LONDON, November 22, 2009 (WAFA) - Amnesty International released

a rich new collection of stories by some of the best fiction writers in the world today.

Each is inspired by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, one of humankind’s greatest achievements. We are all born free, but do we all live free? Freedom presents a provocative mix of stories that move, challenge, inspire and entertain.

 
Palestinian writer Liana Bader with her story March of the Dinosaurs have included in the group on the story of the Palestinian writer Liana Bader under the title tolled the story and the facts of day in Ramallah during the Israeli army attack to West Bank in 2002.

From the streets of Zimbabwe to the green spaces of Edinburgh, each author takes you on a unique and powerful journey. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights was signed on the 10th December 1948 as an enduring international commitment to human rights. Published in the 60th anniversary year of the Declaration, this is an outstanding collection of short stories, each one inspired by a different human right.

“This is truly a great book of Amnesty’s, to harness the God-given creative talents of these wonderful writers and connect them with each Article of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights is an inspiration,”  Amnesty said, “We are made for the sublime and for freedom: it is my hope that these stories will help us to achieve it.”

'For these writers to contribute their remarkable gifts to the cause of human rights is a sign that injustice will not have the last word.’ - Archbishop Desmond Tutu Go to the Small Wonder short story festival on 27 September and listen to Amit Chaudhuri, Helen Dunmore and A.L. Kennedy reading their stories from the Amnesty anthology Freedom.

Amit Chaudhuri's fifth novel, The Immortals, was published this year. He is also an acclaimed musician. Helen Dunmore is an Orange Prize-winning novelist; A.L. Kennedy won the Costa Prize for her novel, Day, and is one of our most accomplished writers of short stories.