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Fear Of Children's Rights Education Misplaced
Thursday, 21 February 2008, 2:08 pm | Amnesty International
Fears that human rights education for children will undermine parents and families will be heartened by strong evidence that it has the opposite effect, according to visiting Canadian researchers. More >>
Experts Back NZ Initiative On Rights Education
Tuesday, 19 February 2008, 3:22 pm | Amnesty International
Two Canadian researchers have backed an initiative aimed at ensuring children learn their human rights and responsibilities as New Zealand and global citizens, saying research suggests it will contribute to greater participation and engagement in school, ... More >>
A Ban On Cluster Munitions - The Only Sane Option
Monday, 18 February 2008, 12:05 am | Amnesty International
Despite being more lethal than landmines there is still no treaty that controls cluster munitions - which is why a conference hosted by New Zealand this week could play such a crucial role in banning these weapons. More >>
Ban on Cluster Munitions Only Sane, Humane Option
Monday, 18 February 2008, 12:05 am | Amnesty International
Despite being more lethal than landmines there is still no treaty that controls cluster munitions - which is why a conference hosted by New Zealand this week could play such a crucial role in banning these weapons. More >>
Bhutto Assassination Vs Crackdown On Civil Liberty
Saturday, 29 December 2007, 5:38 am | Amnesty International
"It is shocking to see someone's life cut short in such a brutal way. Attacks such as these can never be justified. They violate international law and the rules of democratic behavior." More >>
Amnesty USA Letter To Secretary Rice, On Pakistan
Tuesday, 25 December 2007, 6:48 am | Amnesty International
Pakistan's judiciary supervises the nomination and polling process at every level, while High Court and Supreme Court judges hear appeals regarding qualifications and fraud. The Election Commission is composed of retired and serving judges. More >>
Rights: Promise For Future Haunted By Past Ghosts
Tuesday, 25 December 2007, 6:42 am | Amnesty International
While the Council achieved some positive outcomes at the resumed sixth session, Amnesty International believes that its members would be well-advised to reflect on where they are taking the Council, which is showing troubling signs. More >>
Haiti Vs. "September 30" Human Rights Defenders
Tuesday, 25 December 2007, 6:31 am | Amnesty International
"The Haitian authorities have a responsibility under international law to protect the legitimate rights of human rights defenders to organize and take action without restrictions or fear of reprisals." More >>
Q&A: The Migrant Workers Convention
Thursday, 20 December 2007, 7:03 am | Amnesty International
The Migrant Workers Convention protects the rights of irregular as well as regular1migrants. Not all irregular migrants enter or stay in a country without authorization or documentation since some are trafficked into a country to work with false documents provided by ... More >>
Calls For Kenya Govt, Candidates To Respect Rights
Thursday, 20 December 2007, 7:03 am | Amnesty International
Amnesty International calls on Kenyan authorities, all election candidates and political parties to take steps to prevent election-related violence with the aim of ensuring effective respect and protection for human rights in the lead up to and during the ... More >>
Political Parties, Uphold A 12-point Plan On Right
Thursday, 20 December 2007, 7:02 am | Amnesty International
Criminal suspects and political opponents have been extrajudicially executed. Contrary to worldwide trends, the scope of the death penalty has been widened, and hundreds of people, including juveniles, have been executed. More >>
Fears Of A Cover-Up In The Semdinli Bombing Case
Thursday, 20 December 2007, 7:00 am | Amnesty International
On 14 December the first hearing of the retrial of persons accused in connection with the November 2005 bombing of a bookshop in the south-eastern town of Semdinli was held. The accused are two gendarmerie intelligence officers and a former Kurdistan ... More >>
Amnesty Int.: Nigeria Secretly Executing Prisoners
Thursday, 20 December 2007, 7:00 am | Amnesty International
Amnesty International revealed today that secret executions have taken place in Nigeria's prisons within the last two years, despite new assurances by the government that Nigeria has not executed anyone "in recent years." More >>
Nigeria: Stop Executions -- Adopt A Moratorium
Thursday, 20 December 2007, 6:59 am | Amnesty International
Nigerian NGOs and Amnesty International express serious concerns about reports of executions of several prisoners on death row in Nigerian prisons and call for an immediate moratorium. More >>
EU Parliament Adopts Resolution On Comfort Women
Thursday, 20 December 2007, 6:58 am | Amnesty International
The resolution, which was passed with a clear majority, contributes to the global voice calling on Japanese authorities to take the concrete step of apologising to the survivors of Japan's military sexual slavery system before and during the World ... More >>
Sth Korea: Migrant Trade Union Officials Deported
Thursday, 20 December 2007, 6:56 am | Amnesty International
Amnesty International condemns the forced return - in secret and without due process - by the Government of the Republic of Korea (South Korea) of three senior officials of the Migrant Trade Union (MTU) in the morning of 13 December 2007. More >>
EU Parliament Speaks Out On WWII Sexual Slavery
Thursday, 20 December 2007, 6:56 am | Amnesty International
Amnesty International welcomes the European Parliament's adoption of a resolution on "Comfort Women" -- the thousands of young women of different nationalities coerced into sexual slavery by the Japanese army during the second World War. More >>
Iran: Regarding Executions Of 3 Child Offenders
Thursday, 20 December 2007, 6:55 am | Amnesty International
Iran: Amnesty International urges Iranian authorities to prevent executions of three child offenders and join the worldwide trend towards abolition of the death penalty. More >>
Puerto Rico: Police Violence Against Demonstrators
Thursday, 20 December 2007, 6:54 am | Amnesty International
Amnesty International said that the authorities must ensure that police officers are fully trained to respect human rights and internationally recognized standards on use of force. Any officers found to have violated such standards should be held ... More >>
Amnesty Applauds Abolition Of The Death Penalty
Thursday, 20 December 2007, 6:53 am | Amnesty International
Larry Cox, executive director of Amnesty International USA, issued the following statement today after two key votes in New Jersey for abolition of the death penalty. More >>
