Tag Archives : Amnesty International

In the last week of December an Indian court sentenced Dr. Binayak Sen to life imprisonment. Dr. Binayak Sen, a well-known doctor, who has won many human rights awards for his grass root level work with poor tribals in Maoist infested state of Chhatisgarh, has been charged for sedition apparently for his alleged links with Maoist rebels.  According [...]

Two million people live in this sprawling spread of squalor where sub-human standards of living, alone are a definite equivalent of human rights violation. Amnesty International’s report entitled The Unseen Majority: Nairobi’s Two Million Slum Dwellers also outlines the gross human rights abuses, along with the sordid poverty, that exist [...]

The campaign using the strategy of deleting the ‘S’ from the Shell logo to underscore the evils that the energy provider has done through the decades is not new. It was also done back in the last days of Apartheid in South Africa when ‘Shell was banned in Europe by a lot of people because of the wrong choices they made.’ Now, Amnesty International [...]

Finally Amnesty International Hong Kong has spoken up against gross discrimination and human rights abuse LGBTs face because of their sexuality by launching a ‘Gay’ campaign. Yes, the pun is very much intended in these series of print advertisements. The message in the print ads say: Gay People Are Not Gay, Make More People Gay Today and Everybody [...]

The Israeli army engaged in acts of ‘wanton destruction’ against Palestinian civilians during its offensive in the Gaza Strip in December and January, says Amnesty International. In a 117-page report about the 22-day fighting, the humanitarian organization also states that the firing of rockets by Hamas militants against Israel constituted ‘war [...]

According to Amnesty International (AI), the oil pollution in the Niger Delta has deprived tens of millions of people from their most fundamental right to food, water, and health. In a thick report, AI describes the environmental degradation in the delta where about 31 million people live. The group calls it a tragedy of human rights that has fueled [...]

According to Amnesty International, 1,718 people were executed in China in 2008. At least 7,003 face the death sentence. In a secretive regime such as China, nobody really knows if these figures are accurate. Most of these executions were done through the firing squad. There are plans, however, to completely eradicate the use of firing squads by the [...]

Toy Soldier Campaign by Amnesty International, Croatia is shocking. The whole war, conflicts, weapons and cruel executions have become a toy story indeed. Something that goes on and no and one really tries to stop. No one even gives a thought that it is being played out in front of children and a whole generation thus gets desensitized and grows up [...]

According to a complaint of Amnesty International (AI), women in Iraq suffer from systematic discrimination and violence directed against them specifically because of their gender. AI has also noted that Iraqi law allows ‘honorable motives’ in murder cases of women by their husbands, parents, and teachers. These result in exemption from criminal [...]

There cannot be another befitting anti-war, anti-human rights abuse campaign than this new animation advertisement of Amnesty International, Portugal. There cannot be greater call of duty for humane souls than to stand up and help victims of war. The spot is right on dot with its message: “Everybody is Against Everybody. Somebody has to be for them.” Human [...]