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In December 2013, it was widely reported that the North Korean leader, Kim Jong Un mercilessly ordered the execution of his once-powerful uncle for acts of treachery. His alleged crimes ranged from corruption and womanising to...
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I am a press officer here at Amnesty International. I cover Europe, Latin America, sport, business and human rights, and education and students. I job-share with Naomi Westland.
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The TUC is the national trade union centre in Great Britain, with 6 million members in our 54 affiliated trade unions. We are part of the global trade union movement, principally the International Trade Union Confederation, which has 175 million members in 164 countries. We campaign for trade union and other human rights, and have a memorandum of understanding with Amnesty International.
Despite initial optimism when Iranian President Hussain Rouhani was inaugurated this August, the situation facing workers in Iran has not improved. Trade union rights are still being routinely violated, as are the rights to freedom of...
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I'm the Director of Amnesty International USA's Death Penalty abolition campaign, supporting activists across the US with their campaigning. Before I moved to DC, I was a founding member of the Austin, Texas chapter of Amnesty International USA. You'll find more of my blogs at Amnesty USA's Human Rights Now blog, and I tweet on the death penalty at @BRCEvans
US support for the death penalty is at its lowest in 40 years in Gallop’s annual poll. At 60%, it’s dipped lower than the poll taken a month after Georgia's execution of Troy Davis in 2011. And its not surprising, with Maryland joining...
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I'm the Scotland Programme Director, and before I joined Amnesty I've spent 20 years in education, social care and health services, looking at service delivery with a strong rights focus.
China is never far from the headlines. In the last week the Daily Mail ran a banner feature on Chinese citizens being banned from using Pizza Hut salad bars due to their fondness for building giant ‘salad towers’ of food. Apple’s...