In Sri Lanka, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) says government security forces continue operations in the conflict zone. Intense fighting has been reported over the weekend with a heavy toll on civilians, resulting in the loss of hundreds of lives and more injuries.
The UN Secretary-General, Ban Ki Moon is [...]

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Today is the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

The team at Witness’ Hub put together the video above and invite you to add your video or post a comment on what image opened your eyes to Human Rights at http://hub.witness.org/udhr60

I’ll never forget the first images that opened my eyes to human rights.
I [...]

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The British Red Cross has warmly welcomed today’s signing of the Oslo Convention on Cluster Munitions by the United Kingdom and over a hundred other nations.
Cluster munitions have been a persistent humanitarian problem for decades, their unreliability leading to huge numbers of unexploded sub-munitions remaining on the ground long after hostilities have ceased.
These weapons have [...]

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Remembrance Day – also known as Poppy Day, Armistice Day (the event it commemorates) or Veterans Day – is a day to commemorate the sacrifices of members of the armed forces and of civilians in times of war, specifically since the First World War. Tuesday 11 November 2008 marks the 90th anniversary of the 1st [...]

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Stop Using Weapon Banned by 107 Nations
(Tbilisi, August 15, 2008) – Human Rights Watch researchers have uncovered evidence that Russian aircraft dropped cluster bombs in populated areas in Georgia, killing at least 11 civilians and injuring dozens, Human Rights Watch said today. Human Rights Watch called upon Russia to immediately stop using cluster bombs, weapons [...]

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The new cluster munitions treaty adopted in Dublin on May 30, 2008, will save thousands of lives for decades to come, with key treaty provisions stronger than even some of its staunchest supporters had expected, Human Rights Watch said yesterday. The treaty immediately bans all types of cluster munitions, rejecting initial attempts [...]

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US efforts to undermine a new treaty banning cluster munitions met with significant defeat yesterday at the final negotiations in Dublin, Human Rights Watch said.

Preliminary agreement on a draft treaty text on the afternoon of May 28 indicated that virtually all of the 110 countries gathered in Dublin favour a more comprehensive ban of cluster [...]

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‘The Stuff of Life’ exposes the reality of the ‘waterboarding’ torture technique. The CIA uses waterboarding to try to extract information from detainees in the ‘war on terror’. President George Bush thinks it is a ‘necessary tool’. We think it’s torture and as such an abuse of human rights.

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Thousands of people in more than 30 countries across the globe will mark five years of war in Darfur with protests on Sunday, April 13, 2008.
Sunday’s Global Day for Darfur – organized by an international coalition of human rights groups including Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, and the Save Darfur Coalition – is highlighting how [...]

Tags: Children, Darfur, Sudan, War

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