This is an extract from Amnesty International Freedom of Expression Award Judge Neil Cooper’s moving speech given at the Award Ceremony in Edinburgh last Friday. There was a very silly newspaper article published the other day by a...

This week, we were relieved to hear that a 15 year old girl in the Maldives – who reportedly survived repeated sexual abuse - will be spared the inhumane punishment of flogging for the ‘crime’ of extra-marital sex or ‘fornication’. On...

[CHRB] Activist Guo Feixiong Detained in Crackdown as Known Arrests Reach 25 (8/15-21, 2013) Aug 22, 2013 • 12:40 am China Human Rights Briefing August 15-21, 2013 Contents Arbitrary Detention Updates on Crackdown: Activist Guo...

By Cilina Nasser, Amnesty International’s researcher on Syria, this was originally posted on MSN UK It is impossible to watch the videos that emanated from Syria yesterday and not be moved, yet again, to rage about the international...

“ It wasn't what he said exactly that changed my worldview. It was the example he was setting with his life. How his words in general showed that he was a stellar American. There was no question in my mind that my government was...