October 2005

Posted: 31 Oct 2005

Amnesty International today (28 October) called on the Japanese government to accept full responsibility for crimes committed against women condemned to sexual slavery by their Japanese captors, so-called "comfort women", before and during the Second World War. Posted: 28 Oct 2005

Posted: 27 Oct 2005

Local groups are asked to sign the enclosed letter asking their MP to sign an Early Day Motion (EDM) 524 about Guantanamo. Posted: 27 Oct 2005

Letter re Japan and Justice for Comfort Women Posted: 27 Oct 2005

Posted: 27 Oct 2005

Posted: 26 Oct 2005

(Brussels/Madrid 26 October 2005) On the eve of the EU summit in Hampton Court where Spain and France are due to launch a joint initiative on controlling immigration, Amnesty International releases findings from a 10-day mission to Spain and Morocco. These findings not only show that gross human rights abuses against migrants are occurring on Europe's borders, but that no-one is taking responsibility. Posted: 26 Oct 2005

WAN Event Booking Form 2005. Fill out and email this word document to Anne O'Connell or post to: Mary Wright 28c Wellesley Road London W4 4BN Posted: 26 Oct 2005

Posted: 25 Oct 2005

Amnesty International has launched a major new initiative under the banner of Protect The Human at their newly opened London headquarters in Shoreditch, the first building of its kind anywhere in the world, The Human Rights Action Centre. Posted: 24 Oct 2005

Posted: 24 Oct 2005

Text of speech on Global Issues in Women's Health Address by Stephen Lewis, UN Special Envoy for HIV/AIDS in Africa Posted: 21 Oct 2005

Posted: 21 Oct 2005

Posted: 21 Oct 2005

Posted: 21 Oct 2005

Posted: 21 Oct 2005

Amnesty International and the UK-based SilverSurfers.net organisation have joined forces to launch a new online appeal for a Vietnamese man imprisoned for 12 years for using the internet. Posted: 20 Oct 2005

WAN Events Booking Form 2005 Word Document Posted: 19 Oct 2005

Dozens of people were killed and injured in the past few weeks when trying to gain entry into the Spanish enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla from Morocco. Posted: 19 Oct 2005