The only reason I’m alive is because my attackers ran out of bullets. I remember that evening – 17 December 2013 – very clearly. The look of surprise on the gunman’s face after he hunched down on one knee, took aim at me one last time...

The International Day for Street Children takes place on 12 th April and provides a platform for the millions of children around the world to speak out so their rights cannot be ignored. The Consortium for Street Children (CSC)...

As I walked to work today I had a skip in my step. A perfect combination of early morning sunshine and Nina Simone’s dulcet tones singing ‘I wish I knew how it feels to be free’ (which always reminds me of Amnesty’s local group in York...

China Human Rights Briefing March 21-27, 2014 Contents Arbitrary Detention Jiangsu Activist Sentenced in Ongoing Crackdown on Civil Society Four Human Rights Lawyers Detained Over Black Jail Investigation Cao Shunli’s Body “Disappeared...

The Twitter shutdown started at about 11pm on Thursday night. My telephone started to ring: had I heard that Twitter was blocked? There was confusion about who could access Twitter, who couldn’t, and why. And would the government...