After 30 years of grinding poverty and repression, the people of Egypt have taken to the streets to call for change. But now that Mubarak is gone and political transition is underway, what reforms need to happen to satisfy the dreams...

Today we will be in Trafalgar Square in London to show support for the people of Egypt and people acros the Middle East and North Africa. We’ll be blogging live and you can follow the event at #feb12global 14:30 Here is one last video...

Follow the event live on our blog Update: The rallies are going ahead as planned As mass anti-govermment protests continue in Egypt and across several other countries in the Middle East and North Africa, join us for a global day of...

It has been a momentous week in Egypt but unfortunately also a very violent one – as the people continue to call for change, the authorities in the country have launched a sweeping crackdown, aggressively suppressing peaceful protests...

David Kato (right) at Copenhague Pride 2010 On Wednesday 26 January, I was at a meeting in Brussels with other Amnesty colleagues from across Europe. It was there that I heard the news that David Kato had been brutally murdered. David...

School children take part in Amnesty International's campaign, calling for 'Respect Human Rights in Slums', Ghana, 2010. On 1 December 2010, vans with megaphones attached to them visited informal settlements next to railway lines in an...

With the help of your incredible generosity we have managed to raise enough money to send the next batch of much needed radios into Burma. You helped us reach our target: • £125,000 was raised • 10,000 radios will be distributed across...

Two weeks ago, we appealed to you to buy radios to help remote communities across Burma access information outside of state control. Incredibly, within a week you had helped to pay for the distribution of 2,200 radios. Our friends at...

Earlier this year Amnesty supporters helped to fund 4,000 radios for communities in remote areas of Burma. The many thank you messages included in the film above are moving testimonies to the impact of your generosity. But they also...

Burma’s first general election in two decades was held on Sunday under conditions where freedom of expression and political participation are still heavily restricted. Over 2,200 political prisoners remain behind bars. The media is...

This is an open letter to the Governor of Rivers State, Port Harcourt, Nigeria Your Excellency Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi – Governor of Rivers State, I am writing to express my concern at the forced eviction of thousands of people from...

If the Taleban were a product PR companies would be studying their tactics. Because they’ve certainly got massive “brand awareness”. Aside from al-Qaida (and maybe not even them), they’re surely the most talked about armed group in the...

Protesters outside the Vedanta AGM I’ve stood outside a few AGMs in my time. I’ve handed out leaflets on the impacts of tar sands extraction on indigenous communities at the BP AGM, and protested against ongoing pollution and human...

Due to the success of this fundraising campaign, we are hoping to fund a further 10,000 radios to send to Burma. Find out more and donate A month ago we launched an appeal asking you to help us buy radios for Burma. The initiative is...

Three weeks ago we appealed to you to help fund our Radios for Burma project. Thanks to your overwhelming generosity, we are now able to provide over 4,500 radios to the people of Burma. Due to this incredible response, we have...

A few weeks ago we launched an appeal to buy radios for Burma. Our aim was to raise £50,000 – enough money to distribute 4,000 radios in the country. The radios we buy will help amplify independent media so that the people of Burma can...

Due to the success of this fundraising campaign, we are hoping to fund a further 10,000 radios to send to Burma. Find out more and donate In Burma’s harsh media environment a number of courageous individuals work hard to break through...

It’s been quite a week. We’ve been amazed by you – our supporters, dismayed by the Financial Times and of course outraged by Shell. Thanks to your generosity and commitment to the people of the Niger Delta, we were able to realise our...

On Tuesday 18 May, shareholders meet for oil giant Royal Dutch Shell’s Annual General Meeting (AGM), relayed live to London’s Barbican Centre. While they toast £9.8 billion profits, there will be less talk of how Shell’s activities are...

When shareholders meet for Shell’s AGM on 18 May, you can bet there will be a lot of talk about their $9.8 billion profits. Less talked about will be the human cost of their activities in the Niger Delta – such as the millions of...