Amnesty Write-a-thon
Tens of thousands of people around the world are participating in Amnesty’s annual Global Write-a-thon, joining together to write letters that can save lives. Now’s the time to finally put pen to paper. We’ve got all the tools you need to get started in our Resources section, ready for you Continue Reading
ACTIVIST AND MOTHER ARRESTED
IRANIAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST AND MOTHER ARRESTED Kouhyar Goudarzi, a member of the Committee for Human Rights Reporters (CHRR), was arrested on 31 July 2011 in Tehran, Iran, by plainclothes individuals believed to be from the Ministry of Intelligence. His mother, Parvin Mokhtareh, was arrested the next day. They are at Continue Reading
RBS Funding Cluster Bomb Manufacturing
In the last twelve months the Royal Bank of Scotland has invested $80million in companies that make cluster bombs. Email the Chief Executive of RBS now 98% of all cluster bomb victims are civilians, and a third of those are children. Last year the UK joined over 100 countries in Continue Reading
Happy Birthday Amnesty International
May 28 is a day that changed the human rights movement forever. Fifty years ago one person – Peter Benenson – outraged by injustices he read about in the paper, asked others to unite with him in common action. He knew we could use our activism to achieve extraordinary things. Continue Reading
AMNESTY CALLS FOR BUSH TO BE PROSECUTED
The United States must prosecute former President George W. Bush for torture if his admission in a memoir that he authorised waterboarding holds true, rights group Amnesty International said on Wednesday. In “Decision Points,” published this week, Bush defended his decision to authorise waterboarding, a form of simulated drowning condemned Continue Reading
Stoning Suspension in Ashtiani Case Not Enough
Amnesty International welcomes an Iranian official’s statement that Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani’s sentence of stoning to death has been temporarily suspended but urged the authorities to overturn the death sentence against her entirely. Amnesty International Middle East and North Africa Deputy Director Hassiba Hadj Sahraoui said: "This news does not Continue Reading
