Last month, Edinburgh School of Music student Isla Ratcliff scored the top prize for Lyrics in Amnesty International UK’s Power of Our Voices protest song competition. Amid a hectic exam schedule, Isla gave us a quick rundown of what...

China Human Rights Briefing May 15-17, 2013 Contents Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman, or Degrading Treatment & Punishment Worsening Health of Ailing Political Prisoners Zhu Yufu, Xie Fulin Arbitrary Detention Detentions on “Inciting...

Update, 17 May: We've heard that we were unsuccessful in persauding the Indonesian government, and the 3 men were exeucted late yesterday. Despite this awful news, we'll keep campaigning for Indonesia to step back from the death...

Guest post by Pauline Kelly, Media and Campaigns Officer at Amnesty International Scotland. Since joining Amnesty a few months ago, I have realised there are situations where the mention of human rights can feel like a thought grenade...

29 years ago today Carlos Cuevas, a 24 year old Guatemalan student and activist disappeared. Almost 30 years on, Carlos’ sister, Ana Lucia Cuevas continues her search for justice for the abduction of her brother. On 15 th May 1984, as...