Amnesty International’s Swiss Scetion has launched a fabtastic campaign against torture. With this campaign, Amnesty International wants to make people conscious owing to the fact that the human rights are daily violated, in many places on this planet. It is not a question of an abstraction but, for the people concerned, of a hard lived reality. Amnesty wants to sensitize the people living in Switzerland and to cause the discussion – but also to show at which point it...
Well this June is Toture Awareness Month, if you notice there is a blogoll in the sidebar of bloggers against torture. Torture is high on the international agenda again with USA under huge pressure to close Guantanamo and accusations of rendition flights in which 14 EU states, including Ireland , are implicate in a Council of Europe Report. More info can be found here and here
I was just looking at the bebo homepage and i noticed the first link. Its a NSPCC and Childline profile on sexual abuse. I think its a fantastic idea and well done to bebo for facillitating it as it makes people more aware of the work done by the NSPCC and Childine two excellent services to children! Check it out http://donthideit.bebo.com Did you know sexual abuse isn’t just when you’re forced to have sex? It can be when you’re...
Towards an international recognition of Lesbians, Gays, Bisexuals, and Trans People “According to an opinion widely held, homosexuality is said to be freer today than ever before. It is present and visible everywhere: in the street, in the newspapers, on television, at the movies. It is even supposedly completely accepted, judging by the recent legislative advances made in many countries for the recognition of same sex couples. Certainly, some work remains necessary in order to eradicate the last vestiges...
The Cork City Branch of Young Fine Gael (YFG) recently launched their ‘Talk’ campaign in Cork City. The ‘Talk’ campaign us a campaign to raise awareness of mental health problems and remove the stigma surrounding them in Ireland. The stigma that surrounds mental health problems makes it difficult for some people to seek help or discuss their problems with friends. This causes further problems for people and can lead to many more problems such as; alcoholism, drug addiction or...
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