Human rights and poverty

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Poverty is a violation of human rights. Every person, everywhere in the world, has a basic right to an adequate standard of living – the right to food, water, housing, health and education.

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Indigenous rights activists at a protest holding a sign reading 'Quarantine racism not welfare'
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NT communities made to wait for human rights

  • Published on 29/10/2008
  • by: James

The Australian Government will delay reinstatement of the Racial Discrimination Act for another 12 months.

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Amnesty staff and volunteers in Sydney holding up signs reading 'Make poverty history' in a park near the Amnesty office
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116 million people stand up against poverty

  • Published on 28/10/2008
  • by: amngu4

On 17 October over 116 million people in 131 countries made a stand against world poverty.

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A fist grabbing notes from a shower of money
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Financial bailouts dwarf aid money

  • Published on 23/10/2008

Why the packages governments are paying out to big companies suffering from the global financial crisis are dwarfing the amounts they contribute to foreign aid.

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People living in poverty often cannot afford the simplest things that others take for granted
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Amnesty International Stands Up Against Poverty

  • Published on 24/09/2008

On the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty (17 October), Amnesty International Australia will join the Make Poverty History Coalition, a coalition of aid agencies and community groups, to call on our Government to do its fair share to achieve the Millennium Development Goals and halve global poverty by 2015.

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Destruction of village and forced evictions in Kampot, Cambodia

  • Published on 20/11/2008

Three hundred homes were burnt down on 17-18 November by police, military and Forestry Administration officers in Kampot, Cambodia. Villagers were also beaten and remain homeless. Call on the Cambodian authorities to provide immediate emergency relief, alternative accommodation and compensation.

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