Protests in Peru Over "Oil Laws" Leave Dozens Dead
Peru’s Congress temporarily suspended two Amazon investment laws – dubbed the “Law of the Jungle” – that triggered violent clashes…
June 12, 2009
Big Oil Finally Pays in Nigeria: A Victory for Corporate Accountability
By Anna Phelan, Amnesty International USA’s Business & Economic Relations Group My mom called me to tell me that a…
June 12, 2009
Wake Up, Humans!
Hidden cameras and fake police! See how Amnesty International woke people up to human rights in Belgium:
June 11, 2009
Victory for Women's Rights!
Earlier this week we asked you to take quick action for women’s rights. Yesterday, the U.S. House of Representatives voted…
June 11, 2009
Sri Lanka: judicial independence threatened
The Sri Lankan Foreign Minister reportedly told Parliament yesterday that the government would address within the Sri Lankan legal system…
June 10, 2009
UN v. USA re: Death Penalty
On May 26, the United Nations released a report by the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, which…
June 10, 2009
Help Release Laura Ling and Euna Lee
On Tuesday, we heard from T. Kumar about what U.S. journalists Laura Ling and Euna Lee face in their 12…
June 10, 2009
The June 12 Elections in Iran: A New Future?
Enormous crowds throng the streets of Tehran and great excitement is in the air. Commentators note that the June 12…
June 10, 2009
Life Inside a North Korean Prison Camp
The news has been buzzing with reports of the two U.S. journalists who were sentenced to 12 years imprisonment with…
June 9, 2009
Amnesty On-the-Ground in Kenya
This week, Amnesty International kicked off a high level research mission to Kenya to launch our first Demand Dignity campaign…
June 9, 2009
Women's Rights on the Line
A vote in Congress tomorrow (6/10) will decide the fate of a new Office of Global Women’s Issues, a key…
June 9, 2009
Exposing the Truth is Dangerous
Since writing Los Demonios del Edén -- a book that exposed child prostitution and trafficking in Cancun, Mexico -- Lydia…
June 8, 2009