17 July 2008
Amnesty International has launched a new website for people to have
their say about the human rights situation in China in the countdown to
the Beijing Olympics.
16 July 2008
Thousands of Amnesty International supporters from around the world teamed up with
Circle Up Now, to create large images on the ground which are only fully visible from above.
15 July 2008
Amnesty International has expressed its deep concern to the prime
minister of Japan about the detention of two Greenpeace activists,
Junichi Sato and Toru Suzuki, who have been charged with theft and
trespass.
26 June 2008
To mark the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, Amnesty International members and supporters are taking action around the world.
6 June 2008
Amnesty International has received reports of police using excessive
force against demonstrators protesting against US beef imports in South
Korea.
5 June 2008
Uzbekistani human rights defender Mutabar Tadzhibaeva, who was
sentenced to eight years in prison in 2006, was unexpectedly released
on Monday, 2 June.
3 June 2008
A group of Zimbabwean women activists are at risk of torture or other ill-treatment following their arrest at a peaceful demonstration in Harare.
31 May 2008
Amnesty International activists from around 30 countries gathering in Latvia to join Riga Pride 2008 in solidarity with the Mozaika alliance of LGBT people and other LGBT people in Riga, in Latvia and in the Baltic states.
20 May 2008
Amnesty International has urged the Head of the Judiciary in Iran to ensure that appeals hearings against the recent convictions and
sentences of six women’s rights defenders are heard promptly and impartially.
8 May 2008
A life-size model of a cell at Guantánamo will travel to US cities to bring a taste of the harsh realities of prolonged isolation in detention to the US public.
