Angola 3 Documentary
Amnesty International UK will host a free screening of the acclaimed documentary about the notorious case of the “Angola 3” on Tuesday 10 July. The 2010 film – In the Land of the Free, with narration by Samuel L Jackson – tells the story of how three men – Herman Continue Reading
Amnesty – It Starts With a Letter
Amnesty International was started in 1961 by a lawyer called Peter Benenson who had heard of the arrest of two Portuguese students imprisoned for raising a toast to freedom. It has grown to an international movement – and it all started with putting a pen to paper to help another Continue Reading
Jabbar Savalan Released
Fantastic News! Jabbar Savalan the young activist from from Azerbaijan has been released and recieved a pardon for his detention. today. He is now at home with his family. This is fantastic news however, 16 prisoners of conscience remain in jail in Azerbaijan. He originally was detainedby Azerbaijan authorities after Continue Reading
Syrian Activists Still Missing as Arab League imposes sanctions
Today the league of Arab States declared it’s decision to impose sanctions against Syria and of Bashar Al-Assad, President of Syria and Regional Secretary of the Ba’ath Party. There is also international concern over the fate of two Syrian Activists Mohamed Bachir Arab and Ahmed Omar Azoz. The two activists Continue Reading
The Rights Issue of Legal Aid Bill
Amnesty International are lobbying for amendments to the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill. It’s researchers have documented serious human rights infringements by UK companies overseas. The Bill proposed by the UK government Amnesty believes would make it almost impossible for victims of these abuses to seek justice 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
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