Cesar Marin from Amnesty Venezuela offers our round up from the first week of Arms Trade Treaty negotiations in New York. Keep up-to-date on facebook

Contents • Arbitrary Detention ◦ Chen Kegui Remains Detained, Family Warned as Officials Offer Token Compensation ◦ Activist Song Ze Remains Held in Undisclosed Location ◦ UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention Finds Chen Wei’s...

Time at the UN is a precious commodity. Being told by Chair Ambassador Moritan that there are just 99 hours of negotiation left for the Arms Trade Treaty was a sobering moment. The sceptics, countries like Syria, Egypt, Iran and others...

17 August 2012 - Two-year sentence announced. This action is now closed. Nadezhda, Maria and Ekaterina have been sentenced two years service in a penal colony, after Moscow City Court found them guilty of 'hooliganism on grounds of...

I have fireworks on the mind. I love fireworks. I love other people's reactions to them. Let’s see if that's still the case by the time these talks end on 27 July... Experiencing them here in NYC is a happy by-product of being part of...