http://www.liberalroad.com Individual Freedom and Equality Sat, 22 Nov 2008 14:26:25 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Pretty much everyone knows that medicine and cosmetics are tested on animals. But did you know that pet food, household products or tobacco are tested on animals too? (Sources: PETA, API and Smokinganimals.com) These are only examples of the many unexpected products that are tested on animals. Is it really necessary ... http://www.liberalroad.com/2007/10/07/animal-testing-did-you-know/ With over 100 million animals used every year in animal tests worldwide (estimation, source: Buav) here are 5 things that can be done to try to stop this cruel practice: 1. Stop buying products tested on animals For most products there are many alternatives that have not been tested on animals. Check ... http://www.liberalroad.com/2007/09/30/5-ways-to-stop-animal-testing/ I wrote about animal testing in an earlier post. Due to the big interest that animal rights and animal tests seem to have I decided to write more about them. Once upon a time products were tested on beings held in bad conditions in captivity against their will. Many were in ... http://www.liberalroad.com/2007/09/23/ban-animal-testing-now/ More or less official curfews seem to become more common in some countries. Even shopping malls in the United States are forbidding young people to come shopping without their parents (See article of The Times). In the shopping mall mentioned in the article people under 16 are not allowed to come ... http://www.liberalroad.com/2007/04/06/curfews-a-non-respect-of-freedom/ As I checked the news on google today this news draw my attention. Basically an Austrian court is going to decide whether or not a certain Chimpanzee have human rights. I have to welcome this debate. It's a great thing that it is debated if Chimpanzees' should have human rights. ... http://www.liberalroad.com/2007/04/02/court-deciding-if-chimpanzee-have-human-rights/ When I started blogging I knew that blog spamming (writing spam comments) existed,but I never imagined that it was so terribly common. Pretty much every day I have about 100 spam comments in moderation. And the worst thing is that every day there seem to be more and more spam. ... http://www.liberalroad.com/2007/03/30/im-completly-spammed/ With the first prisonier of Guantanamo being trialed concerns can be raised about the fairness of the trial. This first prisonier has pleeded quilty apparently in order to get a shorter sentence. The fairness of Guantanamo Bay trials is a joke. After several years in the harsh conditions (involving torture) in ... http://www.liberalroad.com/2007/03/27/fairness-of-guantanamo-bay-trial-a-joke/ An estimated 100 million animals are used in laboratory tests every year. Tests are done on all kind of animals: mice, rats, rabbits, apes but also dogs and cats. 5 reasons to ban animal testing: - Animal testing is cruel. Many animal tests lead to pain on animals and a part of ... http://www.liberalroad.com/2007/03/24/5-reasons-to-ban-animal-testing/ The last days we have been able to read in the press about human rights abuses in Zimbabwe. Probably the pictures of beaten politicians woke up the interest of the Western World media (one beaten politician CNN and anotherBBC). One of the pictures shows the opposition leader with his head ... http://www.liberalroad.com/2007/03/18/the-forgotten-people/ Today a Swedish TV station told that the Swedish troops in Afghanistan are spying on civilians as well as the local police and military. Phone lines of whole towns are listened to at times, which is especially worrying and wrong. It's not the first time that Sweden doesn't care about ... http://www.liberalroad.com/2007/03/15/sweden-spying-on-afghan-civilians/