Amnesty International (http://www.amnesty.org)
‘Amnesty International is a worldwide campaigning movement that works to
promote all the human rights enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human
Rights and other international standards.' The English language homepage
provides articles on human rights questions and abuses in countries around the
globe.
B'Tselem, The Israeli Information Center for
Human Rights in the Occupied Territories(http://www.btselem.org/)
On its bilingual (English and Hebrew) site, B'Tselem ‘endeavors to document
and educate the Israeli public and policymakers about human rights violations
in the Occupied Territories, combat the phenomenon of denial prevalent among
the Israeli public, and help create a human rights culture in Israel.'
Encyclopedia.com (http://www.encyclopedia.com)
From the Electronic Library, searching the Encyclopedia.com by country provides
numerous narrative articles on its history, culture, politics.
Ethnologue (http://www.ethnologue.com/web.asp)
Contains entire text of original printed volumes (except language maps).
Human Rights Watch (http://www.hrw.org/)
‘Human Rights Watch is an independent, non-governmental organization, supported
by contributions from private individuals and foundations worldwide.' Search
its records for reports on the human rights records, abuses, etc. of any given
country.
International Monetary Fund (http://www.imf.org/)
The IMF is an ‘organization of 183 member countries, established to promote
international monetary cooperation, exchange stability, and orderly exchange
; to foster economic growth and high levels of employment; and to provide temporary
financial assistance to countries to help ease balance of payments adjustment.' A
search by country will yield reports on the IMF's initiatives and programs
in it.
Magen David Adom: Israel's Emergency,
Medical, Health, Blood and Disaster Service(http://www.magendavidadom.org/)
Open
Directory Portal Page on Judaism (http://dmoz.org/Society/Religion%5Fand%5FSpirituality/Judaism/)
The Open Directory Projects portal page on Judaism offers hundreds of citations
on various aspects of Judaism, and links to sites that contain the complete Hebrew
and English texts of the Bible and other texts. |