Sussan Tahmasebi, founding member, Campaign for Equality. This Iranian women's movement seeks to change all gender-biased laws in Iran. Its 'One Million Signatures Cam
Since the International Day of the Disappeared was started in 1983, the government practice of kidnapping, abducting or detaining people and
holding them in secret ha
The trial of Radovan Karadzic resumes today in The Hague. But are a small number of high profile trials enough to heal
the wounds caused by the horrific violations of
The blockade imposed by Israel on the Gaza Strip over a year ago has
left the population of 1.5 million Palestinians trapped with
dwindling resources and an economy
In the second anniversary of the launch of the Campaign for Equality on
27 August, Amnesty International is renewing its demand that the
Iranian authorities cease ha
As the Beijing Olympics ended, Amnesty International today accused the Chinese authorities of prioritizing image over substance as it continued to persecute and p
Displaced civilians and refugees who fled during the conflict, as
well as those who remained in the areas where hostilities have taken
place, are in continued need o
Tens of thousands who have already suffered from the renewal of violence, could be at even greater risk, if the
Philippine government supports the creation of untrain
