Stories of Human Abuse and Human being in wretched plight all around the World

Campaigners dismiss Bhopal compensation as insufficient 25 June 2010 Thousands of people were affected by the gas leak in December 1984 A $280m compensation package announced by the Indian government for victims of the Bhopal gas disaster has been denounced by campaigners. The compensation announced late on Thursday is the latest is a series of pay-offs made by the authorities to victims of the disaster. The money will go into cleaning up the polluted factory site and improving medical treatment of surviving victims. Some 3,500 people died within days and more than 15,000 in the years since. The move follows public outrage after seven former managers at the plant were given two-year jail sentences. The convictions are the first since the disaster at the Union Carbide plant - considered to be the world's worst industrial accident. Analysis Co...

'I LOVE YOU' is not an offensive phrase , if any body says so I don't believe he/she is right person for Human Rights activities . I got comments from friends in Myspace....... 'Muahs', ' Mwuahs', 'I love you', 'kisses', 'Hugs' 'you are my heart', and there are more romantic phrases. Hundreds and hundreds in number. If you do not believe you come and see the comments of members in Myspace and in my profile. How many people said it to me! I dont find any wrong in it, Its a mere someone's expression for me in virtual world. When some one says it to me I feel a warmth from unknown, unseen friends, makes me comfortable and cordial with her or him. A stimuli helps run the relation long in virtual world in social networking sites. In the beginning, when I encountered these words I felt shy I used to delete the comments as soon as possible lest somebody known to me reads. I was so shy, LOL. But ve...

Refugees in Malaysia arrested, abused and denied right to work © AP Photo/Marcus Yam"> Refugees are refused legal recognition, protection, or the right to work © AP Photo/Marcus Yam © Amnesty International"> The volunteer police force RELA arbitrarily detains refugees and asylum-seekers © Amnesty International 16 June 2010 The Malaysian government should give refugees in the country the right to work, Amnesty International said on Wednesday as it revealed a litany of abuses suffered by refugees in Malaysia, the vast majority of whom are from Myanmar. Released ahead of World Refugee Day on 20 June, the report Abused and Abandoned: Refugees Denied Rights in Malaysia documents the plight of refugees and asylum-seekers who have reached Malaysia, where they are refused legal recognition, protection, or the right to work. "Refugees should be able to live with dignity while they ar...

Floods across southern China take heavy toll Sunday, 20 June 2010 08:26 An estimated 68,000 houses have been damaged in the flooding Torrential rain and landslides in southern China have killed 132 people, with more heavy rain forecast. A further 86 people are missing and 800,000 residents have been evacuated. There have also been power cuts, collapsed reservoirs and widespread damage to roads. Millions are without drinking water supplies. Dozens of rivers have passed safety levels, including the Pearl River in Guangdong province. China's rainy season, which began in May, follows the worst drought in a century in the south-west. 'Rain intensity increased' The National Meteorological Centre warned on Sunday of more rainstorms to come. "The scope and intensity of the rain have increased," it said in a stat...

UN launches $71m appeal for Kyrgyzstan refugee crisis Saturday, 19 June 2010 04:19 UK Some ethnic Uzbeks were seen returning from Uzbekistan The UN has announced a $71m (£48m) flash appeal for Kyrgyzstan, where it says some 400,000 people have been displaced by inter-ethnic fighting. The Central Asian state's interim leader believes the number of people killed since violence erupted just over a week ago may be as high as 2,000. Up to a million people are said to have been affected by fighting between the Kyrgyz majority and minority Uzbeks. Many of those who fled their homes are staying in Uzbekistan. Uzbekistan's government has asked the UN to launch a similar appeal for its own camps next week. Having accepted tens of thousands of refugees, it fears its capacity to help them will soon run out, reports the BBC's Tom La...

Death penalty in India 'honour killings' case Indian community torn apart by 'honour killings' By Geeta Pandey BBC News, Delhi Satvati shows the house where the killings took place Umesh Kumar and his wife Satvati Devi were woken in the middle of the night by loud cries coming from the neighbouring house. "She was crying loudly. She was pleading, 'Kill me, but please don't hurt him.' She loved him and they wanted to get married," Ms Devi tells me. Two days after teenage lovers Asha and Yogesh were brutally killed, Swaroop Nagar colony on the north-western outskirts of the Indian capital, Delhi, is still trying to come to terms with the tragedy. Asha's family was opposed to a marriage because Yogesh belonged to a different, lower caste. Police have described...

http://www.amnesty.org/en/worldcup2010/fifavideo Stand Up United - An International Team Defending Human Rights As national football teams fight it out at the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, another team is lined up to fight for human rights. The 11 members of Stand Up United defend human rights around the world. They have a common goal – equality, dignity and justice for all. Whatever human rights they defend, Stand Up United is sure to face strong opposition. But with your support they can win. Be a champion of human rights: take action and support Stand Up United! The Defenders Russia Mukhmed Gazdiev Mukhmed Gazdiev from the Russian Republic of Ingushetia is till searching for his son who has not been seen since he was reportedly abducted in 2007. Mukhmed Gazdiev campaigns relentlessly to raise awareness of alleged involvement of security forces in disappearances. Serbia Nataša Kandić Nataša Kandić is a Serbian...

দারিদ্র্য ও মানবাধিকার নিয়ে বিতর্কে আমাদেরকে সহায়তা করুন প্রিয় পাঠক , মর্যাদার দাবী প্রচারাভিযানের লক্ষ্য হলো দরিদ্র মানুষের অধিকারের স্বীকৃতি ও সুরক্ষা প্রদানের কার্যক্রম জোরদার করার মাধ্যমে বিশ্বকে দারিদ্র্য মুক্ত করা। এই প্রচারাভিযানকে এগিয়ে নিয়ে যেতে দরকার নেতৃত্ব, জবাবদিহিতা ও স্বচ্ছতা, যা মানুষের দারিদ্র্যের কারণ মানবাধিকার লংঘন অবসানের জন্য অপরিহার্য।তবে এখনো অনেকে দারিদ্র্যের সঙ্গে মানবাধিকারের যোগসূত্র থাকার বিষয়টি বিশ্বাস করেন না। তাদের চিন্তায় ও বিশ্বাসে পরিবর্তন আনতে আমাদের দরকার আপনার সহযোগিতা। আপনি কিভাবে এই কাজে যুক্ত হতে পারেন? ...