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Jun 6 2017 10:42AM
We Exist

It is two months since reports surfaced in the independent Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta that the Chechen authorities have been detaining, torturing and even killing gay men, as part of a deplorable campaign to purge the republic of...

Jun 4 2017 11:10PM
Remembrance and Resistance:The 28th Anniversary of the June Fourth Massacre

On Sunday the 4th of June, 7pm-10pm, around 70 people gathered in front of the Chinese Embassy in London to commemorate the Prodemocracy Movement in1989. Participators highlighted ten stories of the citizens who were killed in the...

Jun 2 2017 2:20PM
Scottish Party Manifesto's - how do they compare on human rights?

When the snap general election was called a few weeks ago, Amnesty International in Scotland announced our manifesto recommendations for all parties in Scotland (see download below). Now that all of the main parties in Scotland (those...

Jun 1 2017 10:43AM
Remembrance and Resistance – 28th Anniversary of Tiananmen 記憶與抗爭 – 伦敦纪念“八九六四”二十八週年

To mark the 28th anniversary of the 1989 pro-democracy movement, a candlelit vigil will be held outside the Chinese Embassy in London on June 4th. We will highlight the stories of the citizens who were killed in the Massacre by the...

May 30 2017 1:03PM
The most powerful tool against repression: educating people about their rights

Written by Krisztina Saroy, an advocate for human rights in West & Central Africa and Amnesty volunteer I could not have dreamt of anything more exciting than meeting former Amnesty prisoner of conscience Fred Bauma . Together with...