Difference between revisions of "Human Rights"
m (→Overviews and News) |
imported>Pmmckerc m (→Overviews and News) |
||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
Human Rights is connected to the environment, since so often political and economic power is used to suppress the desire to live in a clean and safe place. | Human Rights is connected to the environment, since so often political and economic power is used to suppress the desire to live in a clean and safe place. | ||
| − | In addition, war often causes [ | + | In addition, war often causes [[Food_Scarcity|famine]] and disrupts human and ecological communities. See also [[Environmental_justice|Environmental Justice]] |
| − | See also [ | + | See also [[:Category:Africa|Africa]] on blood diamonds and rape minerals. |
== Organizations == | == Organizations == | ||
| Line 19: | Line 19: | ||
== Overviews and News == | == Overviews and News == | ||
| − | [http://hereandnow.wbur.org/2014/03/25/revisiting-enriques-journey US setting up camps to house children fleeing drug gangs] in [ | + | [http://hereandnow.wbur.org/2014/03/25/revisiting-enriques-journey US setting up camps to house children fleeing drug gangs] in [[Latin_America|Latin America]] 6/14. Sonia Nazario first introduced the world to Enrique through a series of Pulitzer Prize winning articles for the Los Angeles Times and then in the acclaimed 2006 book “Enrique’s Journey.” "I saw migrants inflicted with horrible cruelty, and also amazing acts of kindness. In South-Central Mexico, when people in tiny towns along the tracks heard the whistle of the train, I watched them rush out of their homes with bundles of food in their arms. They would wave, smile and shout out to migrants perched on top of the trains. They threw bread, tortillas, whatever fruit was in season—bananas, pineapples, or oranges. If they didn’t have even that, they lined up next to the tracks, and sent out a prayer to the migrants atop the train."[http://www.supportkind.org/en/ Kids in Need of Defense], a nonprofit providing legal assistance to undocumented children. [http://www.democracynow.org/2014/6/13/children_on_the_run_us_detains author video interview] [http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2014/06/unaccompanied-kids-immigrants-deported-guatemala Mother Jones series] (6/14). |
| − | [http://www.democracynow.org/2014/4/16/killing_natures_defenders_study_finds_global Global Witness report documents surge of killing of green activists], particularly in [ | + | [http://www.democracynow.org/2014/4/16/killing_natures_defenders_study_finds_global Global Witness report documents surge of killing of green activists], particularly in [[Latin_America|South America]]. |
| − | [https://www.hrw.org/news/2013/07/22/dr-congo-m23-rebels-kill-rape-civilians M23 Rebels Killing, Raping in DR Congo] 7/13 See [ | + | [https://www.hrw.org/news/2013/07/22/dr-congo-m23-rebels-kill-rape-civilians M23 Rebels Killing, Raping in DR Congo] 7/13 See [[:Category:Africa|Africa]]. [http://www.friendsofthecongo.org/resource-center/reports-a-studies.html Friends of the Congo] has great information on the on-going emergency in the DRC related to conflict minerals like coltan (see Volunteer Opportunities there). |
| − | [http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/06/27/china-end-involuntary-rehousing-relocation-tibetans The Chinese government is subjecting millions of Tibetans to a policy of mass rehousing and relocation] that radically changes their way of life, and about which they have no say, [http://www.hrw.org/ Human Rights Watch] said in a new report published today.6/13. see [ | + | [http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/06/27/china-end-involuntary-rehousing-relocation-tibetans The Chinese government is subjecting millions of Tibetans to a policy of mass rehousing and relocation] that radically changes their way of life, and about which they have no say, [http://www.hrw.org/ Human Rights Watch] said in a new report published today.6/13. see [[China|China]]. |
[http://www.macfound.org/maceirecipients/66/ Crowd sourced maps that advance human rights]: In early 2008, villages and cities across Kenya were ravaged with violence following a disputed election. The election controversy became the pretext for ethnic clashes that displaced hundreds of thousands of people and claimed the lives of more than 1,200, some in grisly fashion. An ad-hoc group of tech bloggers based in Kenya decided to act. They built a software platform, called “Ushahidi” to shine a light on human rights violations and, bring much-needed attention and support to developing emergencies. Ushahidi means “bearing witness” in Swahili. | [http://www.macfound.org/maceirecipients/66/ Crowd sourced maps that advance human rights]: In early 2008, villages and cities across Kenya were ravaged with violence following a disputed election. The election controversy became the pretext for ethnic clashes that displaced hundreds of thousands of people and claimed the lives of more than 1,200, some in grisly fashion. An ad-hoc group of tech bloggers based in Kenya decided to act. They built a software platform, called “Ushahidi” to shine a light on human rights violations and, bring much-needed attention and support to developing emergencies. Ushahidi means “bearing witness” in Swahili. | ||
| Line 61: | Line 61: | ||
== In Memoriam: Lest we forget eco-heroes who gave their lives for us and the planet == | == In Memoriam: Lest we forget eco-heroes who gave their lives for us and the planet == | ||
| − | See also [ | + | See also [[Eco-heroes|eco-heroes]] Chico Mendez and Ken Saro Wiwa. |
'''UCSC Lost:''' | '''UCSC Lost:''' | ||
| − | [ | + | [[Freitas| Terry Freitas]], UCSC grad student killed trying to stop Indigenous people from being harmed by oil company.[http://www.change-links.org/Freitas.htm Article]. In choosing to honor Freitas, who exemplified "the highest UCSC ideals of service to others," the Alumni Association made its first posthumous award. A [http://news.ucsc.edu/2012/09/terry-freitas-cafe.html cafe has been named for him]. |
Gabriel Zimmerman, "community outreach director for Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., was computer-savvy from an early age, but he also understood that technology was only the means to an end. Zimmerman, 30, graduated from UC Santa Cruz in 2002 with a degree in sociology. He was one of six people fatally wounded in Tucson, Ariz., in the shooting rampage that left his boss critically wounded. A room in the Capitol will be named in his honor. His father Ross is determined that Gabe be remembered for how he lived, not how he died (including a charity a footrace). Gabe's fiancee supports banning large ammo clips that made the shootings possible. Gabe took a course with Prof. Paul Lubeck on globalization information and social change, part of UCSC’s Global Information Internship Program (GIIP), which mobilizes UCSC students to work for civil rights, sustainable development, and social justice causes, while immersing them in the skills they need to succeed as organizers. | Gabriel Zimmerman, "community outreach director for Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., was computer-savvy from an early age, but he also understood that technology was only the means to an end. Zimmerman, 30, graduated from UC Santa Cruz in 2002 with a degree in sociology. He was one of six people fatally wounded in Tucson, Ariz., in the shooting rampage that left his boss critically wounded. A room in the Capitol will be named in his honor. His father Ross is determined that Gabe be remembered for how he lived, not how he died (including a charity a footrace). Gabe's fiancee supports banning large ammo clips that made the shootings possible. Gabe took a course with Prof. Paul Lubeck on globalization information and social change, part of UCSC’s Global Information Internship Program (GIIP), which mobilizes UCSC students to work for civil rights, sustainable development, and social justice causes, while immersing them in the skills they need to succeed as organizers. | ||
Latest revision as of 12:41, 18 October 2018
Human Rights is connected to the environment, since so often political and economic power is used to suppress the desire to live in a clean and safe place. In addition, war often causes famine and disrupts human and ecological communities. See also Environmental Justice
See also Africa on blood diamonds and rape minerals.
Contents
Organizations
Human Rights Watch, TEDtalk on corruption. Peter Gabriel users video,Similar talks.
EarthRights International (ERI) is a nongovernmental, nonprofit organization that combines the power of law and the power of people in defense of human rights and the environment, which we define as "earth rights." We specialize in fact-finding, legal actions against perpetrators of earth rights abuses, training grassroots and community leaders, and advocacy campaigns. Anti-corrpution, True Cost of Chevron.
Related also to corruption: Kleptowatch
Overviews and News
US setting up camps to house children fleeing drug gangs in Latin America 6/14. Sonia Nazario first introduced the world to Enrique through a series of Pulitzer Prize winning articles for the Los Angeles Times and then in the acclaimed 2006 book “Enrique’s Journey.” "I saw migrants inflicted with horrible cruelty, and also amazing acts of kindness. In South-Central Mexico, when people in tiny towns along the tracks heard the whistle of the train, I watched them rush out of their homes with bundles of food in their arms. They would wave, smile and shout out to migrants perched on top of the trains. They threw bread, tortillas, whatever fruit was in season—bananas, pineapples, or oranges. If they didn’t have even that, they lined up next to the tracks, and sent out a prayer to the migrants atop the train."Kids in Need of Defense, a nonprofit providing legal assistance to undocumented children. author video interview Mother Jones series (6/14).
Global Witness report documents surge of killing of green activists, particularly in South America.
M23 Rebels Killing, Raping in DR Congo 7/13 See Africa. Friends of the Congo has great information on the on-going emergency in the DRC related to conflict minerals like coltan (see Volunteer Opportunities there).
The Chinese government is subjecting millions of Tibetans to a policy of mass rehousing and relocation that radically changes their way of life, and about which they have no say, Human Rights Watch said in a new report published today.6/13. see China.
Crowd sourced maps that advance human rights: In early 2008, villages and cities across Kenya were ravaged with violence following a disputed election. The election controversy became the pretext for ethnic clashes that displaced hundreds of thousands of people and claimed the lives of more than 1,200, some in grisly fashion. An ad-hoc group of tech bloggers based in Kenya decided to act. They built a software platform, called “Ushahidi” to shine a light on human rights violations and, bring much-needed attention and support to developing emergencies. Ushahidi means “bearing witness” in Swahili.
Where Mercury comes from 12/12. Mercury in fish 1/13 (audio). human rights issue.
Civilians attacked in Sudan 12/12
Death Threats Against A Human Rights Defender: Vidulfo Rosales In Mexico 6.12
YouTube announced the launch of a new Human Rights channel in partnership with advocacy nonprofit WITNESS, and social news-gathering service Storyful. 5/12
Stop Kony video by Invisible Children also analysis.
Living under the constant threat of assassination, Francisco Pineda courageously led a citizens' movement that stopped a gold mine from destroying El Salvador's dwindling water resources and the livelihoods of rural communities throughout the country. Learn more at goldmanprize.org.
Ka Hsaw Wa co-founder and executive director of EarthRights International (ERI) and a member of the Karen ethnic nationality, was one of the student leaders in the 1988 Burmese student democracy uprising and has been a human rights activist ever since, working to document and resist human rights and environmental abuses within Burma (and around the world). Ka Hsaw Wa has been awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize, Reebok Human Rights Award, Whitley Fund for Nature/Sting and Trudie Styler Award for Human Rights and the Environment, and the Conde Nast Environmental Award.
The Price of Sugar In the Dominican Republic, a tropical island-nation, tourists flock to pristine beaches unaware that a few miles away thousands of dispossessed Haitians have toiled under armed-guard on plantations harvesting sugarcane, much of which ends up in U.S. kitchens.
Two more Tibetan women die in self-immolation protests against Chinese rule 3/12
Interactive/Images
Video
Human Rights Watch, TEDtalk on corruption. Peter Gabriel users video,Similar talks.
"The Act of Killing": New Film Shows U.S.-Backed Indonesian Death Squad Leaders Re-enacting Massacres.
In Memoriam: Lest we forget eco-heroes who gave their lives for us and the planet
See also eco-heroes Chico Mendez and Ken Saro Wiwa.
UCSC Lost:
Terry Freitas, UCSC grad student killed trying to stop Indigenous people from being harmed by oil company.Article. In choosing to honor Freitas, who exemplified "the highest UCSC ideals of service to others," the Alumni Association made its first posthumous award. A cafe has been named for him.
Gabriel Zimmerman, "community outreach director for Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., was computer-savvy from an early age, but he also understood that technology was only the means to an end. Zimmerman, 30, graduated from UC Santa Cruz in 2002 with a degree in sociology. He was one of six people fatally wounded in Tucson, Ariz., in the shooting rampage that left his boss critically wounded. A room in the Capitol will be named in his honor. His father Ross is determined that Gabe be remembered for how he lived, not how he died (including a charity a footrace). Gabe's fiancee supports banning large ammo clips that made the shootings possible. Gabe took a course with Prof. Paul Lubeck on globalization information and social change, part of UCSC’s Global Information Internship Program (GIIP), which mobilizes UCSC students to work for civil rights, sustainable development, and social justice causes, while immersing them in the skills they need to succeed as organizers.
Chico Mendes was killed protecting the Brazilian Rain Forest. Sadly, activists there are still in danger. Recently two Mexican eco-journalists were also killed audio text.
David "Gypsy" Chain was killed defending old growth forest.
Ken Saro-Wiwa (1941-95) was executed by the Nigerian government during his fight to prevent the further exploitation of his Ogoni people by the Shell Oil Company. book devoted to him and his writings
Mexico: Environmentalist Who Challenged Drug Gangs Murdered in Ambush Despite Police Escort 11/12 In the latest violence out of Mexico, an environmental activist who took a stand against drug gangs has been murdered along with her 10-year-old son in the southern state of Guerrero. Juventina Villa was under police protection after receiving death threats when she withdrew to make a phone call and was ambushed by at least 30 attackers. Her seven-year-old daughter survived. Villa had challenged efforts by drug gangs to destroy forests in order to plant their crops. More than 20 members of her extended family, including her husband and two children, had already been murdered. The press is afraid to cover 12/12
Take Actions to Protect
Amnesty International is the foremost defender of people who are being imprisoned and even killed for their ideas; they have an excellent track-record and need your participation. Just by letting dictators know we are watching, it keeps activists alive and gets them released; they offer San Francisco internships.
Committee for the Protection of Journalists. Sadly, 2012 is record year for journalists killed. You can help keep them safe with an email.
Bay Area organizations
