Amnesty International is conducting a worldwide campaign to urge the United Nations Security Council to immediately impose a mandatory arms embargo on Myanmar. China, India and Russia have been the main arms supplying countries, with other military suppli

I was 10 years old when I lost both my legs and become disabled, and I forgot about what I wanted to become when I grow up and work for my family and society as well.

On 12 May, an earthquake devastated China's Sichuan province--leaving, at latest count, more than 50,000 people dead. Millions more are homeless. In the wake of this tragedy, we can send a message to the people of China that the world shares their grief a

Avaaz Members from 124 Countries Donate $2,000,000 to the Burmese People!

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"Government red tape in providing visas is costing lives, while some donors are delaying aid in the fear that it will be siphoned off to the army," said Benjamin Zawacki, Amnesty International's Myanmar researcher. "The government should now provide acces

Other forms of aid could be delayed, diverted or manipulated by the Burmese government--but the monks are the most trusted and reliable institution in the country.

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One of China's most respected journalists, Hu Jia, has just been sentenced to 3 1/2 years of imprisonment. The charge made against him? "Subverting state authority".

Dockworkers in South Africa have blocked a Chinese arms boat from reaching Zimbabwe... but the crackdown continues. As the ship moves up the Southern African coast looking for a new port--and China weighs whether to recall the weapons--African unions, cit