Archive for the ‘amnesty international’ Category

By Friederike Behr, Russia researcher for Amnesty International Stanislav Dmitrievskii is a veteran human rights defender and political activist from Nizhnii Novgorod, a town East of Moscow. During recent months he has actively participated in numerous demonstrations for the right to freedom of assembly and for fair elections. And he has been repeatedly detained. On 10 March [...]

By Emily Gray, Amnesty International’s researcher on sexual orientation and gender identity. On 7 March 2012, sitting in the Human Rights Council in Geneva, under Barcelò’s oceanic dome, I was excited, and a little apprehensive, to be witness to the first ever formal inter-governmental debate on sexual orientation and gender identity to take place [...]

Por Salil Shetty, secretario general de Amnistía Internacional Como secretario general de Amnistía Internacional tengo muchas funciones, y una de las fundamentales es entrevistarme con destacadas figuras públicas de todo el mundo. Mis viajes al extranjero consisten a menudo en plantear cuestiones de derechos humanos al más alto nivel, desde Ban Ki-moon, secretario general de [...]

By Salil Shetty, Amnesty International’s Secretary General There are many elements to my role as Secretary General of Amnesty International and a vital one is to meet with senior public figures around the world. So from the UN’s Ban Ki-moon to government ministers around the world – my trips overseas are often about pushing a human [...]

By Matteo de Bellis, Europe Campaigner at Amnesty International “We know we have to leave because of the construction works, but they should give us a place to go, not just leave us in the street.” Giovanni speaks to me while standing in front of a line of shacks, grouped in an area as [...]

By an Amnesty International staff member, South Africa has made great progress in combating the HIV epidemic in the last three years. Yet people in rural communities, particularly women, still struggle to protect their health because of poverty and discrimination. The beautiful and lush hills of northern KwaZulu-Natal belie the realities of the people [...]

Par May Carolan, coordinatrice chargée des communications pour la campagne Sécurité et droits humains d’Amnesty International Des policiers sont venus à 3 heures du matin ; leurs visages étaient dissimulés et ils avaient une liste. Ils lisaient un par un les noms figurant sur la liste et demandaient aux détenus de venir avec eux. Personne ne savait ce [...]

By May Carolan, Communications Coordinator on Security and Human Rights Campaigns at Amnesty International, Policemen came at 3am; their faces were hidden and they had a list. They were calling out names one by one on the list, and were asking the detainees to come with them. Nobody knew what was going on. A prisoner at the [...]

By Peter Drury, Colombia campaigner, Amnesty International, It’s 3:00am, it’s the centre of the village of San José de Apartadó, dominoes are slammed on a table, children play football, cycle around the square, play ludo. There’s a hum of voices and the sound of frogs pierces this tropical night. This all [...]

By Neil Boorman from AmnestyUK, The Secret Policeman’s Ball is back! Sunday 4th March at Radio City Music Hall, New York.With Coldplay, Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert, Mumford & Sons, Russell Brand, Reggie Watts and more to come! Amnesty International is celebrating fifty years of supporting free speech. And we’re throwing a huge comedy show in New [...]

Par Jeremy Bloom, de l’équipe Amérique centrale, Amnesty International Il y a cinq jours, lundi 23 janvier, nous avons lancé une nouvelle opération de « saturation de fax » où nous demandions à nos membres et à nos sympathisants sur les réseaux sociaux du monde entier d’envoyer un fax à la procureure générale du Guatemala au nom de la [...]

By Jeremy Bloom Campaigner, Central America Team, Five days ago we started an exciting new faxjam action – calling on our members and social media supporters around the world to send a fax to the Attorney General of Guatemala on behalf of human rights defender Norma Cruz. Last night we spoke to Norma Cruz, the leader [...]

Por Esther Major, investigadora de Amnistía Internacional sobre Centroamérica La Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS) acaba de publicar los resultados de un exhaustivo estudio sobre el aborto inducido. Las conclusiones de dicho estudio confirman que miles de mujeres y niñas de todo el mundo mueren o sufren lesiones como consecuencia de que se les [...]

Par Zeke Johnson, responsable de la campagne Pas de sécurité sans droits humains à Amnesty International-États-Unis Tous les matins, je regarde par la fenêtre de mon salon pour voir le temps qu’il fait et contempler l’espace vide entre les gratte-ciel et autres immeubles où s’élevaient autrefois les tours jumelles du World Trade Center. Je me souviens alors [...]

By  Zeke Johnson, Security with Human Rights campaign director at Amnesty International USA. Every morning I look out my living room window to check the weather and see the empty space between skyscrapers and apartment buildings where the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center once stood. My memories of the fear, uncertainty and grief I felt [...]