Children in the Ranks

Wed, 05 Dec 2007 14:42:00 -0800

Support the Child Soldier Prevention Act of 2007
Limit US Military Assistance to Governments Using Child Soldiers

The Death Penalty

Amnesty International — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 18:22:01 -0700

The death penalty is the ultimate cruel, inhuman and degrading punishment. It violates the right to life. It is irrevocable and can be inflicted on the innocent. It has never been shown to deter crime more effectively than other punishments.

Amnesty International works for an end to executions and the abolition of the death penalty everywhere.

Progress has been dramatic. In 1977 only 16 countries had abolished the death penalty for all crimes. Today the figure stands at 89.

Act Now to Help Stop Feminicide and Torture in Ciudad Juarez and Chihuahua

Wed, 05 Dec 2007 14:44:12 -0800

Since 1993, over 400 women and girls have been violently killed and thousands have disappeared in Ciudad Juárez and Chihuahua, Mexico. Under fire for their inability to solve these crimes, the police have tortured people to confess to the murders. "Dual Injustice,", tells the story of Neyra Cervantes, who disappeared in 2003, and her cousin, David Meza, who was tortured to confess to her murder. The video played a pivotal role in the campaign that led to David's release from prison in June 2006.

After massive protests in Burma, world refuses to let dust settle

Ryan Schlief — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 14:41:11 -0800

Beginning August 19, 2007 there was a series of peaceful protests across Burma as monks, activists and ordinary citizens challenged misrule and repression. On September 26, the Burmese military government responded with violence. Thousands were detained, hundreds disappeared and the country is in the grip of repression.

Educational Integration of Roma Children in Bulgaria

Wed, 05 Dec 2007 14:50:27 -0800

At an estimated 10 million people, Roma are the largest, yet most discriminated-against minority in Europe. In Bulgaria, 70 percent of young Roma, (approximately 30,000 children), attend sub-standard schools in segregated Romani neighborhoods. Inadequate material conditions and the poor quality of education provided by unmotivated teachers contribute to low attendance rates of Roma pupils. Altogether, they alienate Romani children from schools and perpetuate the cycle of illiteracy, unemployment, and poverty.

HIV/AIDS in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)

The Hub — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 14:48:19 -0800

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Torture and displacement in Northern Uganda

Wed, 05 Dec 2007 14:49:56 -0800

Two decades of armed conflict between the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) and the Ugandan government in the Northern Uganda, has caused some nearly two million civilians to be displaced from their homes. Ordered into so-called protected camps, Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) face heightened insecurity, appalling living conditions and the lack the means of subsistence.

Please oppose vigilante groups such as the Minuteman Project

Wed, 05 Dec 2007 14:51:15 -0800

There have long been vigilantes harassing border crossers and communities, but this year has seen an alarming increase in their activity and visibility. For example, in April, a new group called the “Minuteman Project" stepped into the national spotlight when several hundred recruits gathered in Arizona to patrol the border. Only months later, they are expanding their activities into California, Texas and several other states
throughout the country.

End Extraordinary Rendition and Torture in the World Community

Wed, 05 Dec 2007 14:53:36 -0800

Human rights groups and several public inquiries in Europe have found the U.S. government, with the complicity of numerous governments worldwide, to be engaged in the illegal practice of extraordinary rendition, secret detention, and torture. The U.S. government-sponsored program of renditions is an unlawful practice in which numerous persons have been illegally detained and secretly flown to third countries, where they have suffered additional human rights abuses including torture and enforced disappearance.

End Slave Labor in Brazil

Tamaryn Nelson WITNESS — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 14:54:19 -0800

Every year, more than 25,000 workers are enslaved by landowners in rural Brazil, mostly in the Amazon region.