非洲人权危机【英文】

Why do we care about the human rights of other people?
•Imagine them as your neighbor
What we can do… (yes, this means you too)
•PAY ATTENTION TO WHAT’S GOING ON IN THE WORLD • study languages and history • learn more and tell others about it • join Amnesty or another organization • raise money, send letters, call your representatives
Article 3-
“Everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of person”
Photographs by James Nachtwey
Somalia, 1992 - Child starved by famine, a man-made weapon of mass destruction
Child Soldiers
“The clarity of what you ought to do gives you courage.” – Wangari Maathai
What Amnesty does-
•Researches human rights abuses worldwide
India, 1993 - Untouchables working in a brick factory
India, 1993 - Untouchables haul a boatload of sand up the ganges
Article 4“No one shall be held in slavery or servitude; slavery and the slave trade shall be prohibited in all their forms”
West Bank, 2000 - Palestinians fighting the Israeli army
West Bank, 2002 - Digging out the ruins of a shop in Jenin refugee camp
Article 5-
“No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment”
East Germany, 1990 - Pollution from a coke factory
Czechoslovakia, 1990 - Heavy metals contaminated the air of an aluminum factory
Indonesia, 1998 - A beggar washed his children in a polluted canal
and releases reports- TRANSPARENCY •Organizes huge grassroots movement to call attention to actions of governments and individuals involved in abuses
•Seeks to educate about basic human rights in all societies
Somalia, 1992 - Lifting a dead son to carry him to a mass grave during the famine
Sudan, 1993 - Famine victim in a feeding center
Sudan, 1993 - Famine victim about to receive water in a feeding center
Zimbabwe, 2000 - In a tuberculosis ward where the great majority of the patients suffer from AIDS
South Africa, 2000 - Care giver comforted an AIDS sufferer
HIV/AIDS •10 new HIV infections every minute •as many as 46 million people are infected •40% infection rate in Botswana and Swaziland
South Africa, 2000 - Grandmother cared for young girl affected by HIV
•Tries to motivate students and young people to get involved!
Student and local groups often adopt a “prisoner of conscience”, and write letters to government, prison and local officials to urge the release or fair treatment of someone.
Amnesty Internatiபைடு நூலகம்nal
Human Rights Education Project
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Article 1-
“All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood”