Issues

Angola bad choice to host World Habitat Day

6 October 2008

The choice of the Angolan capital Luanda to lead the global observance of this year's World Habitat Day provoked controversy among housing and human rights organizations.

Arms Trade Treaty could fail without human rights

17 September 2008

Every year, more than 300,000 people are killed with conventional weapons. Millions more are injured, abused, forcibly displaced and bereaved as a result of armed violence.
The World is Watching

Global week of action to support Arms Trade Treaty

12 September 2008

The World is Watching week will see activists and supporters of the Control Arms Campaign in more than 50 countries urge their governments to reach an agreement on an effective Arms Trade Treaty as quickly as possible.

Routine abuses in the name of security in Tunisia

23 June 2008

Abuses by security forces in Tunisia go unpunished, despite lip service to human rights by the government.
No hiding place for torture - UDHR poster

No hiding place for torture

5 June 2008

In June 2008, Amnesty International will campaign worldwide to end the use of torture and other ill-treatment. 

Sixty years of human rights failure – governments must apologize and act now

27 May 2008

Amnesty International has challenged world leaders to apologize for six decades of human rights failure and re-commit themselves to deliver concrete improvements.
The Beijing National Stadium, also known as the Bird's Nest for its architecture, is being built for the 2008 Summer Olympics.

What human rights legacy for the Beijing Olympics?

1 April 2008

Liu Jingmin, Vice-President of the Beijing Olympic Bid Committee, said In 2001 that allowing Beijing to host the Games would “help the development of human rights."
A protester stands in front of Federal police officers in Oaxaca city’s main plaza, Mexico, 1 November 2006.

Women unite to defend their rights

6 March 2008

On 8 March, International Women’s Day, women across the world will take to the streets to express their commitment to the defence of human rights, often at great risk to their safety.
Activists in Japan prepared Close Guantánamo cake on the sixth anniversary of Guantánamo.

The world shouts 'Close Guantánamo'

16 January 2008

Thousands join worldwide protests marking the sixth anniversary of the first transfers of detainees to Guantánamo on 11 January.

Stop the human rights meltdown: make human rights real

Message from Irene Khan, Secretary General of Amnesty International, on the occasion of International Human Rights Day 2007.