China Human Rights Briefing February 8-15, 2013 Contents Arbitrary Detention Uyghur Man Serving Previously Unreported 11-Year Sentence for “Inciting Splittism” Early Releases of Prominent RTL Detainees May Be Sign of Reform Enforced...

Today, our Director Kate Allen took a trip to the US Embassy in London. She was there to hand over more than 20,000 signatures on our petition to Obama calling for the return of Shaker Aamer, the 44-year-old former UK resident who was...

Update, 15 Feb . On 14 February, 181 WOZA members were arrested at a peaceful Valentine's Day demonstration in Bulawayo. The WOZA members were calling on police to respond to complaints about police beatings and brutality. The day...

UA 37/13 13 February 2013 URGENT ACTION AMR 23/006/2013 WOMEN HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS THREATENED COLOMBIA Gloria Amparo Suárez (f) and her sons (m), Yolanda Becerra (f) Gloria Amparo Suárez and Yolanda Becerra, from the women’s human...

Halting the use of child soldiers in conflicts is just one of a series of compelling reasons for states to adopt a strong Arms Trade Treaty (ATT), Amnesty International said to mark the International Day against the Use of Child...