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Mar 15 2013 11:26AM
David Grimason speaks out on the Arms Trade - Part two

In Part Two of our blog (see Part One ), campaigner David Grimason tells us about the very personal motivation that keeps him focused. Nearly a decade ago, on 7 July 2003, David’s life was torn apart when his two-year-old son was...

Mar 15 2013 8:42AM
In the Name of “Stability”: 2012 Annual Report on the Situation of Human Rights Defenders in China

on Mar 15, 2013 (Chinese Human Rights Defenders, March 15, 2013) – With a major change of the guard at the top echelon of China’s one-party power, 2012 was marked by authorities’ intensified attempts to thwart human rights activism but...

Mar 15 2013 8:37AM
[CHRD] Several Tibetans Sent to Prison; Petitioners Detained During “Sensitive” Period, and more (3/9-3/15, 2013)

on Mar 15, 2013 China Human Rights Briefing March 9-15, 2013 Contents Arbitrary Detention • Several Tibetan Monks, Singer Sentenced to Prison in Qinghai Reprisals Against Activists • Petitioners Formally Detained During “Sensitive”...

Mar 14 2013 7:13PM
On arms transfers to armed opposition groups in Syria

The following is taken from our new briefing released 14 March 2013 Syria: Summary killings and other abuses by armed opposition groups. (PDF) In light of the abuses documented in this briefing, Amnesty International urges any state...

Mar 13 2013 11:57PM
Syria: Two years on - New Amnesty Film & Reports

Syria: Two years on. Will there be a Human Rights Revolution? This new film from Amnesty International UK marks the second anniversary of the Syrian uprising / conflict and is released alongside two new briefings from Amnesty...