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Jun 4 2015 4:00PM
How technology helped us expose war crimes in Nigeria

In March 2014 a grainy cell phone video came across my desk that seemed to show a Nigerian soldier murdering an unarmed man in broad daylight. It took me a day and a half to pinpoint the location of this apparent war crime to a...

Jun 1 2015 6:22PM
Defend the human rights defender! Take action for Narges Mohammadi!

In early May, Narges Mohammadi, a distinguished human rights defender who is well-known within Iran and beyond, was arrested at her home. Security forces took her to Tehran's Evin Prison. Behind bars her health is rapidly deteriorating...

Jun 1 2015 6:02PM
No More Stolen Sisters: Justice for the missing and murdered Indigenous women of Canada

This blog is by Noa Kleinman who has recently retired as North America Country Coordinator, after 20 years. Indigenous women and girls in Canada are being murdered and disappeared at such a high rate that it amounts to a national human...

May 31 2015 11:27PM
Remembrance and Resistance – 26th Anniversary of Tiananmen

To mark the 26th anniversary of the 1989 pro-democracy movement, a candlelit vigil will be held outside the Chinese Embassy in London on June 4th. We will read out the names of the citizens who were killed in the Massacre by the army...

May 28 2015 6:58PM
MEPs vote to stop the conflict minerals trade in defiance of industry lobbying

On 20 May, the European Parliament took us all by surprise by voting in favour of a strong and binding law to tackle the deadly trade in conflict minerals. The trade in resources – such as gold, diamonds, tantalum, tin and coal...