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Pussy Riot is the feminist punk rock band established in 2011. The idea is to create a new form of protest in Russia. However, their latest performance of punk prayer in Cathedral of Christ the Saviour of the Orthodox Church in Moscow ended up with charges of hooliganism and offence to religious beliefs.

Pussy Riot is a Russian feminist punk-rock group that stages illegal performances in Moscow on the role of women in Russia, President Putin, the role of Orthodox Church in Russia and the rights of LGBT.

Belarus is the only European state in which the people may be sentenced to death. The capital punishment can be applied in 14 types of crime, e.g. in crime of terrorism, genocide, hatching a plot against the government or several types of murder.

It’s all About Unity:

The old prediction made by a medieval prophet that iron will one day mix with blood and flesh, is an accurate description of our times.  Probably no other time in history had witnessed a so blatant violation of the human body by machines before now.  Yet in the last century, war took its heavy machinery out of battlefields to the streets for a very good reason: the enemy has now become the street protester, and not solely renegades plotting overthrows in remote mountain caves, secretly dealing in weapon exchanges with invisible tribes across borders.

In 2009, United Nations special rapporteur James Anaya visited Australia to compile a report on the treatment of indigenous peoples. Specifically, he analysed the extent to which the human rights of indigenous communities have been respected. On balance, the report praises the efforts made by the Australian government but also points to a number of areas where Aboriginal people are still placed at an unfair disadvantage. Following the report I will briefly summarise just some of the historic and contemporary problems faced by indigenous communities in Australia.

The situation in Syria has become very serious but are the world either watching or even caring? Why is it we can invade Iraq, invade Afghanistan, assassinate people inside the territory of sovereign nations at will, bomb in support of Libyan freedom fighters but just watch with one eye as Assad's regime brutally murders its own people? Such is the world of political leadership at the end of 2011.

  The Pope, head of the Catholic Church (one of the richest  
 institutions on the planet), resplendant in magnificent robes
 stiched with gold and a golden cross is wheeled into position to
 give his Christmass message. The message this year is the
 condemnation of the commercialisation of Christmas. The