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Circle Up Now day of action.

14 July 2008

A gallery of photos taken on 12 July during a global day of action by Amnesty International and Circle Up Now at 29 locations worldwide.

THOUSANDS JOIN HUMAN ART PETITION

9 July 2008
A global day of action on Saturday 12 July used human aerial art to call on the Chinese authorities to ensure a positive human rights legacy for the Beijing Olympics.

Amnesty International Looks to the Future

During 2008, Amnesty International is looking to the future by undertaking a focused exercise to review and develop its human rights strategies and its activist tactics for the coming years.

Time for real change as Supreme Court rules on Guantánamo detentions

18 June 2008

SIXTY YEARS OF HUMAN RIGHTS FAILURE – GOVERNMENTS MUST APOLOGIZE AND ACT NOW

28 May 2008

Land protest success wins concessions

In June 2008, AbitibiBowater, one of the world’s largest forestry companies, announced a dramatic reduction in logging at Grassy Narrows in Ontario, Canada.

ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS STRENGTHENED

19 June 2008

The United Nations Human Rights Council has adopted a new legal instrument to strengthen the protection of economic, social and cultural rights.

Activist released in Uzbekistan

5 June 2008

Amnesty International Human Rights Report 2008: Pakistan

ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF PAKISTAN

Amnesty International Human Rights Report 2008: India

REPUBLIC OF INDIA

Head of State: Pratibha Patil (replaced APJ Abdul Kalam in July)

Amnesty International Human Rights Report 2008: Bangladesh

PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF BANGLADESH

Beijing Olympics Countdown feature: What will China’s human rights legacy be for the Beijing Olympics?

A long road to justice

PROFILE: A long road to justice

CALL FOR ARREST OF SUSPECTED SUDANESE WAR CRIMINALS

13 May 2008

PRESSURE IS ON TO ELECT STRONG AND EFFECTIVE HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL

30 April 2008

THOUSANDS LOST IN KASHMIR MASS GRAVES

18 April 2008

PERMISSION DENIED - HOUSING RIGHTS ACTIVIST IN PRISON

1 April 2008

CALL ON THE CHINESE PRIME MINISTER TO RELEASE YE GUOZHU

INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY 2008. SAFE SCHOOLS: EVERY GIRL'S RIGHT!

6 March 2008

PETITION FOR SAFE SCHOOLS FOR GIRLS

The Olympics countdown – crackdown on activists threatens Olympics legacy

60 YEARS: UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS

Universal Declaration of Human Rights 60th anniversary

Stop Violence Against Women

SAFE SCHOOLS EVERY GIRL’S RIGHT

Counter Terror with Justice

State of denial: Europe’s role in rendition and secret detention

Irrepressible Campaign

Adj. 1) Impossible to repress or control.

Chat rooms monitored. Blogs deleted. Websites blocked. Search engines restricted. People imprisoned for simply posting and sharing information.

The Internet is a new frontier in the struggle for human rights. Governments – with the help of some of the biggest IT companies in the world – are cracking down on freedom of expression.