ammado - Public Profile for Asia Pacific Youth Network

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This is a network to connect young people in the Asia Pacific who want to make change happen. This network is open to all individuals desiring social change and it aims to connect you with like minded people on the issues that matter to you, to open doors to finding out more and to create opportunities to act.

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30 Jul 2008 09:02 GMT
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People’s Republic of China: The Olympics countdown – broken promises
Chinese authorities’ broken promises threaten Olympic legacy 28 July 2008 The Chinese authorities have broken their promise to improve the country’s human rights situation and betrayed the core values of the Olympics, according to a new Amnesty International report. Published to mark the 10-day countdown to the Games, the report evaluates the performance of the Chinese authorities in four areas related to the core Olympic values of ’universal fundamental ethical principles’ and ...
03 Jun 2008 17:21 GMT
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The VIII International Human Rights Colloquium - "60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights:Challenges for the Global South"
Sao Paulo, 8-15 November 2008 Applications are now open. The deadline is June 30th, 2008 The VIII International Human Rights Colloquium will take place in Sao Paulo, Brazil from 8 to 15 November, 2008. The Colloquium is an annual capacity building and peer-learning event designed for young activists from the Global South (Africa, Asia and Latin America). The objective of the VIII International Human Rights Colloquium is to strengthen the impact of human rights activists work and to offer t ...
29 May 2008 21:39 GMT
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60 years of human rights failure - Governments must apologize and act now
Amnesty International yesterday challenged world leaders to apologize for six decades of human rights failure and re-commit themselves to deliver concrete improvements. "The human rights flashpoints in Darfur, Zimbabwe, Gaza, Iraq and Myanmar demand immediate action," said Irene Khan, Secretary General of Amnesty International, launching AI Report 2008: State of the World's Human Rights. "Injustice, inequality and impunity are the hallmarks of our world today. Governments must act now to close ...
24 May 2008 12:15 GMT
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Help Amnesty International build its future plans
Amnesty International is in the process of reviewing and developing its HUMAN RIGHTS STRATEGIES and ACTIVIST TACTICS for the coming years. Through an online questionnaire, Amnesty International is currently seeking many different perspectives and soliciting the views of youth, human rights defenders, activists and people concerned about human rights on the central human rights challenges we are all confronting and on what Amnesty International's role and focus should be in helping confront som ...
17 May 2008 17:12 GMT
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Zimbabwe: Violence Reaches Crisis Levels; Youths Forcibly Recruited
Amnesty International PRESS RELEASE15 May 2008Amnesty International today warned that the violence in Zimbabwe is reaching crisis levels, and revealed that “war veterans” are forcibly recruiting local youths to attack perceived supporters of the opposition MDC (Movement for Democratic Change). “Those who refuse to commit violence are assaulted and accused of being MDC supporters by the ‘war veterans’,” said Simeon Mawanza, Amnesty International’s Zimbabwe researcher. Eyewitnesses to ...