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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...

Since we’ve launched the Hell station map action , we have received photos from more than 10 countries including Norway, Turkey, US, Germany, Spain, UK and France. If you are travelling over Xmas and New Year, don’t forget your camera...

One third of all recorded cluster bomb casualties are children. Yet despite efforts to ban these indiscriminate weapons, 138 banks and other financial institutions continue to invest over US$20 billion in companies that produce them...

What are you doing this evening? Are you planning to see family or friends? Imagine that they don’t show up. At first you think nothing of it. They must be delayed, or maybe their phone is out of battery. But as the hours tick by, you...

After the success of our webchat with Shell , and the revealing answers we were given, it is time for the next stage of our campaign to Make Shell Come Clean Join us as we target Shell on Google Maps, turning Shell stations into ‘hell...

A simple Twitter message, repeated by just a few hundred users, and the world’s biggest company was scrambling to set up an online dialogue. The request was for an opportunity to discuss Amnesty’s recent report ‘ Petroleum, Pollution...

Thanks to everyone who took part in the Shell webchat. We’ll be analysing Shell’s responses over the next few days, so watch this space! If you were involved, please add your thoughts as a comment below. The background Thanks to you...

Yes it’s that time of year again, you know when you’re meant to pull out all the stops and make an effort at love and romance. But, if like me you can’t bear the thought of sitting in a table for two only restaurant, with a crap...