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Jan 26 2013 9:40PM
[CHRD] Shandong Petitioners Beaten, Detained After Appealing to China’s “First Lady”

China Human Rights Briefing January 18-23, 2013 Reprisals Against Activists Shandong Petitioners Beaten, Detained After Appealing to China’s “First Lady” Over Grievances Six Shandong petitioners who recently appealed to China’s “first...

Jan 25 2013 5:45PM
Brazil: The fishermen in Guanabara Bay

In December 2012, Amnesty International Brazil organised an event alongside the Brazilian Canoe Championships to demand justice for the fishermen of Guanabara Bay. Since 2009 the fishermen of Guanabara Bay, known as the Association of...

Jan 25 2013 5:42PM
Morocco: Young people call for the end of the death penalty

Young Amnesty activists are leading the charge against the death penalty in Morocco and in the rest of the world. Since 2006 they have made remarkable progress in a country where many people believe that the death penalty is a right of...

Jan 24 2013 12:47PM
Save Li Yan: denied protection from abuse – now facing execution

Tweet A woman who killed her violent husband after months of abuse faces imminent execution after exhausting all appeals. Li Yan, aged 41 - whose repeated calls to the police for protection were ignored – could be put to death at any...

Jan 22 2013 7:44PM
No: a film about Chile in the time of Pinochet

No, I have to say that I have not seen it yet, this film called No . Have you? Gael García Bernal (who I remember in the Motorcycle Diaries, about a journey by a young Che Guevara) stars as an advertising executive in Pablo Larraín’s...