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Amnesty International Human Rights Education Project

Amnesty International Human Rights Education Project. Universal Declaration of Human Rights Article 1- “All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood”.

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Amnesty International Human Rights Education Project

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  1. Amnesty InternationalHuman Rights Education Project

  2. Universal Declaration of Human RightsArticle 1-“All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood”

  3. Article 3-“Everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of person”

  4. Photographs by James Nachtwey

  5. Somalia, 1992 - Child starved by famine, a man-made weapon of mass destruction

  6. Somalia, 1992 - Lifting a dead son to carry him to a mass grave during the famine

  7. Sudan, 1993 - Famine victim in a feeding center

  8. Sudan, 1993 - Famine victim about to receive water in a feeding center

  9. HIV/AIDS•10 new HIV infections every minute•as many as 46 million people are infected•40% infection rate in Botswana and Swaziland

  10. South Africa, 2000 - Grandmother cared for young girl affected by HIV

  11. Zimbabwe, 2000 - In a tuberculosis ward where the great majority of the patients suffer from AIDS

  12. South Africa, 2000 - Care giver comforted an AIDS sufferer

  13. East Germany, 1990 - Pollution from a coke factory

  14. Czechoslovakia, 1990 - Heavy metals contaminated the air of an aluminum factory

  15. Indonesia, 1998 - A beggar washed his children in a polluted canal

  16. West Bank, 2000 - Palestinians fighting the Israeli army

  17. West Bank, 2002 - Digging out the ruins of a shop in Jenin refugee camp

  18. Article 5-“No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment”

  19. India, 1993 - Untouchables working in a brick factory

  20. India, 1993 - Untouchables haul a boatload of sand up the ganges

  21. Article 4-“No one shall be held in slavery or servitude; slavery and the slave trade shall be prohibited in all their forms”

  22. Child Soldiers

  23. “The clarity of what you ought to do gives you courage.” – Wangari Maathai

  24. What Amnesty does-•Researches human rights abuses worldwide and releases reports- TRANSPARENCY•Organizes huge grassroots movement to call attention to actions of governments and individuals involved in abuses

  25. •Seeks to educate about basic human rights in all societies•Tries to motivate students and young people to get involved!

  26. Student and local groups often adopt a “prisoner of conscience”,and write letters to government, prison and local officials to urge the release or fair treatment of someone.

  27. Why do we care about the human rights of other people?•Imagine them as your neighbor

  28. What we can do… (yes, this means you too)•PAY ATTENTION TO WHAT’S GOING ON IN THE WORLD• study languages and history• learn more and tell others about it• join Amnesty or another organization• raise money, send letters, call your representatives

  29. •make a short documentary on a local or world issue•Invite a local speaker to tell their story in your class

  30. Organize a fundraiser for a local or international cause

  31. www.jamesnachtwey.comwww. amnesty.orgwww.hrw.orgwww.us-childsoldiers.org

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