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Amnesty International plans Write-a-thon
Yangon :: Myanmar | about 18 hours ago
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30 p.m. at Calvary Episcopal Church at Shady Avenue and Walnut Street...This year, the organization has chosen to write letters on behalf of 10 individuals and groups, including a Nobel Peace Prize Laureate who is jailed in Myanmar and an Ethiopian opposition...
Tags: Local Amnesty International, Myanmar, Yangon, Amnesty International, Shadyside, Pennsylvania State University, Pittsburgh, Penn State Dance Marathon
Independent investigation needed into Honduras human rights abuses : Amnesty
At the end of a 10-day visit to Honduras during the country's presidential elections, Amnesty International has called for an independent investigation to ensure all those responsible for human rights abuses are brought to justice and the victims given...
Tags: Amnesty, Human Rights abuses, Honduran constitutional crisis, War Conflict, rights abuses, Amnesty International, facto authorities, security force, Tegucigalpa, Chronology of events of the 2009 Honduran coup d'ￃﾩtat
Evidence of new arrests, harassment and illegal detentions by Guinea security forces
Guinea's security forces are continuing to arrest and harass activists and others, following a massacre during a political protest on 28 September, Amnesty International found during a recent visit to Guinea. Mouctar Diallo, vice-president of Guinea's...
Tags: Amnesty, illegal detentions, War Conflict, Amnesty International, security force, human rights, red berets, Guinea protest
Kiwis Write for Rights this Human Rights Day
Auckland :: New Zealand | 3 days ago
Credibility This year, Amnesty International is highlighting six appeal cases of Prisoners of Conscience and other individuals or communities at risk of human rights abuses in countries such as Greece, Nepal, Colombia and Ethiopia. Mutabar Tadzhibaeva, an Uzbekistani...
Tags: human rights, Amnesty International, New Zealand, Auckland, Rights, Emre Baris, Law, Criticism of Amnesty International, Prisoner of conscience
Taking liberties with theatre
Cape Town :: South Africa | 4 days ago
Credibility Next week, iceandfire theatre company launch Everyone Has the Right , a call for new plays about human rights, in partnership with Amnesty International. As their patron I should declare an interest, but nonetheless the scheme raises valuable questions...
Tags: Amnesty International, South Africa, Cape Town, Harold Pinter, Human rights, Brian Friel, Athol Fugard, Politics, Mountain Language, One for the Road
China sentences five to death over riots: Xinhua
Beijing :: China | 4 days ago
Credibility Spelling follows North American usage, along with foreign currency and measurement units. Join the conversation 8 people are reading this now. Top Breaking News World articles
Tags: death sentences, China, amnesty, death sentenced, Urumqi, ethnic riots, Beijing, Xinjiang, War Conflict, Social Issues, Uyghur people, East Turkestan independence movement, Uyghurs, ￃﾜrￃﾼmqi, Islam in China, July 2009 ￃﾜrￃﾼmqi riots, Law Crime, Protests, Amnesty International, Riot, Ahmad Muhamman Yaqub, East Turkestan, Conakry, Moussa Dadis Camara, Cambodia, Guinea, Uyghur unrest, Capital punishment, Abdul Helil Mamut, Murder
AI: Afghan civilians must be protected
Kabul :: Afghanistan | 5 days ago
Credibility U.S. government must ensure that any troops who violate Afghan civilians human rights are held to account," said Madhu Malhotra, Asia-Pacific deputy director, in a release. "More U.S. troops must not lead to more harm to Afghan civilians." Amnesty International...
Tags: amnesty, human rights, Amnesty International, U.S, Afghanistan, Kabul, Human rights abuses, Politics, Human rights in Afghanistan, War in Afghanistan, War Conflict
Farah Mihlar: A welcome step, but crisis of displaced people is far from over
Vavuniya :: Sri Lanka | 5 days ago
Credibility The decision to open the camps will undoubtedly be welcomed by the remaining displaced people. But it is the implementation of this decision that will determine its real impact. In the last few months, the numbers in the camps have dropped considerably...
Tags: Sri Lanka, Vavuniya, Politics, Internally displaced person, Forced migration, War Conflict, Politics of Sri Lanka, Social Issues, Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, Persecution, Sri Lankan Civil War, Tamil Eelam, Amnesty International, Vaharai Bombing, Provinces of Sri Lanka, Sri Lankan people
Amnesty highlights abuses in Indonesia's Papua
Jakarta :: Indonesia | 6 days ago
Credibility Amnesty International called Monday for an investigation into a “pattern of unchecked human rights violations” by Indonesian police in restive Papua province. In an open letter to Papua police chief Bekto Suprapto, the London-based rights watchdog said...
Tags: Indonesian, Papua JAKARTA, Indonesia, Jakarta, Western New Guinea, Papua, Disputed territories, Amnesty International, West Papua, Nabire Regency
AI: Don't forget poor in climate talks
Copenhagen :: Denmark | 7 days ago
Credibility World leaders meeting in Denmark next week must ensure any climate change pact doesn't put the world's poor at further disadvantage, Amnesty International said. After a conference discussing the impact of climate change on human rights in the run-up to...
Tags: climate, climate change, human rights, Mary Robinson, Denmark, Copenhagen, Environment, Amnesty International, IPCC Third Assessment Report, Global warming, Action on climate change
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