The Solomon Islands Minister of the Environment should conduct face-to-face consultations with local communities on Wagina Island to hear their concerns before deciding the fate of a proposed open-cast bauxite mine there, Amnesty International said today.
Governments are failing to protect women human rights defenders (WHRDs) who routinely face a wide range of gender specific attacks, Amnesty International said in a new report on International Women Human Rights Defenders Day.
Eleven world-renowned artists including Yoko Ono, Shilpa Gupta and Gerhard Richter have come together to create a collection of original, limited-edition art to raise money for Amnesty International’s human rights work.
