Blogs

Guest blog by Amnesty Scotland volunteer coordinator Risga Carson. With only one day left until Christmas, many of us will be rushing out to do some last minute shopping. In between all the holiday mayhem, why not take a moment to...

Contents Reprisals Against Human Rights Lawyers Henan Church Group Lawyers Attacked Trying to Meet Clients Update on Crackdown on Peaceful Assembly, Association and Expression Trial of Anhui Activist Ends without Verdict, Lawyers &...

Contents Enforced Disappearance Fujian Activist Disappear s After Being Seized by Police in Beijing Arbitrary Detention; Violence/Reprisals Against Activists Intercepted Petitioners Sent to Local Authorities to Face Violent Retaliation...

Scotland celebrated International Human Rights Day last week by launching the first ever plan to tackle human rights in the country – Scotland’s National Action Plan for Human Rights (SNAP). The national plan aims to kick-start a...

Five Malian children have been detained in a military detention centre for over seven months. They are being held in poor conditions at the Gendarmerie camp in Bamako, along with adult detainees. The five children between the ages of...