17 April 2008
Women in Brazil are finding themselves left to pick up the pieces following criminal and police violence in shanty-towns.
1 April 2008
Poor inner city Jamaicans are left at the mercy of gangs and abusive
police officers who are rarely, if ever, brought to justice for human
rights abuses.
31 March 2008
Amnesty International members around the world reached out for the people of Kenya on 27 February 2007.
28 February 2008
Post-election violence in Kenya has forced thousands to flee their homes
– more than 1,000 people have been killed.
25 January 2008
When a Belarusian youth activist was sentenced to
18 months' imprisonment, Amnesty
International considered him to be a prisoner of conscience and launched a campaign involving origami cranes.
23 January 2008
Former Guantánamo detainee Moazzam Begg reads a poem that he wrote while he was held at the US detention centre.
18 January 2008
Thousands of people, including Amnesty International members and supporters from around the world, have taken action to mark the sixth anniversary of the first transfers of detainees to Guantánamo.
12 January 2008
Amnesty International activists gathered in Washington D.C. on 11 January to mark the sixth anniversary of the first transfers of detainees to Guantánamo.
11 January 2008
Actions to mark the sixth anniversary of Guantánamo in London started on 10 January, when Amnesty International activists organized an all-night vigil around a replica
Guantánamo cage.
12 December 2007
Andrew Motion, poet laureate, discusses the work of Abdur Rahim Muslim Dost.
