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Jul 18 2006 10:55PM
Denied asylum and look what happened.

Muhammad Osama Sayes, 30, has been sentenced to 12 years in prison in Syria, after being denied asylum in the UK. This was reported on page 6 in the latest issue of Amnesty Magazine. It cannot always be easy to decide who genuinely...

Jul 8 2006 6:46PM
No deal on illegal arms trade

No Deal on Illegal Gun TradeUNITED NATIONS, Jul 7 (IPS) - A major United Nations conference ended here Friday without agreeing on a document to push for stronger international efforts to curb the illegal trade in guns and other small...

Jul 8 2006 6:36PM
Execution in Saudi Arabia  

In campaigning for human rights we unfortunately have to learn of some terrible things that are done or threatened to be done to people. I recently heard of a threat of execution in Saudi Arabia with the first part of the process being...

Jun 30 2006 5:14PM
RSS - tapping into sources of news

I found out about RSS feeds on a page of the Amnesty UK website:Home > News & events > Media unit > RSS feeds To quote that page, "RSS (Really Simple Syndication) is an information-sharing tool designed to give you immediate access to...

Jun 24 2006 4:45PM
Political Songs

I heard a song sung by Roy Bailey some years ago and now with the aid of the internet I have found out more about it. The song is called I Ain't Afraid and it was written by Holly Near in 2000. I Ain't Afraid is a song standing up...