causes: A United Voice for Human Rights
TheCommunity.com is launching a three year campaign to raise awareness on the Universal Declaration of Human Rights — the UDHR. Drafted in 1948 and adopted by the United Nations General Assembly, the UDHR outlines 30 fundamental human rights. It says that these rights form the very foundation of freedom, justice...
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news: Burma’s Aung San Suu Kyi to visit Europe
Burma’s pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi is planning to travel abroad for the first time in 24 years, officials say. The Norwegian foreign ministry said she was expected to visit Norway in June. A spokesman from Aung San Suu Kyi’s party also told the BBC that she would visit...
(continue)news: Shirin Ebadi on Iran and sanctions
Almost a decade ago, Shirin Ebadi, an Iranian human-rights lawyer, became the first Muslim woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize. But the government in Tehran has never taken kindly to her criticism of the regime, especially in regard to women’s rights. In the aftermath of the Islamic Republic’s highly...
(continue)Wangari Maathai, 1940-2011
On September 25, 2011, the world received the sad news that Wangari Maathai had passed away, “after a prolonged and bravely borne struggle with cancer”. We join her family, her countrymen, and the millions she inspired in mourning her loss. Her spirit will live on in all of us.
(continue)greatest hits: ElBaradei: Is the Arab world ready for reform?
Dr. Mohamed EdBaradei served as Director General of the UN’s International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) from December 1997 to November 2009. In 2005 he won the Nobel Peace Prize for his work. In 2009 he returned to Egypt where he is working for democratic reform. His name was circulated as...
(continue)About Aung San Suu Kyi
The daughter of Burma’s former democratic leader, and a non-violent defender of human rights and freedom, Aung San Suu Kyi (pronounced Ong Son Su She) was elected to the Presidency of Burma in 1990 by more than 80% of the popular vote. A military junta refused to allow the elected...
(continue)George Clooney and Don Cheadle receive Summit Peace Award
On five different occasions, thecommunity.com has been a partner in the annual World Summit of Nobel Peace Prize Laureates in Rome. Actors George Clooney and Don Cheadle were selected by the World Summit of Nobel Laureates to receive the 2007 Summit Peace Award, for “their efforts in favor of pacifying...
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