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Published May 28, 2008 @ 12:30PM PST
Sixty years ago, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) was adopted by the United Nations. Amnesty International's brand new 2008 round-up of the State of the World's Human Rights show that sixty years later people still face:
• torture or ill-treatment in at least 81 countries
• unfair trials in at least 54 countries
• filtered or blocked speech in at least 77 countries
Governments are failing to respond to growing angry demands for justice, freedom, and equality - similarly to those voiced in Myanmar, Pakistan and Iran.
In honor of the 60th anniversary of the UDHR, Amnesty International challenges governments around the world to set a new paradigm for collective leadership to solve the world's human rights crises.
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Published December 10, 2008 @ 08:34AM PST
Anniversaries are a dime a dozen. We’ve got days for everything. Sled Dog Day. Bubble Gum Day. Ballet Day. Dump Your Significant Jerk Day. I’m not kidding. Today is different. 60 years ago this December 10th – after the horrors of World War II – the world came together to unanimously pass the Universal Declaration of Human ... Read More
Published July 18, 2008 @ 12:36PM PST
This week, we celebrate the ten year anniversary of the treaty establishing the International Criminal Court (ICC). The treaty is groundbreaking because it established for the first time in history a permanent court to investigate individuals accused of the most serious crimes of concern to the international community. Today, 107 countries around the worl... Read More
Published May 22, 2008 @ 07:45AM PST
This spring and summer, Amnesty International will tour a life-size replica of a maximum security cell at Guantánamo to cities across the USA. The tour kicked off in Miami in early May. Check out all our photos on Flickr. Visitors will experience firsthand the harsh realities of illegal detention and prolonged isolation. Those moved will be... Read More
Published April 24, 2008 @ 01:33PM PST
The CIA must stop stonewalling congressional oversight committees and release vital documents related to the program of secret detentions, renditions, and torture. The CIA this week filed to end a lawsuit and avoid turning over more than 7000 documents related to its secret “ghost” detention and extraordinary rendition program. This motio... Read More
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