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Aug 16 2006 9:20PM
Open up if you have nothing to hide

Openness allows everyone to see that things are being done properly and fairly, in accordance with laws. Amnesty International sometimes sends observers to trials but in other cases they may not be allowed. I wonder whether there is...

Aug 11 2006 3:30PM
Andizhan Massacre

A peaceful protest ended up with hundreds dead. Amnesty International pressed for an investigation of the fatal violence. The government of Uzbekistan rejected all calls for an independent, international investigation into what...

Aug 9 2006 5:14PM
Control Arms: Why stop at a million?

I am pleased to see that the counter is still going up for the number of people who have joined the Million Faces petition.

Aug 9 2006 2:57PM
Export of arms

MPs highlight loopholes in UK arms legislation:"The MPs have asked the Government to explain why exports of weapons are granted to destinations listed as 'countries of concern' in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office's Annual Report on...

Aug 7 2006 12:56PM
Peaceful mass protest leads to massacre

Trawling through history that should not be forgotten I have come up with an event in August 1819, in St Peter's Field, Manchester, England. It started with a peaceful gathering of about 50 000 people, radical protesters. One...