, Tibet, U.S., and Buddhist

But the Dalai Lama has said they may meet after Obama returns from China, which condemns the Buddhist monk as a separatist for demanding Tibetan self-determination. The Dalai Lama fled into exile in India after an abortive uprising in...

In this article: Barack Obama, China, Taiwan, Dalai Lama, Hu Jintao, Beijing, Washington, U.S., Tibet, and Buddhist

...and opinions in a wide variety of venues and arenas. In such a cosmopolitan atmosphere, how does one truly engage in the art of self-determination? Does one break from other points of view? Does one assimilate into the pack? Or does one...