Early last Saturday morning (5 April 2014), the streets of Rio de Janeiro’s Maré complex of favelas (slums) woke up to a military occupation by around 2,700 federal Army troops. They took over from a military police contingent that had...

April 2014 A joint briefing by the China NGO Network, London On the occasion of the upcoming UK-China human rights dialogue, the China NGO Network wishes to draw attention to a number of key concerns. Key concerns: Crackdown on freedom...

[10 April 2014] Tibet Society has learned that the UK-China Human Rights Dialogue, due to take place on 14-15 April, has been cancelled. Sources say that the Chinese government unilaterally called the meeting off due to disagreements...

China Human Rights Briefing April 4-10, 2014 Contents Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman, or Degrading Treatment & Punishment Details of Torture Emerge, Released Lawyers Underwent Medical Exam Update on Crackdown on Peaceful Assembly...

Today we're part of the launch of a new poetry anthology, in whose publication Amnesty has been closely involved. The title - Poems that make grown men cry - sums it up, really. A hundred men, all very successful in their fields, have...