Browsing issue: Violence

Including results for: Mass killings, Rape and sexual abuse, Violence against women, Slavery & forced labor, Torture/ill treatment, Human trafficking, Death penalty, Police brutality

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Shoot on Sight

Watch "Shoot on Sight" and contact Secretary-General Ban-Ki Moon to demand UN Security Council action on Eastern Burma and to exert immediate pressure on the military junta in Burma to stop violence a...

Burma, Thailand

Internally displaced persons, Mass killings, Refugees

Witnessed: 201 times

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Uganda - Child Soldiers story

Janet's Story - Janet was abducted into the Lords Resistance Army when she was nine years old where she was forced to marry a commander 20 years her senior....

Uganda

Child soldiers, Mass killings, Rape and sexual abuse

Witnessed: 64 times

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Schoolgirls attacked with acid in Afghanistan

A group of girls determined to receive an education have been scarred for life in southern Afghanistan.

Afghanistan

Armed conflict, Education, Violence against women

Witnessed: 184 times

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Looking for an Alternative

More than 50 000 people are arrested and forced to undergo drug testing by the police in the Republic of Georgia every year....

Georgia

Drugs & human rights, Police brutality

Witnessed: 163 times

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Today we have more hope...

Human Rights First Executive Director and CEO Elisa Massimino speaks about the election of Barack Obama and what it means for restoring our nation's commitment to human rights and the rule of law.

United States

Elections, Terrorism, Torture/ill treatment

Witnessed: 185 times

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Campaign for Fair Food

A collection of interviews from members of the Coalition of Immokalee Workers about their Campaign for Fair Food, the working conditions that make the Campaign necessary, and how YOU can get involved ...

United States

Corporations and human rights, Labor, Slavery & forced labor

Witnessed: 14 times

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Anti-Torture advocacy Ad

This is a 30-second ad that the human rights organization Task Force Detainees of the Philippines is using to develop public awareness about the issue of torture and the need to legislate an anti-tort...

Asia, Philippines

Detention, Torture/ill treatment

Witnessed: 182 times

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WITNESS Media Archive: Footage from Rio Negro Massacre

On March 13, 1982, eleven-year-old Jesus Tecú Osorio watched the torture, rape and slaughter of 177 women and children in his village, including most of his family....

Guatemala

Impunity, International criminal court, Mass killings

Witnessed: 585 times

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DRC - Raise Hope, Protect and Empower Congo's Women

The Enough Project launches a new campaign and website RAISE Hope for Congo to fight the terrible scourge of violence against women in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Watch the video....

Congo, Democratic Republic of the

HIV-AIDS, Rape and sexual abuse, Violence against women

Witnessed: 217 times

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