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May 18 2010 9:12PM
Protest against China's family planning policies - Minister in London

Madam Li Bin, China'sMinister of National Population and Family Planning Commission is visiting the UK 17-19 May2010. She will be in Londonon Wednesday 19 May and has a meeting in Conway Street from 3pm to 5pm. Theprotest is to...

May 18 2010 5:37PM
Mugabe and the White African    

On 18 May 2010 there was a showing of Mugabe and the White African at Amnesty's Human Rights Action Centre in London. On the same date the film was shown on television on More4. The documentary tells the story of Michael Campbell who...

May 18 2010 1:53PM
Apologies as FT pulls our Shell ad

You go to all the hard work and then at the last moment it all goes a bit ‘Pete Tong’. Welcome to the world of Amnesty’s press office. Yesterday we were utterly convinced that our ad highlighting Shell’s behaviour in the Niger Delta...

May 18 2010 12:52PM
Legislating Your Rights Away

On 20 April 2010 the First and Deputy First Ministers publisheddraft legislation for the ‘Public Assemblies, Parades and Protests Bill(Northern Ireland). The Bill is tortrayed as a tool to find solutions to contentiousparades through...

May 18 2010 12:43PM
Back to the Future

Some disturbing allegations are coming out of Maghaberry prison these days. In my opinion, they're just as disturbing if they're not true as if they are true – due purely to the condescending response by authorities, particularly the...