Terrorism, Security and Human Rights
At the beginning of the year we challenged President Obama to create a brighter future for human rights. He made a good start by taking steps to close Guantánamo, ban torture and expose past abuses.
We now need a full and independent inquiry into torture, both in the US and here in the UK. Email your MP now.
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Darfur
Recreation of childrens' drawings of village attacks in Darfur by the Janjaweed an...
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Rape In Mahmudiya
Recreation in LEGO of the rape and murder of a 14 year old Iraqi girl and her fami...
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Israelification of a Red Cross Abul...
Recreations in LEGO of actual photographs and first hand testimony of the war in L...
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Guantanamo Bay
Recreations in LEGO of human rights abuses and torture at the gulag known as Guant...
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Abu Ghraib
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Alien captured on CCTV
Great stunt highlighting the prevalence of the UK's surveillance state
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Iranian teenagers executed...for be...
2 teenage boys, Mahmoud Asgari and Ayaz Marhoni, arrested, beaten,tortuered,and hu...
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Refugee Week 2009: Home is where th...
Refugee Week 2009 takes place 15 – 22 June! This year Refugee Week Scotland is...
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Fascist repression in Seville, Spain
This clip is an excerpt from 'Tierra', a personal documentary project on the subje...
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The Shock Doctrine
A short film by the Mexican director Alfonso Cuaron, based on Naomi Klein's book T...
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Junta Ruling
In Burma you could be imprisoned for watching this film. In Belfast with the yout...
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Top CIA officials appear before grand jury over destructi...
TWO TIER JUSTICE IS NOT ACCEPTABLE. THIS IS A GOOD THING
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Demjanjuk cleared to stand trial
good. none of this "I'm an old man and it was a long time ago" rubbish. Test it in a court of law
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British man details torture claim
More details on torture claims are emerging...
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Ex-detainees allege Bagram abuse
Call me a skeptic, but I don't believe a word of the 'we treated them humanely' story.
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North Korea uncovered: Palaces, labour camps and mass graves
If only a fraction of this is true it would still be horrifying.
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Italy to take Guantanamo inmates
9 released last week. Real progress at last!
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Row erupts over Guantanamo deal
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At the beginning of the year we challenged President Obama to create a brighter future for human rights. He made a good start by taking steps to close Guantánamo, ban torture and expose past abuses.
We now need a full and independent inquiry into torture, both in the US and here in the UK. Email your MP now.
Terrorism is not a new phenomenon but the 'war on terror' is.
While Amnesty acknowledges the right of governments to protect their citizens when they face complex challenges and threats, these measures should never result in the compromise of human rights.
President Obama has ordered the suspension of military trials and the closure of Guantánamo Bay.
These are positive moves and a testament to everyone who has been tirelessly campaigning on these issues for so long. However there is more that needs to be done and we should now call on our own government to full and independently investigate their involvement in abuses.
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Thanks Rosa! Let us know if you hear anything back.
Just emailed my MP to ask for an independent inquiry into torture
Great to hear that judges have now granted Obama's request to suspend all military trials of Guantanamo detainees.
Love his sense of style Gok Wan would be proud
Hardeep, Hardeep, Hardeep! You are the funniest man in the world. Yes, funnier than Jim Davidson.
Hi Scutum - have you checked out www.amnesty.org.uk/student ? There's loads of advice about starting a new Amnesty group and details about all the support and resources available - once you've set up your group you will get a monthly mailing packed full of campaign info and materials to base your weekly meetings on!
In response to Thommo, good news! Amnesty are just developing a whole raft of ideas for schools to celebrate 60 years of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights on Human Rights Day. Go to www.amnesty.org.uk/our-rights for lesson plans, film, action ideas and info. on our arts and media project.
Hi, I am head of RS and collective worship at a school in Berkshire. We are ruuning a day on human rights in December across the curriculum. Any ideas?
Hey, I'm about to launch an AI group at my college, any seasoned activists have any suggestions as to how to what a 20 or so weekly meeting should be comprised of?
what poster are you talking about damian? ahahaaa
Isn't that Jiva in the picture by the poster?