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The Commission on Human Rights (Filipino: Komisyon ng Karapatang Pantao) (CHR) is an independent constitutional office created under the 1987 Constitution of the Philippines, with the primary function of investigating all forms of human rights violations involving civil and political rights in the Philippines.
The Cyrus Cylinder is an ancient clay cylinder, now broken into several pieces, on which is written an Achaemenid royal inscription in Akkadian cuneiform script in the name of the Persian king Cyrus the Great. [2] [3] It dates from the 6th century BC and was discovered in the ruins of the ancient Mesopotamian city of Babylon (now in modern Iraq ...
Original - Cyrus Cylinder; the world’s first charter of human rights in the British Museum in London. Observer Edit (Example only, do not vote for) - The focus is unmistakably on the document and it actually fills the frame. Not much can be done about technical quality due to heavy crop. Reason
The CHDF elements, along with about 50 firemen and soldiers of the Regional Special Action Forces (RSAF) had attempted to disperse the crowd. The firemen hosed demonstrators from firetrucks, the RSAF used tear gas, and the CHDF opened fire with assault rifles and a machine gun. Between 20 and 30 people were killed, and 30 were wounded. [40]
Many historians suggest that the Achaemenid Persian Empire of ancient Iran established unprecedented principles of human rights in the 6th century BC under Cyrus the Great. After his conquest of the Neo-Babylonian Empire in 539 BC, the king issued the Cyrus cylinder, discovered in 1879 and seen by some today as the first human rights document.
In contrast to the articles assertion, the Cyrus cylinder does translate into freeing the 'bonded people' - and this is very commonly accepted to mean freeing slaves. Also their is no archaeological evidence, including the form of records (tokens/cylinder seals) that allude to the existence of slavery in the Achaemenid period.
On August 21, 1983, after three years, Aquino was murdered by the military, [30] as he disembarked from a China Airlines plane at Manila International Airport (later renamed in Aquino's honor). [20] [31] His assassination shocked and outraged most Filipinos, [20] who had lost confidence in the Marcoses.
The Cyrus Cylinder, an ancient tablet on which is written a declaration in the name of Cyrus referring to restoration of temples and repatriation of exiled peoples, has often been taken as corroboration of the authenticity of the biblical decrees attributed to Cyrus, [20] but other scholars point out that the cylinder's text is specific to ...