The war in Afghanistan is increasing the likelihood that American civilians will be killed in a future terrorist attack. Part 6 of Rethink Afghanistan, Security, brings you three former high-ranking CIA agents to explain why. There is no 'victory' to be won in Afghanistan. It is the most important video about U.S. Security today.
Shall We, Let rest another child, whose innocence falls beneath Hate and Fear, Shall We, Trust in Neda’s hope, or Shall We, see that man raised this hand, Shall We, Honor all The Fallen, or Shall We wait for thousands more to be taken by our hand, Shall We, Stand With Neda or Shall We, stand with man…
Quotation Of The Week
"Secret arrest and indefinite detention, without charges, without evidence, without hearing, without counsel became the method of inflicting inhuman punishment on any whom the Nazi police suspected or disliked. No court could issue an injunction, or writ of habeas corpus, or certiorari."
Supreme Court Justice Robert Jackson, Chief U S prosecutor at Nuremberg
Nelson Mandela served 27 years in prison for demanding political change in South Africa.
First Nelson Mandela interview, May 21, 1961
Nelson Mandela, already a leading figure in resistance to apartheid, was asked by ITN’s Brian Widlake, for his views about the campaign to secure the franchise.
Invictus, the story of former South African President and Amnesty International Ambassador of Conscience, Nelson Mandela will hit theatres on December 11th, the day after International Human Rights Day.
Nelson Mandela served 27 years in prison for demanding political change in South Africa. Just 4 years later, in the country’s first fully democratic election, he was elected as the first black President of South Africa.
The torch that Mandela carried for human rights nearly 20 years ago is kept burning by countless other human rights leaders today, including Aung San Suu Kyi. For 14 of the last 20 years, Suu Kyi has been punished for calling for political change in Myanmar.
Only time will tell, how human rights history will continue to be written.
During World Habitat Day, Monday, October 5th, we reflect on the basic right that all people have to adequate shelter.
This year, Amnesty International is shining a light on the crisis of forcible evictions in Africa. Years after being forcibly evicted, millions of people remain homeless and destitute. Governments across Africa have acted in violation of regional and international law, including the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights.
With little hope of receiving compensation or re-housing in the near future, many families are driven deeper into poverty every day.
Three years after the murder of an American video journalist, Amnesty International still believes that the truth about his death has not yet come out.
Brad Will was shot and killed in Oaxaca City, Mexico, on October 27, 2006 as he filmed a clash between members of a local protest movement and officials of the local governing party.
According to the latest forensic evidence, it is highly unlikely that Juan Manuel Martínez – the man who has been held in custody for Will’s death for over a year – could have committed the crime. Amnesty International believes that the Mexican government is using Martínez as a scapegoat so it will appear that progress is being made in Brad Will’s case. Such actions at best violate international fair trial standards, and at worst, allow Brad Will’s real killer to remain at large.
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