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Mirisi, zlato i začini

petak, 01.02.2008.

World Yoga Day, 3/2/2008

U nedjelju, 3. veljače 2008. godine, učitelji joge širom cijelog svijeta otvorit će svoje studije i škole te od 11 do 13 sati, po lokalnom vremenu, i održati dvostruki sat kako bi podržali borbu za poštivanje ljudskih prava.
Svoje misli, nastojanja i energiju posvetit će onima koji žive u područjima bez prava na slobodu govora, bez prava na pošteno i nepristrano suđenje te u zemljama u kojima su mučenje, tortura i smrtna kazna uobičajena praksa. Cilj ove akcije je podizanje svijesti o pitanjima ljudskih prava te prikupljanje sredstava za Amnesty International, neprofitnu organizaciju koja se aktivno bavi rješavanjem ove problematike. jutarnji. hr

In the run-up to the 2008 Olympic Games in Bejing Amnesty International (AI) are conducting a campaign to urge the Chinese authorities to keep their promise to improve the human rights situation in China, especially in the areas of death penalty, fair trial and prevention of torture and ill-treatment, protection of human rights defenders and freedom of expression and information.

The 2008 Summer Olympics will take place from 8-24 August 2008 in Beijing, China. Amnesty International believes China's hosting of the Olympics provides it with a unique opportunity to demonstrate its commitment to human rights. It is our role to make sure that this opportunity does not pass by without notice, action and sustained improvements.

When China was bidding for and awarded the Olympics, the Chinese authorities stated that the Beijing Olympics will help the development of human rights in China. We need to draw attention to these promises - which have also been echoed by the International Olympic Committee, and hold the Chinese authorities to account on them.

In order for China to live up to its promises to improve human rights, the Chinese authorities should:

1. Put in place measures to significantly reduce the use of the death penalty as steps towards full abolition of the death penalty in China,

2. Take concrete steps to bring all forms of detention in China into line with international human rights law and standards, including measures to uphold the rights to fair trial and prevent torture,

3. Ensure that human rights defenders are free to carry out their peaceful activities in line with the UN Declaration on Human Rights Defenders and

4. End all censorship of the Internet in China which constitutes a violation of the fundamental human rights to freedom of expression and information.