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Jul 5 2012 4:20PM
Pussy Riot needs your support - text and stand up for free speech

17 August 2012 - Two-year sentence announced. This action is now closed. Nadezhda, Maria and Ekaterina have been sentenced two years service in a penal colony, after Moscow City Court found them guilty of 'hooliganism on grounds of...

Jul 5 2012 11:49AM
Arms Trade Treaty talks, there will be fireworks

I have fireworks on the mind. I love fireworks. I love other people's reactions to them. Let’s see if that's still the case by the time these talks end on 27 July... Experiencing them here in NYC is a happy by-product of being part of...

Jul 5 2012 8:06AM
China: Dozens still subject to enforced disappearance three years after crackdown on unrest in Urumqi

Amnesty Internatio nal Public Statement: Dozens still subject to enforced disappeara nce three years after crackdown on unrest in Urumqi

Jul 4 2012 4:08PM
Arms Trade Treaty talks get off to a strong (if delayed) start

After several false starts, the Arms Trade Treaty negotiations finally got underway yesterday. The Chair of the conference, Ambassador Moritan, was keen to make up some lost time and kept everyone in the room for an extra hour beyond...

Jul 4 2012 11:30AM
HUMAN TRAFFICKING - BURKINA FASO

Please view this photo essay on human trafficking for the sex industry in Burkina Faso which was published by The Guardian last week. Images are by photographer Angela Catlin who travelled with me to Ouagadougou - the nation's capital...