Friends of the Earth Sri Lanka is celebrating a recent court victory that will dramatically reduce the amount of lead in paints made and imported into Sri Lanka.

Please pray for Mirlande and all of Haiti’s restavek children!

This week, WITNESS is busy in the Bay Area of California where we’ll be at multiple public meetings discussing ideas in our Cameras Everywhere leadership initiative.

"I would not have the Justice Department prosecuting and raiding medical marijuana users. It's not a good use of our resources." - Barack Obama, Aug, 21, 2007
“It will not be a priority to use federal resources to prosecute patients with serious illnesses or their caregivers who are complying with state laws on medical marijuana” - Attorney General Eric Holder, October 19, 2009

By Tanya O’Carroll. Tanya is interning with our Cameras Everywhere Initiative. She is a Master’s candidate in Human Rights Studies at Columbia University.

I’m constantly reminded how good I have it as I sift through human rights issues. It's easy to just brush off the turmoil abroad because it doesn’t make a direct impact on my daily life.

The video begins with soldier asking his father, "You promise you'll always love me? Period?" Then, with phone in hand, he says, "Dad, I'm gay. I always have been. I've known for … forever."