Conflict minerals, Europe approves a law to stop their importation
European Parliament approved a new regulation on conflict minerals importations in Europe
Death penalty. Global executions fell 37% in 2016, says Amnesty
Il rapporto annuale di Anmesty International sulla pena di morte indica dati positivi. Ma in Cina le stime ufficiali non sono giudicate affidabili.
For your eyes only, Amnesty’s report on privacy protection in instant messaging
For your eyes only is human rights organisation Amnesty International’s latest report on the right to online privacy. It ranks 11 tech companies according to their security standards for instant messaging services. Three out of these don’t deploy end-to-end encryption as a default setting on messaging services according to the international organisation, putting users at risk of privacy violations at the
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”.
Ten (developing) countries host more than half the world’s refugees
I governi dei paesi ricchi sono totalmente assenti di fronte al dramma dei rifugiati. I più generosi sono quelli in via di sviluppo. La denuncia di Amnesty International.
Ethiopia, police fired live bullets at peaceful protesters killing over 100
Protests against the government were held throughout Ethiopia to call for political reforms. The police shot at the crowd resulting in a massacre.
What is happening in Turkey. National security or clampdown on dissent?
State of emergency could threaten human rights In response to the failure of the military coup that took place on the 15th of July, the Turkish government has begun a series of crackdown measures. These include declaring a three-month long state of emergency and suspending the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR). Thousands of Turkish citizens, from academics to soldiers and
Human rights and child labour. Amnesty accuses computer and smartphone battery manufacturers
Secondo Amnesty International il cobalto utilizzato nelle batterie dei dispositivi elettronici e nelle auto verrebbe estratto e lavorato anche da minori.
Indigenous Colombians need their land back says Amnesty International
Six million people had to abandon their lands because of of a 50-year internal war between the military and Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Farc), the country’s largest left-wing rebel group. Over 260,000 people lost their lives during this period and thousands were kidnapped or disappeared, estimates human rights organisation Amnesty International in a report
Don’t be blinded by the lights of the 2022 Qatar World Cup. Behind them lie corruption and slave labour
In 2010 Qatar beat the United States in the bid to host one of the biggest sporting events of the next decade, the 2022 World Cup, in a process many say was riddled with corruption. Another, perhaps darker scandal relates to the human rights violations taking place on Qatari construction sites. Whilst the small oil-rich