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Support a bulletproof Arms Trade Treaty

Emerson — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 11:35:22 +0000

Booming business - banks and cluster bombs

Emerson — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 16:43:22 +0100

LOVE IS A HUMAN RIGHT

Dean Omori — Sun, 12 Jun 2011 10:46:18 +0100

LOVE IS A HUMAN RIGHT

Dean Omori — Sun, 12 Jun 2011 10:36:44 +0100

Libya: Al-Gaddafi's forces carry out indiscriminate attacks in Misratah

Charlotte_K — Wed, 11 May 2011 15:38:34 +0100

Amnesty International today corroborated claims about the use of anti-vehicle mines in Misratah’s port by forces loyal to Colonel al-Gaddafi, as indiscriminate attacks on the Libyan city continue.

Source: Libya: Al-Gaddafi's forces carry out indiscriminate attacks in Misratah

Libya: Attacks on Misratah point to war crimes - New report

Charlotte_K — Wed, 11 May 2011 15:12:25 +0100

Attacks by forces loyal to Colonel al-Gaddafi on civilian and residential areas of Misratah may amount to war crimes, Amnesty International said today (6 May) in a new report on the bleak situation in the besieged city.

Source: Libya: Attacks on Misratah point to war crimes - New report

Syria: detainees tell of torture amid mass arrests

Charlotte_K — Wed, 04 May 2011 16:48:07 +0100

Amnesty International has received first-hand reports of torture and other ill-treatment from detainees held in Syria as a wave of arrests of anti-government protesters intensified over the weekend.

Source: Syria: detainees tell of torture amid mass arrests

Scores killed in Syria as 'Great Friday' protests are attacked

Charlotte_K — Tue, 26 Apr 2011 14:23:59 +0100

At least 75 people have been killed today in Syria during mass protests, local human rights activists told Amnesty International, as the government launched its deadliest crackdown yet on demonstrators calling for political reform.

Source: Scores killed in Syria as 'Great Friday' protests are attacked

Bahrain: international pressure needed to halt human rights crisis - new report

Charlotte_K — Tue, 26 Apr 2011 12:55:22 +0100

To avoid charge of double standard, the world needs to do more - Malcolm Smart

Bahrain’s allies must take stronger action to address the rapidly worsening human rights crisis in the small but strategic Gulf state, Amnesty International said today as it released a new report on the continuing suppression of peaceful protest.

Source: Bahrain: international pressure needed to halt human rights crisis - new report

Misratah: the spiralling human cost in a city under fire

Charlotte_K — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 12:31:58 +0100

Here in Misratah, Libya’s third city, we have just experienced four more days of relentless shelling by Colonel al-Gaddafi’s forces. In just two of the residential neighbourhoods I have been able to visit in the past four days – Qasr Ahmad in the east of the city and Zawia al-Mahjoub in the west – hundreds of rockets and mortar shells have rained down, literally all over the place. I have lost count of how many homes I’ve seen that have been hit in these clearly indiscriminate attacks.

Source: Misratah: the spiralling human cost in a city under fire

Libya: 'People in Misratah need help urgently and need it now'

Charlotte_K — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 12:19:24 +0100

The international community must immediately step up humanitarian aid to the Libyan city of Misratah, Amnesty International said today (19 April), as many of its residents remained without communications, electricity and water supplies.

Source: Libya: 'People in Misratah need help urgently and need it now'

LOVE IS A HUMAN RIGHT

Dean Omori — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 15:50:54 +0100

LOVE IS A HUMAN RIGHT

Dean Omori — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 14:56:31 +0100

LOVE IS A HUMAN RIGHT

Dean Omori — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 14:37:59 +0100

Arms: House of Commons committee report slams government failures

Charlotte_K — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 12:24:58 +0100

The Government must urgently respond to calls for a thorough and transparent review of all arms export licences to the Middle East and North Africa, which were outlined in today’s report by the Committee on Arms Export Controls, warned the Control Arms Campaign Alliance.

Source: Arms: House of Commons committee report slams government failures

Wrong Game

Bed Peace — Sun, 03 Apr 2011 16:07:27 +0100

UK: FCO Human Rights Report reveals weak controls on arms sales to Libya and other countries

Charlotte_K — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 16:09:53 +0100

Amnesty International has welcomed the publication of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) Human Rights Report 2011, but has warned that the report reveals inconsistencies between policies facilitating arms sales to the Middle East and North Africa, and the UK’s stated aims of upholding human rights and protecting civilians in the region.

Source: UK: FCO Human Rights Report reveals weak controls on arms sales to Libya and other countries

The long road to genuine human rights reform

Charlotte_K — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 12:56:19 +0100

As protests, uprisings, crackdowns and armed attacks continue across the Middle East and North Africa, we bring you up to date on events from a human rights perspective.

Source: The long road to genuine human rights reform

Libya: Report reveals Gaddafi loyalists have 'disappeared' opponents, including children

Charlotte_K — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 12:42:40 +0100

Libyan forces loyal to Colonel Mu’ammar al-Gaddafi have carried out a spate of enforced disappearances in an attempt to crush growing opposition to his rule, Amnesty International said today.

Source: Libya: Report reveals Gaddafi loyalists have 'disappeared' opponents, including children

LOVE IS A HUMAN RIGHT

Dean Omori — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 17:54:14 +0000

UN Arms Trade Treaty News - March 2011

SamSam — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 13:20:08 +0000

Calling for a robust Arms Trade Treaty

cat — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 16:43:35 +0000

Arms and the Cameron

SamSam — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 09:37:44 +0000

In several speeches last year, the recently-elected coalition government announced a new “direction” to foreign policy, interpreted by many as one with a greater emphasis on trade.

But William Hague was keen to stress that there would “no downgrading of human rights”. The rule of law and “values” dear to the UK would be advanced around the world. “We cannot achieve long term security and prosperity unless we uphold our values”, said Hague.

Source: Arms and the Cameron

UK should immediately suspend arms transfers to Bahrain

fionamc — Fri, 18 Feb 2011 14:41:22 +0000

The Government’s own figures clearly show that the UK has recently licensed crowd control equipment to Bahrain including tear gas, assault rifles and machine guns.

Source: UK should immediately suspend arms transfers to Bahrain

PEACE enters The House

Radfax — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 00:41:22 +0000

White Flag Revolution

Radfax — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 00:32:08 +0000

Peace a Tower of Strength Part 02

Radfax — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 00:26:18 +0000

Peace A Tower Of Strength Part 01

Radfax — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 00:23:02 +0000

World Full of Sin (OFFICIAL VIDEO)

Mohammed Yahya — Sat, 11 Dec 2010 09:05:21 +0000

The Mercenaries

CentenaryFilmsUK — Thu, 25 Nov 2010 19:08:37 +0000