The UN General Assembly proclaimed 26 June the United Nations International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, with a view to the total eradication of torture and the effective functioning of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment.
Phyllis Schlafly has done great things through her pro-family organization, Eagle Forum. But she vastly underestimates Americans if she thinks we are afraid of using a process given to us by our own Constitution.
So the GOP has been trumpeting an immigration “compromise” this weekend, right? They’re telling us it’s DACA plus TPS (Temporary Protected Status — available to people whose countries have suffered significant disasters, currently applies to hundreds...
Dans le cadre des auditions concernant les allégations techniques non prouvées, formulées par Citizen Lab, Amnesty International et Forbidden Stories, la Commission Nationale de Contrôle de Protection des Données à Caractère Personnel (CNDP) a annoncé qu'elle a adressé une invitation, pour audition, au Laboratoire Citizen Lab. Continuant d’avancer sur l’étude…
Fish deserve as much affection and protection as other vertebrates.
KUALA LUMPUR: The number of employers registering their workers with the Social Security Organisation (Socso) has surged by nearly 50 per cent, thanks to an extension of the "Amnesty Month" deadline from May 31 to June 30.
Many have used their interpretation of the Bible to endorse open borders and amnesty for illegal immigrants in the country.
“I don’t think it’s going to do anything for the government’s bottom line to insist on these repayments,” said NDP MP Daniel Blaikie. “What it is going to do is make it a lot harder for people who are already struggling to get by to get back on their feet.”
Kid-friendly resources for learning about the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR): 30 declarations to protect the rights of all people, everywhere.
The origins of the Monongahela National Forest began with the passage of the Weeks Act in 1911. This legislation permitted the federal government to purchase private lands in the eastern United States in order to protect headwaters of navigable streams. Much of these acquired lands were burned-over and eroded due to the logging and agricultural
With the release of a new report today, the RCMP confirmed that it is no longer attempting to track murders of First Nations, Inuit and Métis women across
Anti-Fracking Protest Gains International Voice TORONTO - Efforts by anti-fracking protests at the Elsipogtog Mi’kmaq Nation have brought Amnesty International into the fray. The battleground that turned violent in late October has become an international focal point pitting Indigenous peoples and their efforts to protect the earth up against government and energy companies. The energy
The government of Mexico is paying to help its citizens who are living illegally in the United States avoid deportation.According to a report from |
Human rights are protected by international, national laws and treaties. Yet in America, guns kill more than 30,000 men, women and children every single year.
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International protection of human rights is in danger of unravelling as short-term national self-interest and draconian security crackdowns have led to a wholesale assault on basic freedoms and rights, warned Amnesty International as it launched its annual assessment of human rights around the world. “Your rights are in jeopardy: they are being treated with utter contempt by many governments around the world,” said Salil Shetty, Secretary General of Amnesty International.
On 10 December 1948, the General Assembly of the United Nations adopted and proclaimed “the Universal Declaration of Human Rights”. The theme of this year is ‘Celebrate Human Rights’ ag…
