By: Priscila Néri, Posted: Nov 5 08

Global, United States

Barack Obama, democracy, Elections, US election

Barack Obama's election victory is an opportunity to end the "seven-year assault on human rights by the U.S. administration," says Amnesty International. Read AI's human rights checklist for President-elect Barack Obama and then take action to ask Obama to demonstrate a strong commitment to human rights in his first 100 days of office. For more resources, read this agenda prepared by Human Rights Watch outlining four crucial initiatives President Obama must urgently address once he takes office.

For a snapshot of what some of these issues mean to people around the world, here's an insightful video from citizen reporter Flavia Abdurahman with voices from Ethiopia, Norway, Afghanistan, Moldova, and Nigeria....