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Dec 1 2012 1:52PM
Human Rights Day 2012

Chinese, Uyghur & Tibetan Solidarity UK (of which Tibet Society is a founding member) is hosting two events in London to mark Human Rights Day 2012: • Monday 10 December: Solidairty vigil at the Chinese Embassy • Wednesday 12 December...

Nov 28 2012 11:48AM
Trial of two boys starts in Bahrain

Two 15 year old boys, Jehad Sadeq Aziz Salman and Ebrahim Ahmed Radi al-Moqdad were arrested with two adults during an anti-government protest in Manama, the capital of Bahrain. They have since been held in detention and appeared for...

Nov 27 2012 2:21PM
Dispatches from Israel: "What I'm going through is hell"

Ann Harrison, Deputy Director of Amnesty International’s Middle East and North Africa Programme is in Israel investigating rocket attacks from Gaza. Our Senior Crisis Researcher, Donatella Rovera, is in Gaza, read her blog from Gaza...

Nov 26 2012 11:29AM
Dispatches from Gaza: "Were my wife, my children, terrorists?"

Donatella Rovera, our Crisis Response Researcher, has been in Gaza since the ceasefire was called on 21st November. She sent us this short update from Gaza City. The children are playing outside again, despite the torrential rain. They...

Nov 25 2012 10:16PM
Juvenile Life Without Parole - Show your support for Jacqueline Montanez

Over the last few years we have blogged about the issue of juvenile life without parole in the USA, a sentence which condemns children to spend the rest of their lives in prison, without any possibility of release, for crimes committed...