Recently added articles from Amnesty International:
TRANSCENDING POLITICS
Dec 01, 2008; ... As I type these words, we are just a few days away from Election Day, and I hope all who are reading this now exercised one of the most fundamental of human rights by voting. While voting in a free election remains a deservedly treasured right, however, the 2008 U.S. election was also marred by ...
Eyes Off the Prize: Human Rights vs. Civil Rights: The Struggle Continues
Dec 01, 2008; ... 60th ANNIVERSARY: The Universal Declaration of Human Rights The scenes of horror in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina so closely mirrored those of the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 that they gave America a shock: thousands of U.S. citizens, overwhelmingly poor and overwhelmingly ...
The Price of Silence
Dec 01, 2008; ... Global music video marks the 60th anniversary of the UDHR with a call to guarantee human rights for all. To mark the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, satellite broadcaster Link TV worked with AIUSA to produce "The Price of Silence," a global music video and ...
AIUSA Harnesses Satellite Technology to Monitor South Ossetia
Dec 01, 2008; ... Thousands of civilians in South Ossetia bore the brunt of the military conflict between Georgia and Russia that erupted on Aug. 8. Kazbek Djiloev, a resident of the regional capital Tskhinvali, was drinking tea in his home when he heard gunfire followed by tanks and artillery. He told Amnesty ...
Letter from Death Row
Dec 01, 2008; ... Dear Amnesty International, I want to thank all of you for your efforts and dedication to human rights. In the past year I have experienced such emotion, joy, sadness and never-ending faith. It is because of all of you that I am alive today. As I look at my sister Martina, I am marveled ...