Amnesty International: Death Penalty
Amnesty’s annual State of the World 2012 report is out packed with research and findings on 155 countries: http://bit.ly/air-12
“[Patrick Stewart]’ talks about his personal experience of domestic violence at the launch of ‘Created Equal’, a new book on women’s rights.”
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War does not create security.
Cambodian Activist Phouk Hong is fighting to defend the human rights of her family and her community, the indigenous Kuy people living in the Prey Lang forest. The forest is under threat companies that are encroaching on the area to set up industrial scale logging operations. Learn more about Phouk Hong’s efforts here. (Photo source:www.preylang.com)
Three young women are being detained by Russian authorities for allegedly performing a protest song in a cathedral as part of a feminist punk group “Pussy Riot”.
Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, Maria Alekhina and Ekaterina Samutsevich were arrested in March 2012 and charged with “hooliganism”. If found guilty, they could be jailed for up to 7 years.
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We’re thrilled President Obama took a stand for marriage equality yesterday! However, we must remember that marriage equality is a human rights issue, and as such should not be left for states to “decide the issue on their own,” as the President suggested. Read more »
WHY IS CHINA SO AFRAID OF ONE BLIND ACTIVIST?
Chen, a self-taught lawyer who was imprisoned and then subjected to violence and house arrest for exposing forced abortions and sterilizations in China, made a daring, Houdini-like escape to the U.S. embassy. Following delicate negotiations with the United States, Chinese officials pledged to allow Chen to live a “normal life” with his family, and he initially agreed to return home.
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