Glasgow University's Secret Policeman's Ball 2013 was a tremendous success, raising a record £2248.85 for Amnesty International. In this guest blog post, Glasgow University Amnesty group member and SPB organiser Sophie Kortenbruck...

When the military regime says it isn't, it appears. The pretence that Fiji is returning to democracy gets thinner by the month, and a return to full membership of the Commonwealth or Pacific Islands Forum looks further away than ever...

Update: 20 February 2013 Just 30 minutes before he was scheduled to die, Warren Hill was granted a stay of execution. We don't know how long for: the state of Georgia can now appeal the stay. Details in this Guardian article The...

Last week Amnesty student reps from across Scotland gathered in Glasgow University for this year's Amnesty Scottish Student Conference. In the evening, the Glasgow University Group held their annual Secret Policeman’s Ball and raised a...

Freedom of speech, freedom of assembly and freedom of religion were all dealt yet another blow in Swaziland on Saturday. In the last feudal dictatorship in Africa, it is not even possible to pray for the future of the country any more...