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May 29 2011 11:09PM
Nasrin Sotudeh, brave Iranian lawyer taken to court in handcuffs!

گزارش تصویری از حضور نسرين ستوده در اولين دادگاه رسيدگي به ابطال پروانه وكالت اش Some of you might know Nasrin Sotudeh, a brave Iranian lawyer who was detained last September and put in solitary confinement for 8 months before being...

May 27 2011 10:06PM
The 22nd Anniversary Remembrance of the 1989 Beijing Massacre

1) 2 pm Saturday, June 4 – FLASH MOB MEMORIAL Location: Trafalgar Square, Central London, WC2 A short, silent memorial will be held in Trafalgar Square toremember the victims of the Tiananmen Square massacre. Meet at the top of steps...

May 27 2011 8:46PM
The icing, on the candle, on the birthday cake

Amnesty International, the world’s largest human rights organisation, is celebrating 50 years of work tomorrow- the 28 May 2011 . As if you didn’t know. Surely you must have clocked this wonderful, harrowing piece on the BBC about...

May 27 2011 12:00PM
50 years: the Amnesty story

“Yet if these feelings of disgust all over the world could be united into common action, something effective could be done.” Peter Benenson May 1961. Elvis Presley is on the radio. Spurs fans are celebrating topping the football league...

May 27 2011 11:33AM
Virtual Brutality

Prisoners passing their time playing video games frankly sounds a little bit like a luxury that would ordinarily be denied behind bars, but this has been happening in China,where prisoners are being forced to play online games , as...