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Apr 5 2008 11:00PM
London Protest

We demand: ‧ Release Hu Jia and all other prisoners of conscience! ‧ Stop the suppression of Tibetans and Chinese! ‧ Independent media reports! ‧ Exiles want to return home!

Apr 5 2008 10:04PM
Blogging the AGM 2008 #11 (The changing face of activism)

7:45pm The changing face of activism: Vuyiseka Dubula ( Treatment Action Campaign ) and Ben Brandzel ( MoveOn.org / Avaaz.org ). Chaired by Bruce Wylie (AIUK Head of Activism) Two very different perspectives on activism today, one from...

Apr 5 2008 8:43PM
Blogging the AGM 2008 #10 (Restaurant review)

China, Papua, Burma, Russia. Never mind all that for a moment. Discussing food quality could possibly be the most dangerous thing I do this weekend, if happenings in the Northern Ireland courts are anything to go by. But, in the spirit...

Apr 5 2008 6:48PM
Blogging the AGM 2008 #9 (Tiananmen campaign action)

This afternoon we campaigned for justice for the 'Tiananmen Mothers' , who lost their sons and daughters to the guns and tanks of the Chinese security forces on June 4 1989 and the days that followed. After the massacre, the mothers...

Apr 5 2008 4:14PM
Blogging the AGM 2008 #8 (Sam Roddick)

2:25pm Sam Roddick is our keynote speaker for the weekend. Her mother Anita was a big friend of Amnesty and offered her ideas, her connections and her money to advance the cause of human rights worldwide. Sam is an activist in her own...