Last July I spent a month as part of the Amnesty team lobbying governments as they strove to develop the world’s first global Arms Trade Treaty . That effort was delayed (but not defeated) when the US, followed by others asked for more...

It’s hard to believe that it’s forty years since I issued Amnesty’s first ‘Urgent Action’. It was for Professor Luis Basilio Rossi, labour lawyer, academic and political activist at the University of Sao Paulo, who “disappeared” after...

It’s 40 years today since we issued the first ever Urgent Action, on behalf of Brazilian Labour Rights activist Professor Luiz Basilio Rossi, detained and tortured by the military junta all because of his political activism. Like many...

China Human Rights Briefing March 18, 2013 Content Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman, or Degrading Treatment & Punishment Beijing Police Torture Activist Hu Jia During Interrogation, Restrict His Freedom & Access to Medical Care Special...

For the past few weeks, as world leaders prepared to meet for talks to agree the world’s first international treaty to control the arms trade, thousands of you have been telling your MPs how much you care. You have been emailing...