Care2 Causes � Human Rights

Are Migrant Workers In Canada Safe?

Shannon McKarney — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:00:36 +0000

Did it take a horrific crash outside Waterloo, Ontario on Monday to bring human rights concerns about migrant workers in Canada into focus? 11 people were killed in the terrible accident, where a 15-passenger van carrying migrant workers collided with a truck at an intersection. The driver of the truck was killed, as was the [...]

Got A Minute? Got 6 Friends? Why Not Play “6 Degrees Of Freerice”?

Suzi Parrasch — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:34:31 +0000

Do you believe in six degrees of separation — you know, the theory that skyrocketed into popular culture through Jon Guare’s play and posits that you and I are connected to each other, and everyone else on the planet� for that matter, through at most six other people? Well, the United Nation’s World Food Programme [...]

Models Organize For Protection Against Industry Abuse

Associated Press — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:30:47 +0000

Written by Leanne Italie NEW YORK (AP) � Models are more than just pretty faces. They’re often overworked, underfed and underage independent contractors with little say when things go bad behind the scenes. Many are just teenagers far from home, in some cases earning as much in a day as their poor families back [...]

Uganda Once Again Revives ‘Kill The Gays’ Bill

Steve Williams — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:00:37 +0000

In a move that will likely surprise no one, lawmakers in Uganda have once again introduced the Anti-Homosexuality Bill of 2009. The legislation, which President Obama once called “odious”,�was dubbed the “Kill the Gays” bill for its death penalty provision for repeat offenders. However, the draft legislation is said to have been modified to [...]

China: A Death Sentence to Hide Government Corruption?

Global Voices — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 16:00:37 +0000

Written by Oiwan Lam Wu Ying, named China’s sixth richest woman in 2006, lost an appeal against her death sentence at the Zhejiang Higher People’s Court on January 18, 2012. Many citizens have pleaded online for Wu’s life believing the death sentence was meant to silence her from exposing corruption by government officials who [...]

Success! Tougher Penalties on Human Trafficking in Indiana

Ellyn Schwaiger — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 00:00:35 +0000

Success! Thanks in part to the�support of Care2 members like you, Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels approved Senate Enrolled Act 4, legislation that will enforce tougher penalties on human trafficking in Indiana. This bill passed just in the nick of time, as Super Bowl 2012 commences on Sunday. by Donna Butler Super Bowl 2012 provides [...]

Syrian Activists Describe Massacre in Homs

Kristina Chew — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:12:39 +0000

Over 200 people have been killed in the city of Homs, an epicenter of anti-government protests, in an attack that began late Friday night.

ACLU Sues Administration for Targeted Killings

Patricia Patton — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 04:00:36 +0000

The ACLU recently filed suit questioning the Obama administration’s behavior in the death of U.S. born cleric Anwar al-Awlaki, Samir Khan and al-Awlaki’s son. The lawsuit alleges that al-Awlaki was specifically targeted by the government as an important operative in the Al Qaeda hierarchy on the Arabian Peninsula. The deaths of al-Awaki, Khan and [...]

Europe Tries to Shield Homeless From Deep Freeze

Associated Press — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:00:35 +0000

Written by Maria Danilova KIEV, Ukraine (AP) � Russia and Ukraine both took extra precautions on Friday to protect homeless people, ordering new facilities and medical care after scores of people have frozen to death on the streets of Europe during a brutal cold snap. As the death toll from the past week rose [...]

L.A.’s Dark Secret

Care2 Causes Editors — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:00:32 +0000

Written by Scott Parkin, Rainforest Action Network In the 1974 classic Roman Polanski neo-noir film Chinatown, private detective Jake Gittes (played by Jack Nicholson) discovers one of LA�s dirty secrets: Wealthy developers are legally stealing precious water from poor struggling farmers in California�s central valley to hydrate the posh homes of Beverly Hills and [...]