S1 2 8 and 2 9 Article Links
Choose TWO sources from this list that relates to the human rights that you have chosen to address, based on an obstacle in your novel. (Remember, you will be writing to this prompt: Based on your research, write about a human rights issue that related to your novel and how it applies to the US and one other country.)
* Human Rights Issues in China during the Olympics
BEIJING (AP) — One political issue overshadowed the rest when International Olympic Committee... http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/wire?id=3977744 * United Nations Declaration of Human Rights Issues
List of basic rights drafted by the United Nations. http://www.un.org/en/documents/udhr/ * A Nuke-Free World
HIROSHIMA (AP) — Abolishing nukes: flicker of hope to global cause... http://www.nbcnews.com/id/38608040/ns/world_news-asia_pacific/t/abolishing-nukes-flicker-hope-global-cause/#.VHDHPtF0zVI * The Geneva Conventions
(AP) — A brief look at pertinent articles of the Geneva Conventions on the laws of warfare... (link through lesson 2.8, page 6)
* Illegal Immigration in Greece
NEA VYSSA, Greece (AP) — Border police jeeps hurtle along hot, dusty tracks past potato fields on... http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/world/story/2012-08-22/greece-immigration-crackdown/57205208/1 * Border Crossing Children
McALLEN, Texas (AP) — An unprecedented surge of children caught trudging through South Texas... http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/04/28/surge-in-child-immigrants-stresses-support-network/ * Out of the Shadows
(AP) — Young illegal immigrants coming out of the shadows... (link through lesson 2.8, page 6)
* U.S. Divided Families
STAMFORD, Conn (AP) — Alexis Molina was just 10 years old when his mother was abruptly cut out of his life... http://bigstory.ap.org/article/parents-deported-what-happens-us-born-kids * Indonesia Crowded Orphanages
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian parents facing poverty give up children... http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/world/2008-06-22-3080723917_x.htm * Racism Conference at the
* Human Rights Issues in China during the Olympics
BEIJING (AP) — One political issue overshadowed the rest when International Olympic Committee... http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/wire?id=3977744 * United Nations Declaration of Human Rights Issues
List of basic rights drafted by the United Nations. http://www.un.org/en/documents/udhr/ * A Nuke-Free World
HIROSHIMA (AP) — Abolishing nukes: flicker of hope to global cause... http://www.nbcnews.com/id/38608040/ns/world_news-asia_pacific/t/abolishing-nukes-flicker-hope-global-cause/#.VHDHPtF0zVI * The Geneva Conventions
(AP) — A brief look at pertinent articles of the Geneva Conventions on the laws of warfare... (link through lesson 2.8, page 6)
* Illegal Immigration in Greece
NEA VYSSA, Greece (AP) — Border police jeeps hurtle along hot, dusty tracks past potato fields on... http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/world/story/2012-08-22/greece-immigration-crackdown/57205208/1 * Border Crossing Children
McALLEN, Texas (AP) — An unprecedented surge of children caught trudging through South Texas... http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/04/28/surge-in-child-immigrants-stresses-support-network/ * Out of the Shadows
(AP) — Young illegal immigrants coming out of the shadows... (link through lesson 2.8, page 6)
* U.S. Divided Families
STAMFORD, Conn (AP) — Alexis Molina was just 10 years old when his mother was abruptly cut out of his life... http://bigstory.ap.org/article/parents-deported-what-happens-us-born-kids * Indonesia Crowded Orphanages
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian parents facing poverty give up children... http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/world/2008-06-22-3080723917_x.htm * Racism Conference at the