http://uk.oneworld.net/article/country/388/ en_GB_uk Jamaica http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/83155 The Jamaican authorities are wilfully neglecting the poorest communities by failing to tackle inner-city violence, says a new Amnesty report that spotlights abusive policing methods that lead to hundreds of fatal shootings and extrajudicial executions. http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/83152 Several trips and countless exchanges with Jamaicans battling HIV/AIDS inspired poet and writer Kwame Dawes to pen these "anthems of hope and alarms of warning." http://uk.oneworld.net/article/view/158012/1/ A display of photographs of the self-governing Maroon community in Jamaica runs at the Docklands Museum until 31 August as part of the museum's recently inaugurated London, Sugar & Slavery gallery. http://amlat.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/74895 Granby Street in Hartford, Connecticut has been renamed Marcus Garvey Way after the late Jamaican-born legendary black leader. http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/73067 According to a new report released by Amnesty International, weak national legislation and deeply entrenched social and cultural attitudes in Jamaica encourage gender discrimination and violence against women. http://www.digitalopportunity.org/article/view/133109/1/ Caribbean Telecommunications Union (CTU) organises symposium in Jamaica on the theme of “ICTs: Facilitating Caribbean Integration”. http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/71295 Jamaican Civil society groups are hailing the beginning of Portia Simpson-Miller's term of office--and expecting to play a greater role in attacking the country's social ills. http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/70666 Portia Simpson Miller is being called "a firebrand type of politician who has really hit home when it comes to the majority of people--especially women, the poor, and the unemployed." http://www.digitalopportunity.org/article/view/127718/1/ Internationally acclaimed Harvard Professor Mr. Calestous Juma will head a panel discussion hosted by the Cabinet Office on the topic 'Going for growth and development through ICT' at the OPM Media Centre commencing at 10:00 a.m. on Friday February 17. http://www.digitalopportunity.org/article/view/125515/1/ A JOINT Select Committee of Parliament met yesterday to begin the first review of the two-year-old Access to Information Act. http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/69322 Steve Harvey of Jamaica AIDS Support for Life - who ran a programme providing support to gay men and sex workers - has been murdered. http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/68914 The Jamaica government is to accede to the Inter-American Convention on the Prevention, Punishment and Eradication of Violence Against Women, also known as the Convention of Belem do Para. http://www.digitalopportunity.org/article/view/112632/1/ The Government of Jamaica/ Inter American Development Bank (IDB) Information and Communications Technology Project, has made significant impact in enhancing efficiency in personal and corporate transactions through access to modern electronic means, thus reducing transaction costs and increasing the use of technology in the public and private sectors. http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/65753 A new report published to coincide with Christian Aid Week offers only grudging approval of the government's change in policy on aid conditionality. Too many developing country programmes are already committed to the doctrine of liberalisation and the UK itself is too committed to the values of the IMF and World Bank. http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/63051 There is increasing awareness of the problem of appalling discrimination and violence against gay men and women in Jamaica. Join Amnesty's campaign to put pressure on the authorities in that country.