Human Rights in the News

Human Rights Watch -- Bush Signs Child Soldier Accountability Act
Last Friday, President Bush signed into law the Child Soldier Accountability Act. According to HRW, "The Child Soldiers Accountability Act makes it a federal crime to recruit knowingly or to use soldiers under the age of 15 and permits the United States to prosecute any individual on US soil for the offense, even if the children were recruited or served as soldiers outside the United States." The law was introduced by Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL).

BBC -- China and the 2008 Nobel Peace Prize
The Chinese Foreign Ministry recently released a statement that it hopes the Peace Prize will go to the "right person". Rumors have suggested that two Chinese human rights activists top the list of candidates. The award comes recently after many in the international community cry out that the Olympic games in Beijing have only made the human rights situation worse, contrary to the government's promises.