News & contemporary issues

2011/08/08

SENEGAL - project "one bed, one mosquito net"

“UN LIT, UN MOUSTIQUAIRE”
in Guediawaye - Senegal
  “Un lit, un moustiquaire” is a project that wants to protect the population through a programme of education and awareness for the prevention and the treatment of malaria. This project is especially meant for children, pregnant women and families in Wakhinane – Nimzatt area, in the department of Guediawaye, in the suburbs of Dakar – Senegal.
PROJECT DESCRIPTIONThe idea of "Un lit, un ...

2010/12/08

CHINA - HRI congratulates and demands freedom for LIU XIAOBO

Human Rights International (HRI) congratulates LIU XIAOBO for the Nobel Peace Prize in 2010. The Nobel Peace Prize Committee has shown courage and decided very well. 
  

2010/10/04

ITALY/EU - Eliminate discrimination with objective criteria of choice

In economic ads we read often, "Italians only" or "no foreigners".These restrictions constitute a discrimination because they make a difference depending on the national origin of people. Newspapers and Internet sites often include postings to lease apartments and jobs with phrases like "only for Italians”. This has the effect of limiting supply and rule out foreign nationals, only for their origin or provenance. The discriminatory nature of such practices was also ...

2009/09/10

ITALY - Full access to scholarships for non-EU citizens

Sentenced by the provincial court of Bolzano: from now on also non-EU citizens with long stay have full access to scholarships.

2009/07/01

ITALY - Action against discrimination

From 1 July 2009 on HUMAN RIGHTS INTERNATIONAL (HRI) participates in the project ACTION AGAINST DISCRIMINATION, which is funded by the European Social Fund through the Autonomous Province of Bolzano.