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Jan 21 2018 10:27AM
Human Rights Day 2017: Free Prisoners of Conscience

On 10 December 2017, over 100 activists gathered to mark # HumanRightsDay2017 at Chinese Embassy in London,calling for # FreePrisonersOfConscience # FreeLiuXia # FreeIlhamTohti # TashiWangchuk in cold and sleet weather. # 國際人權日2017...

Jan 21 2018 10:26AM
Yang Tongyan ( a.k.a. Yang Tianshui 1961-2017)

Yang Tongyan (杨同彦, a.k.a. Yang Tianshui 杨天水), a freelance writer and democracy veteran, has died aged 56 on 7 November 2017. In the past 11 months, at least three prisoners of conscience and political prisnoers including Peng Ming and...

Jan 17 2018 12:04PM
Reform of veto is key to restoring Stormont and delivering rights

One year on from the collapse of Stormont, Patrick Corrigan argues for a reform which would restore devolved government to Northern Ireland and its ability to legislate on rights issues

Jan 5 2018 2:37PM
Immigration Detainees in the UK

A volunteer for Amnesty International shares the shock, anger and inspiration to highlight the plight of UK immigration detainees.

Dec 22 2017 1:20PM
Writing for rights in 2017

“Don’t ever underestimate the power of kindness in your words” Jo Cobley – Young Roots In 2017, over 40,000 of you have performed the kind act of sending a message of hope, of solidarity or just letting someone know they’re not alone...