Since the beginning of 2009, Amnesty International has been concerned
that the South Korean government is taking steps towards resuming
executions. Sixty prisoners currently remain under sentence of death.
When thousands of tonnes of
deadly chemicals leaked from Union Carbide's pesticide plant in Bhopal, India on 2 December 1984, around half a million people were exposed.
When thousands of tonnes of
deadly chemicals leaked from Union Carbide's pesticide plant in Bhopal, India on 2 December 1984, around half a million people were exposed.
Governments use enforced disappearance as a tool of repression to
silence dissent and eliminate political opposition, as well as to
persecute ethnic, religious and political groups. Seven more countries need to commit to the UN's Convention on Enforced Disappearance for it to come into force.
Thirteen girls and women were arrested in July for wearing trousers. Ten were punished with 10 lashes and a fine. Lubna Ahmed Al Hussein has refused the pardon offered her, bringing attention to the violation of the rights of girls and women in Sudan.
Hunger, homelessness and preventable diseases are not inevitable social
problems or simply the result of natural disasters – they are a
violation of people’s economic, social and cultural rights.
