Amnesty International Northern Ireland

The Amnesty office in Belfast provides a focus for Amnesty's campaigning and fundraising by people in Northern Ireland. Stay in touch with your local Amnesty news, actions and events by creating a My Amnesty profile or by signing up for our monthly newsletter.

Tiananmen Square - 19 Years On

Human rights for China logo On June 4th it will be 19 years since the brutal crackdown on protestors in Tianamen Square in China, please join us in a Belfast action showing solidarity with the Tianamen mothers. Please join us in taking action in solidarity with the Tiananmen Mothers - a group of around 130 campaigners whose close relatives were killed or injured during the Tiananmen Square demonstrations in 1989.

Take Action cluster bombs

May 19-30

A conference on Cluster Munitions is being held in Dublin to negotiate a convention to ban Cluster bombs. The UK government is seeking a number of exemptions. Write to David Miliband asking the Government to ban cluster bombs

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Belfast Pride

Aug 2

Events in Northern Ireland Pride is about recognising and respecting the rights of people to express their sexual identity with fear of discrimination or persecution. Pride will take place this year on August 2nd, we invite any supporters or activists to get involved.

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Report on arms export

Apache helicopter The report, Northern Ireland: Arming the World, maps the manufacture, trade and transfer of military, security and police equipment and services in Northern Ireland and exposes how Northern-Ireland based companies may be involved in supplying arms to countries with poor human rights records.

Northern Ireland newsletter

Northern Ireland Newsletter Spring 2007 We produce a bi-annual newsletter with information on campaigns, ways to take action, events and latest news. Download the Autumn 2007 issue (pdf) | Listen to 'Amnesty and Me' with Tim McGarry and listen to a short interview with Human Rights lawyer Clive Stafford Smith at the Queens Festival.

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Department Challenged on Violence Against women

Launch of the report Making the Grade A new report prepared by the Northern Ireland members of the End Violence Against Women (EVAW) Coalition challenges the NI departments on their lack of an overall strategic framework in tackling all forms of violence against women.