For your eyes only, Amnesty’s report on privacy protection in instant messaging
Amnesty ranked 11 technology companies according to how well they protect our privacy when instant messaging. What the report, For your eyes only, reveals.
India, ending child marriage by making young girls the agents of change
Once shy, the adolescent girls of Gumma Block in India Gajapati district now speak out, laugh and dance to live the life upto their expectation.
Trump revokes transgender rights instituted by Obama. And the Supreme Court backs down
Trump has revoked guidelines prohibiting schools from discriminating based on sex. Now the Supreme Court decides not to hear the case of Gavin Grimm that could have defied the president.
The state of human rights in 2016, Amnesty International unveils a nightmare global scenario
Amnesty International has documented the state of human rights in 159 countries in 2016. And claims: “The rhetoric of ‘us against them’ is breeding division and fear”.
Colombia’s U’wa tribe, two decades of resistance to oil exploitation in the Amazon
Atossa Soltani, founder of Amazon Watch – NGO that protects the rainforest and advances the rights of indigenous peoples in the Amazon Basin – tells of her experience fighting alongside Colombia’s U’wa people to resist oil and gas exploitation.
People are dying of hunger in South Sudan. We must take action now
The heads of three UN agencies issued the following joint call for urgent action to allow aid to reach people facing starvation in famine-hit areas of South Sudan.
LGBT rights in Latin America, caught between progressive laws and widespread homophobia
LGBT rights in Latin America are caught in a dangerous paradox: whilst legislation is progressive in many countries, hate crimes and homophobia are widespread.
Phil Robertson. Myanmar pursued ethnic cleansing and apartheid against Rohingya Muslims
Phil Robertson of Human Rights Watch says that ethnic cleansing was pursued against Rohingya Muslims. And Aung San Suu Kyi also has responsibility.
11 of the most important indigenous victories
Battles fought by the native peoples of the world to defend their lands, rights and ways of life. These are 11 of the most important indigenous victories of the past few years.
Myanmar wants ethnic cleansing of the Rohingya, the United Nations says
Dopo Human rights watch, anche un funzionario dell’Alto commissariato Onu per i rifugiati denuncia che nell’ex Birmania è in corso la pulizia etnica dei rohingya.