Gay Rights Win In Californian Court
Posted By Anita Roddick Team on 2010-08-05 01:45:03
Topic :Human_rights
Constant activism by gay couples in California has this week helped overturn the gay-marriage ban.
A Federal Court Judge in California has ruled that Proposition 8 violates the due process and equal protection clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment. The decision is important not only because it reaffirms the fact that marriage discrimination is illegal, but it does so under the Federal Constitution. Read more in the below report from The Huffington Post:
Experience The New Stage Play – Angola 3
Posted By Anita Roddick Team on 2010-07-15 02:28:29
Topic :Human_rights
Angola 3 stage play is being held on Friday 23rd July 2010 at 8.00pm at the Cullen Performance Hall at University of Houston, 4800 Calhoun Road, Houston. To find out more please visit Angola 3 The Play website.
Save Linda Carty From Being Executed
Posted By Anita Roddick Team on 2010-07-06 06:13:00
Topic :Human_rights
Please urgently support Reprieve’s campaign to save British grandmother Linda Carty who was wrongfully being sentenced to death by a Texan court and is now dangerously close to execution. Below is the background to Linda’s case – please take action and sign Reprieve’s petition now! It only takes a few minutes but could save a life.
Albert Woodfox has spent nearly all of the last 38 years in solitary confinement at the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola. His case has brought protests from Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch, who argue that Woodfox’s decades in lockdown constitute torture, and from a growing band of supporters, who believe that he was denied a fair trial. For more than ten years, he has been fighting for his release in the courts. But yesterday, a ruling by a federal appeals court ensured that for the forseeable future, Albert Woodfox will remain right where he has been for nearly four decades: in a 6 x 9 cell in the heart of America’s largest and most notorious prison.
No-One Can Live on 14 Cents An Hour
Posted By Anita Roddick Team on 2010-06-15 01:26:43
Topic :Human_rights
Please join the latest action from the National Labor Committee who are wanting to help more than two million mostly young women garment workers in Bangladesh climb out of misery!
Factory owners in Bangladesh are proposing a new minimum wage of just 14 cents an hour.
The workers are asking for 43 cents an hour, which would allow them to climb out of misery and at least into poverty - where they could hang on by the fingertips and live with a modicum of decency.
New York Premiere of In the Land Of The Free
Posted By Anita Roddick Team on 2010-06-08 01:54:02
Topic :Human_rights
In The Land Of The Free is being premiered in New York as part of the Human Rights Watch 2010 Film Festival.
Screenings are on Wednesday 16th June at 6.30pm and Thursday 17th June at 9.00pm at the Walter Reade Theater at 165 West 65th Street, New York, NY 10023.
Vadim Jean and Robert King will be present for a discussion after the screenings.
To find out more and how to join the screenings please visit the Human Rights Watch website.
Herman & Albert Write....
Posted By Anita Roddick Team on 2010-04-29 01:04:07
Topic :Human_rights
Gordon has just received letters from Herman and Albert, and he would like to share with you the following extracts:
Herman:
Yes, not only did your letter make it through but so many others are coming in also. So far I have heard from 48 different people from the UK who have seen the film and expressing outrage. And let me tell you something the film is stirring up a lot of support.
Albert:
Had a talk with King earlier this week and he told me how wonderful the premiere was, and that he went to screenings in Scotland with you and said it was a very special time. I kept thinking about Anita and how she must have been looking over your shoulder with a thousand suggestions! Can’t tell you how much I miss that laugh of hers!
Herman and Albert – 38 Years of Cruel and Unusual Punishment
Posted By Anita Roddick Team on 2010-04-17 03:41:42
Topic :Human_rights
Today the 17 April 2010 marks the 38th year of solitary confinement for Herman Wallace and Albert Woodfox, the 2 remaining members of the Angola 3 who remain behind bars in Louisiana wrongfully convicted of murder.
Microsoft Supplier In China Forces Teenagers to Work Under Sweatshop Conditions
Posted By Anita Roddick Team on 2010-04-15 01:59:42
Topic :Human_rights
