Amnesty International : Law by Gender

Amnesty’s 60th Anniversary of the UDHR

Amnesty’s 60th Anniversary of the UDHR, originally uploaded by toastyoneuk.
I love this pic.
Last Sat was a very special day.
I went down to Tower Bridge and took part to the Amnesty rally in order to direct attention to the 60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
Many events around the UK, Europe and the globe [...]

International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women

By resolution 54/134 of 17 December 1999, the General Assembly designated 25 November as the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, and invited governments, international organizations and NGOs to organize activities designated to raise public awareness of the problem on that day.
Women’s activists have marked 25 November as a [...]

MALAYSIA’s MOST FAMOUS BLOGGER goes to jail for Altantuya

MALAYSIA’s MOST FAMOUS BLOGGER RAJA PETRA KAMARUDIN goes to jail on 6 May. He is charged under the Sedition Act for writing an article on MALAYSIA’s most controversial murder case: ALTANTUYA SHARIIBUU, from Mongolia.
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China, the Olympic Games and Human Rights

Not a news that I speak about the upcoming Olympic Games, as I am quite amazed about all the alarming messages coming from Beijing and the cruel indifference of many countries towards the issue.

It’s a bit sad that the issue makes headlines only when are people like Spielberg and Farrow to protest… but still, if [...]