Myanmar: Bomb Blasts in Three Cities

Bombs have exploded almost simultaneously in the capital city Naypyidaw, Mandalay and Pyin Oo Lwin on Friday, June 24, 2011. A Car Bomb Blast in Mandalay, Myanmar. Source: Eleven Media.

A Victory for Domestic Workers

Domestic workers -- nannies, housekeepers, and caregivers -- are some of the most exploited workers in the world. But a new international treaty has been adopted to help protect them, thanks in part to 10 years of Human Rights Watch research and advocacy. The treaty is the first of its kind. The 50 to 100 million domestic workers worldwide often face a range of abuses, from long working hours with no days off to sexual harassment or violence from their employers. Many work for months without getting paid, or are not paid at all.

May This New Every Year Bring Peace in the Globe

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I was not yet born when Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela was sentenced to life imprisonment. I did not hear his name during my early childhood growing up under the apartheid regime. I was not sure why he was imprisoned in that tiny cell on Robben Island. And I did not know then, that one day, he would unequivocally be my hero. While I have not had the honor of meeting Nelson Mandela, he has been a powerful and real part of my life journey over the past 20 years. I am profoundly humbled by his capacity to forgive and deeply motivated by his spirit and strength.

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Burma: UN Should Move on International Inquiry

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March.16.2010 -(New York) - The United Nations should not delay the setting up of an international inquiry to address possible war crimes and crimes against humanity in Burma, Human Rights Watch said today. On March 15, the UN special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, Tomas Ojea Quintana, presented his progress report on human rights in Burma for debate at the Human Rights Council in Geneva.

Aung San Suu Kyi

Times like the holidays always make me really appreciate Aung San Suu Kyi. She is such an amazing person, so strong, and brave. As it is said in the U2 song, Walk On, written about Aung San Kyi, "You're packing your suitcase for a place none of us has been. A place that has to be believed to be seen." She has been fighting for decades for freedom, justice and peace, under the ever watchful eye of the military government.

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