Posts Tagged: "human rights"

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Human Rights Group Calls on European Union to Urge Abolition of the Death Penalty in Japan at Upcoming Summit

by Megan McDonell » 11 May 2006 at 12:17 am

Amnesty International (AI) recently called on the European Union (EU) to step up pressure on Japan to abolish the death penalty at an April 24th Japan-EU Summit Meeting. The London-based human rights organization released the statement the same day it issued its annual report on the death penalty. http://www.amnestyusa.org/news/document.do?id=ENGIOR610112006 While, according to the report, the […]

Bushmen’s Survival Threatened

by Ethical Traveler » 13 October 2005 at 12:13 am

Botswana’s government recently initiated a new round of forced evictions and human rights violations against the Bushmen of the Kalahari Desert, according to Survival International (SI), a London-based NGO that advocates for indigenous rights. The Bushmen have lived in the Kalahari for thousands of years. During the 1980s, the Botswana government designated part of their […]

Brazil Sets Aside Land for Indigenous Tribes

by Ethical Traveler » 10 May 2005 at 11:57 pm

Brazil’s president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva recently authorized the creation of a 6,500-square-mile reservation for indigenous people in the country’s northern state of Roraima. The president’s decision begins another chapter in a 30-year-long struggle that has resulted in the deaths of more than 20 Brazilian Indians, according to Amnesty International. Creating the reservation will […]

Foreign Investors in Burma Under Pressure

by wpengine » 30 April 2005 at 11:56 pm

A case brought by Burmese villagers against U.S. oil company Unocal was settled out of court in late March. The company was accused of allowing human rights abuses – including murder, rape and forced labor – to occur during construction of the Yadana oil pipeline in rural Burma (Myanmar) during the 1990s. The settlement came […]

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