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Jul 3 2008 3:33PM
Wengan Mass Incident and Continuous repression

In Wengan Mass Incident, a few people were killed and hundreds of people were arrested by Chinese authorities. Please refer to Girl’s Death Sparks Rioting In China Continuous repression against people before Beijing Olympics Please...

Jul 3 2008 2:25PM
Taking Pride

The next few days will see Amnesty’s Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender campaign go into overdrive. This Saturday is Pride London , where our float will once again be on the streets of the capital highlighting the problems of...

Jul 3 2008 1:03PM
Backlash!

I read the article by Kira Cochrane on the apparent backlash against feminism | World news | The Guardian with a sinking heart. It confirmed what I and many of my contemporaries have known for a long time. I used to live in Brighton...

Jul 3 2008 1:41AM
Colombia: Blood on Britain's Hands

Colombia: Blood on Britain's Hands is the title of a recent article on the Upside Down World website by Jeremy Dear. Update, Nov. 2008: Amnesty has a news item on Colombia: One step forward, many to go . Sacking 25 members of the...

Jul 3 2008 1:04AM
Give me hope, Joanna: music against apartheid

I was pleased to see some political singing in the concert to celebrate Nelson Mandela's 90th birthday. Entertainment is fine but why not put a political edge on it as well? Eddy Grant sang his song, Give Me Hope, Joanna , which comes...