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Around 20 Amnesty activists and supporters met in Belfast's Cornmarket today to hand out red roses and action cards and commemorate the 19th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre. Since the Chinesegovernment cracked down on the...

I found myself stood in front of a twelve-ton tank yesterday, with the barrel pointing squarely in my face. And yet my only fear was about the people shooting me from behind. Worry not, the armed wing of Amnesty has not yet become...

Liu Xiaobo, a writer and Tiananmen survivor, was beaten by policemen and has been put into a black cell today. Please refer to the websites. http://www.newcenturynews.com/Article/china/200806/20080604194526.html Tens of Human Rights...

Earlier this year Foreign Secretary David Miliband apologised to MPs and said that he had been misinformed when he said that extraordinary rendition flights had not landed on Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean, a British territory. He...

So, the media’s been awash with 42 days – news, blogs, comment, cartoons, more comment – for oh, about 42 days now. There’s a letter in the Guardian today saying that the almost weird fascination the government has with the magical “42...