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Human rights in China and the Beijing Olympics
 With Beijing hosting this year's Olympic Games, Amnesty International hopes the event can create a positive human rights legacy for China. The Chinese authorities pledged that human rights would improve through the hosting of the Games. Amnesty International will hold them to their word.
We are monitoring China's human rights performance, particularly in areas linked to preparations for the Olympics. We will judge their progress and inform the world.
Our aim is to assess the impact of the Games on human rights in China, to highlight important related issues and to get the world involved.
Thousands Join Human Art Petition
Olympics promises for human rights – the China Debate
Issues: Stop Executions, Respect the Rights of Activists, Freedom from Censorship and Fair Trials for All
India Report adopted in UN Human Rights Council's UPR
UN Human Rights Council's Universal Periodic Review (UPR) adopted the report on human rights situation in India on 14 April 2008. India asserted that the national consultation for the preparation of the national report was broad and inclusive, without providing any details regarding the input of particular stakeholders.
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Click here to read the National Report submitted by the Indian Government
Click here to read the Amnesty International submission to UPR
Optional Protocol (OP) to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR)
UN brings economic, social and cultural rights in from the Cold War
Amnesty International welcomes the adoption by the Human Rights Council of the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (Optional Protocol). The Optional Protocol will provide the opportunity for individuals seeking a remedy for violations of economic, social and cultural rights to have their complaints adjudicated by UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural rights. Click for more……
Amnesty International India along with 64 civil society organizations and individuals demanded from the Prime Minister, Government of India on 30 March that India should extend its support for a comprehensive and effective protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR). A number of states have reserved their position on the Optional Protocol.
Click here to see the letter sent to the Prime Minister of India.
Click here to see the list of organizations & individuals
SAFE SCHOOLS: Every Girl's Right
| "No Exceptions, No Excuses, No Delays" - Make Girls Rights a Reality
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Click for Pdf version of the Safe School Report
Doctor and human rights defender detained
Binayak Sen, a medical doctor and human rights defender, remains in prison in Raipur, Chhattisgarh state, following his arrest on 14 May 2007. Amnesty International believes that the charges against him may be politically motivated and designed to silence human rights defenders who oppose the Salwa Judum, a so-called people-sponsored campaign against the banned Communist Party of India (Maoist).
Please write to Minister of Home Affairs, calling on the authorities to ensure that Binayak Sen receives a fair and prompt trial, that his lawyers receive all materials necessary to his defence, and that he receives all necessary medical care.
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| In keeping with Amnesty International’s long tradition of activism powered by artists, and to mark the 60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Amnesty International India announces the International Week of
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Justice Festival (IWJF) from December 5 to 10, 2008, the World Dignity Day to World Human Rights Day. A Curtain Raiser Event for the IWJF was held from 13-19 January, 2008 at New Delhi under the theme ‘Voices of Dignity’. The IWJF will be held in collaboration with Amnesty International, Netherlands, International Film Festivals such as MOVIES THAT MATTER, Netherlands and ONE WORLD, Prague, CENTRE FOR MEDIA ALTERNATIVE AND COMMUNICATION (CMAC), PVR Nest and Embassies are the other partners of the Festival…
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Last Date for all competition entries has been rescheduled for
30 September, 2008
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At least 1,200 people were executed in 2007 and many more were killed by the state, in secret, in countries including China, Mongolia and Viet Nam. The fiqures came from AI's yearly statistics.
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Click here to see the details of death sentences and executions in 2007
Click here to see the worldwide developments on death penalty in 2007
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| Amnesty International India works with people in India and our region to demand respect for human rights and protect people facing abuse. We mobilise people, campaign, conduct research and raise money for our work. We promote a culture where human rights are embraced, valued and protected. |
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