Amnesty International
Asylum-seekers are not criminals
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- Asylum-seekers are not criminals
- Date posted
- 14 years ago
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- The Greek authorities should immediately review their policy of locking up irregular migrants and asylum-seekers, including many unaccompanied children. Amnesty International's new report;
Greece: Irregular migrants and asylum-seekers routinely detained in substandard conditions,
documents their treatment, many of whom are held in poor conditions in borderguard stations and immigration detention centres with no or limited access to legal, social and medical aid.
"Asylum-seekers and irregular migrants are not criminals. Yet, the Greek authorities treat them as such disregarding their rights under international law," said Nicola Duckworth, Europe and Central Asia Programme Director for Amnesty International.
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- France votes against freedom of choice
- Date posted
- 14 years ago
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- Amnesty International's discrimination expert says ban on full-face veils would violate freedom of expression.
Amnesty International has condemned an overwhelming vote by the lower house of the French parliament to ban the wearing of full-face veils in public.
Three hundred and thirty six parliamentarians voted for the measure on Tuesday, with only one opposing it.
"A complete ban on the covering of the face would violate the rights to freedom of expression and religion of those women who wear the burqa or the niqab as an expression of their identity or beliefs," said John Dalhuisen, Amnesty International's expert on discrimination in Europe.
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- Rock and repression in Cuba
- Date posted
- 14 years ago
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- Cuban rock musicians, bloggers and activists demand a change to the country's repressive laws.
Cuba's repressive legal system has created a climate of fear among journalists, dissidents and activists, putting them at risk of arbitrary arrest and harassment by the authorities.
The Amnesty International report Restrictions on Freedom of Expression in Cuba highlights provisions in the legal system and government practices that restrict information provided to the media and which have been used to detain and prosecute hundreds of critics of the government.
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- Bercario (Babies) TV commercial
- Date posted
- 14 years ago
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- Television spot commissioned by Amnesty International Portugal Section. This spot called Nursery is an award winning spot created by Pedro Bexiga / Marcelo Lourenço. The director was Rita Nunes.
In a nursery the babies begin to cry one at the time. Only when all are crying the nurse decides to attend to them.
The text reads 'When people unite become much stronger. Amnesty International. You can make the difference. 56 Anniversary of Universal Declaration of Human Rights.'
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- As if Hell fell on me
- Date posted
- 14 years ago
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- Millions of Pakistanis in the northwest tribal areas live in a human rigfhts free zone where they have no legal protection by the government and are subject to abuses by the Taleban, Amnesty International said in this major report.
People living in Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) are subject to the Frontier Crimes Regulation (FCR). Under FCR, no one is allowed to go get a lawyer, there is no provincial rule there and no constitution applies there.
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- Sri Lanka Video Wall
- Date posted
- 14 years ago
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- This video was produced using photographs taken during the last few months of the war in Sri Lanka. The photographs were taken in May 2009 by one of the 300,000 people trapped between the two sides in the No Fire Zone during the final days of the Sri Lankan war. Some of the images are from Manik Farm where survivors were detained for many months in military-run camps.
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- Migrants on the move in Mexico
- Date posted
- 14 years ago
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- Every year, tens of thousands of women, men and children travel through Mexico without legal permission as irregular migrants. More than nine in every 10 are Central Americans, mostly from El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras or Nicaragua. The vast majority are headed for the US border in the hope of a new life far from the poverty they have left behind. Their journey is one of the most dangerous in the world.
Invisible Victims: Migrants on the Move in Mexico highlights the dangerous journey that these irregular migrants make and how Amnesty International would like the Mexican government to act.
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- I owe my life to Amnesty International
- Date posted
- 14 years ago
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- Earlier this month in Yemen, an emotional Hafez Ibrahim greeted Amnesty International researcher Lamri Chirouf, the man he credits with stopping his execution for a crime committed when he was a child.
Now aged 22, Hafez proudly described his determination to make the most of the life that was returned to him. He is in his third year at Sanaa University studying law, and plans to dedicate himself to protecting human rights. His story highlights the additional injustice and cruelty of the death penalty when it comes to juvenile offenders.
Hafez Ibrahim was 16 when he attended a wedding in his home town of Taizz. Everyone was in high spirits and most of the men were armed. At some point, the celebrations boiled over, a struggle broke out, a gun went off and someone was killed.
The first judge sentenced me to death in 2005, he told Amnesty International. Then the case was referred to another judge, who confirmed the death sentence. He was not allowed t...
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- Housing rights of Roma in Rome
- Date posted
- 14 years ago
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- The short film looks at the Rome authorities controversial housing plan that has resulted in the forced eviction of hundreds of Roma and paves the way for thousands more over the coming months.
In a new briefing paper, The Wrong Answer - Italys Nomad Plan violates the housing rights of Roma in Rome, Amnesty International has warned that the plan, which began in July 2009, violates the human rights of thousands of Roma.
The measures envisage the destruction of over 100 Roma settlements across the capital and an estimated 6,000 Roma are to be resettled, without adequate consultation, into just 13 new or expanded camps on the outskirts of the city. The plan is likely to leave more than 1,000 Roma homeless.
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- The most dangerous place in the world to be a woman
- Date posted
- 14 years ago
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- Violence against women in Afghanistan is still widespread. Women of all ages are enduring brutal physical and sexual abuse in their own homes. This film looks at the various issues around women's rights and domestic violence in Afghanistan. It includes interviews with Horia Mosadiq, Amnesty International Afghanistan Researcher and Gualay Habib an Afghan human rights defender. The film begins with a short interview with Sosan a woman who describes some of the domestic violence she has experienced.
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- The Maguindanao Massacre
- Date posted
- 14 years ago
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- This video tells the story of the Maguindanao Massacre when 63 civilians were killed on the 23 November 2009 in Maguindanao in the Philippines. The events are recounted by one of the three surviviors still in hiding Aquiles Zonio, correspondent for the Philippine Daily Inquirer. The video includes footage from the days after the massacre when the mass grave was discovered. Amnesty International calls on the government to: 1) Revoke Executive Order 546, and ensure full accountability over all state-sponsored militias and paramilitary groups. 2) Establish a presidential commission aimed at preventing and prosecuting enforced disappearances and extrajudicial executions. 3)Order the administration to fully implement the UN Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement in order to ensure the safety and well-being of the displaced.
Photo Credit:
Raymond Villanueva
JL Burgos
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- Kim Dae-jung: Life on Death Row
- Date posted
- 14 years ago
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- The film explores experiences of death row and the death penalty in South Korea during the years of political upheaval before democracy. The film contains extracts from an interview with Kim Dae-jung, former president of South Korea who died in August of 2009. Kim Dae-jung was sentenced to death during the struggle for democracy and went on to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize and to become President of South Korea. The film includes other testimonies from political prisoners Kim Song-man and Yoo In-tae, and interestingly from Bok Ki-man who was a prison guard tasked with guarding Kim Dae-jung during his time on death row. The film focuses on the emotions of being a condemned man as well as the impact that the death penalty has on those tasked with carrying it out. The film was shot in 2009. The archive images used are from the Kim Dae-jung national library in South Korea.
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- Justice for Bloody Monday massacre
- Date posted
- 14 years ago
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- In a new report examining the "Bloody Monday" massacre on 28 September 2009 and its aftermath, Amnesty International outlines a series of reforms for Guinea's security forces to ensure human rights are upheld in the West African country.
Guinea security forces killed more than 150 people and raped over 40 women during and following the protests. More than 1,500 people were wounded and many people went missing or were detained.
At least two senior military officers named by the United Nations as potentially having individual criminal responsibility for events constituting crimes against humanity, remain in positions of influence in the Guinean Presidential Cabinet, despite the formation of a new transitional government.
The report documents extrajudicial executions, torture and other ill-treatment, rape, sexual slavery and arbitrary detention carried out by particular units of Guinea's armed forces - the gendarmerie - and police. It reveals...
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- Killing at Will - Unlawful police killings in Nigeria
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
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- This short video was created for Amnesty International websites and was produced in conjunction with the Amnesty International report on unlawful police killings in Nigeria.
The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) is responsible for hundreds of extrajudicial executions, other unlawful killings and enforced disappearances every year. The majority of cases go un-investigated and unpunished. The families of the victims usually have no recourse to justice or redress. Many do not even get to find out what exactly happened to their loved ones.
The police exploit public anger at the high crime rates in the country to justify their actions. They often claim that the victim was an armed robber killed in a shoot-out or while trying to escape police custody. Force Order 237 permits officers to shoot suspects and detainees who attempt to escape or avoid arrest. In practice, it lets the police get away with murder.
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- Kim Dae-jung - For the people and for history
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
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- The video highlights Kim Dae-jung's concerns about the use of the death penalty in South Korea and across Asia. Featuring archive footage and photographs of his time in prison as well as video shot on location in South Korea.
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- Indigenous communities in the Northern Territory
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
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- Amnesty International Secretary General, Irene Khan, in Australia on a High Level Mission,visited remote Indigenous communities in the Utopia Homelands in central Australia to meet with elders and community leaders. November 2009
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- Forced evictions in Nigeria: Ngofaka-polo Waterfront communi
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
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- Forced evictions in Nigeria: Port Harcourt
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LOe-MRUIAcM
Short film about forced eviction in the Ngofaka-polo Waterfront community Port Harcourt, Nigeria. Njemanze and Abonnema Wharf are within the project site of a commercial entertainment project called "Silverbird Showtime". UN-HABITAT estimates that "the Silverbird Showtime project" alone will lead to land clearance affecting between 100,000 and 150,000 people.
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- No Woman Should Die Giving Birth: Maternal Mortality in Sierra Leone
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
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- This film illustrates the problem women face when giving birth in Sierra Leone. 1 in 8 women die giving birth in Sierra Leone as opposed to 1 in 4000 in developed countries. In a country where over 50% live on less then 1$ a day and a quarter live in extreme poverty, the poorer you are the more likely you are to die giving birth.
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- A final interview with Kim Dae-Jung
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
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- Kim Dae Jung was the former South Korean president, Nobel peace prizewinner and architect of 'sunshine policy' with North Korea. He died on the 18th August 2009.
He gave one of his final interviews to Amnesty International. In it he talks about the importance of abolishing the death penalty and about how when he was sentenced to death he was offered a change to cooperate with the, then, regime if he would give up his work and how he decided not to accept.
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- France: Police Above the Law
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
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- French police have been accused of committing gross human rights violations often against ethnic minorities for which they are seldom brought to justice, says a new Amnesty International report.
Allegations of unlawful killings, beatings, racial abuse and excessive use of force by Frances police officers are rarely investigated effectively.
For further details and a copy of the full report, please visit our website:
http://www.amnesty.org/en/news-and-updates/report/police-abuse-goes-unchecked-france-20090402
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- Afghanistan: Humanitarian Crisis in Freezing Weather
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
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- More than a quarter of a million people are homeless due to fighting, drought and insecurity. Children are without food, proper clothing or shelter as temperatures drop to freezing.
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- The Women of Kibera
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
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- Life for women in Kenya can be hard.
For women living in one of the largest slums in the world, life can be devastating.
With remarkable access to the inner areas of the Kibera slum in Nairobi, this film introduces just a few of the thousands of women, whose daily lives are blighted by poverty and serious human rights violations.
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- Price of Silence
- Date posted
- 16 years ago
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- A music video that brings together 16 of the worlds top musicians—some of whom have fled oppressive regimes—in a rousing musical plea to guarantee human rights for all.
The track, donated by Aterciopelados and arranged by fusion music guru Andres Levin, combines the voices of Hugh Masekela, Julieta Venegas, Stephen Marley, Angelique Kidjo, Yungchen Lhamo, Aterciopelados, Yerba Buena, Natacha Atlas, Rachid Taha, Kiran Ahluwalia, Chiwoniso and Emmanual Jal with those of U.S. artists Natalie Merchant, and Chali 2Na of Jurassic 5. Introduction by Laurence Fishburne.
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Video produced by: Link TV: Television Without Borders for Amnesty International
Directed by: Joshua Atesh Litle
Music produced by: Andres Levin for Music Has No Enemies
Nacional Records
Photos courtesy of Magnum Photos
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- Fire Up
- Date posted
- 16 years ago
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- Join a global demonstration in support of human rights and Amnesty International.
On 10 December:
Celebrate Human Rights Day and the 60the anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
Stand up with people all over the world who want to make human rights a reality for everyone.
Every human has rights. That is the essence of our humanity. It places on each of us the duty to stand up, not just for our own rights but also for those of others - and to help turn the vision of the UDHR into a reality. That is the spirit of international solidarity. That is the true meaning of universal, indivisible human rights.
On this significant anniversary, people will be gathering together in hundreds of places all over the globe, to light a candle, fire or flame as part of a mass demonstration. On Human Rights Day, stand up for human rights and show your solidarity with people all over the world who are committed to making h...
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- Economic, social and cultural rights for all
- Date posted
- 16 years ago
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- Support the Optional Protocol on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights http://www.protectallhumanrights.org/en
Billions of women, men and children face levels of deprivation that undermine the right to live with dignity.
Hunger, homelessness and preventable disease are not inevitable social problems or simply the result of natural disasters they are a human rights scandal.
Even in rich countries, there are people who do not have access to education, health care and housing. Governments often blame a lack of resources, but, in fact, many people face systematic discrimination, while those on the margins of society are often overlooked altogether.
The international community has stood by while individual governments have ignored the human rights of millions of people. International financial institutions have imposed conditions on countries that have led to reduced access to education and health care for people living in pover...
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- REM - Small Places Tour
- Date posted
- 16 years ago
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- Michael Stipe talks about Amnesty International's Small Places Tour and UDHR60
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- Guns for sale
- Date posted
- 16 years ago
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- Watch our shocking spoof of a shopping channel offering AK47 machine-guns for sale. Amused or appalled? Join our petition to control the arms trade.
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- Torture Can Never Be Justified
- Date posted
- 16 years ago
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- Don't let arguments for torture go unchallenged. Watch this video where former US President Carter, the UN Special Rapporteur on Torture and others raise their voices against torture and other ill-treatment
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- Amnesty International History Video
- Date posted
- 16 years ago
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- Amnesty International is a worldwide movement of people who campaign for internationally recognized human rights to be respected and protected for everyone.
We believe human rights abuses anywhere are the concern of people everywhere.
So, outraged by human rights abuses but inspired by hope for a better world, we work to improve people's lives through campaigning and international solidarity.
Our mission is to conduct research and generate action to prevent and end grave abuses of human rights and to demand justice for those whose rights have been violated.
Our members and supporters exert influence on governments, political bodies, companies and intergovernmental groups.
Activists take up human rights issues by mobilizing public pressure through mass demonstrations, vigils and direct lobbying as well as online and offline campaigning.
We have more than 2.2 million members and subscribers in ...
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- Stop the death penalty: Worldwide abolition now
- Date posted
- 17 years ago
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- This animated slideshow features stories of the death penalty around the world, narrated by Colin Firth.