Skip to main content
Amnesty International UK
Log in

Latest posts

Sep 9 2011 9:30AM
Chinese Court Sends to Jail Activist and “Jasmine Crackdown” Detainee Wang Lihong

(Chinese Human RightsDefenders, September 9, 2011) Beijing-based humanrights defender and democracyactivist, Wang Lihong (王荔蕻), was convicted of“creating a disturbance” andsentenced to nine months in prison this morning by Wenyuhe...

Sep 8 2011 2:23PM
China's Organ harvesting.

Here's my latest article which was published by both The Herald and The Scotsman. It's a report about the Chinese Communist Party's killing of innocent people for their organs. http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/home-news/glasgow-twin...

Sep 8 2011 9:55AM
China Human Rights Briefing August 29-September 6, 2011

Highlights Yao Life Closely Monitored Back in Hometown: Democracy rights activist Yao Lifa ( 姚立法 ) , from Qianjiang City, Hubei Province, was returned this week to his home after an incommunicado detention, but is being restricted in...

Sep 7 2011 12:00PM
Cluster bombs: thanks and next steps

So last week was a good week to start working at Amnesty, and witness the power of cumulative direct action to invoke a change that will have positive and far-reaching international repercussions. On 1 September, Amnesty welcomed the...

Sep 7 2011 11:13AM
RACISM IN EUROPE.

Here's a link to my latest article for Al Jazeera. http://english.aljazeera.net/indepth/opinion/2011/09/201192182426183450… Thanks for your time. Billy Briggs. www.billybriggs.co.uk