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Dec 17 2009 11:34AM
Children on children's rights video

A little bit of light entertainment for you here, with this YouTube video filmed in a Danish school of children talking about children's rights. It's extremely touching and very funny. It was shown at the Amnesty International Children...

Dec 17 2009 11:00AM
Don't forget your camera on your Xmas break

Since we’ve launched the Hell station map action , we have received photos from more than 10 countries including Norway, Turkey, US, Germany, Spain, UK and France. If you are travelling over Xmas and New Year, don’t forget your camera...

Dec 17 2009 10:06AM
Migrants in South Africa - a report from Human Rights Watch

Human Rights Watch issued a report earlier this month saying that migrants in South Africa suffer from discrimination and poor access to health care. Rebecca Shaeffer of Human Rights Watch says: "Migrants to South Africa are abused in...

Dec 17 2009 7:32AM
Citizens were forced to set themselves alight to stop the government from demolishing their home

47-year-old Tang Fuzhen tried to stop the government from demolishing her home. She was forced to set herself alight. See refer to BBC article More people are forcefully evicted . Such forced eviction is the removal of people against...

Dec 16 2009 4:49PM
An end in sight to UK company abuses overseas?

You could be forgiven for missing news today on a report from Parliament’s prestigious Joint Committee on Human Rights on the impact of British business on human rights overseas. It is covered in the Financial Times , and there was a...