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May 1 2009 3:10PM
Delara Darabis death: shocking news

Working at Amnesty you’re supposed to be kind of unshockable . But you know what … it ain’t so! For example … I got to my desk this morning and took a call even before I’d sat down properly. It wasn’t good news . In fact it was...

May 1 2009 11:35AM
A call to arms for Scottish men..

Yes, the Scottish blog is back after a wee break. Sorry, there just haven’t been enough hours in the day (or days in the week for that matter). One of the things that’s been keeping me busy is the launch of the exciting new interactive...

May 1 2009 3:14AM
European election hustings, Belfast: vote for human rights

Yesterday evening's European election hustings staged in Belfast by the Coalition of Aid and Development Agencies (CADA), of which Amnesty is a member, may be the only occasion during the Northern Ireland campaign in which...

Apr 30 2009 11:08PM
Today in History: The class boycott continued on 30 April

Over 30 people from the academia, intelligentsia and media hold apublic forum on the movement, noting that the 4.27 march marked thebankruptcy of the Party's authoritarian rule. The class boycott continued, with about 90,000 students...

Apr 30 2009 11:03PM
Today in History: a dialogue on 29 April ?

Government representatives, led by Yuan Mu, spokesman for the StateCouncil, sat down to a three-hour dialogue it had asked the officialNational Students' Union and Beijing Students' Union to sponsor. With afew exceptions, the student...