UK authorities arrested a peaceful demonstrator during Chinese President Xi Jinping’s London’s visit on charges of conspiracy to threaten. The arrested activist claims the British authorities acted beyond their mandate in arresting him, searching his […]
Tag: Amnesty International
Amnesty International Will Now Fight To Decriminalize Sex Work After Historic Vote
A critical vote to guard sex workers’ human rights was passed yesterday at the decision-making forum of Amnesty International, the International Council Meeting (ICM) in Dublin. Delegates from the world over adopted a decision that […]
British Government Caught Spying On Human Rights Group Amnesty International
Hot on the heels of recent revelations that the U.S. Government has been spying on members of several foreign governments and organizations, comes allegations the British Government has spied on various rights groups including the […]
Amnesty International Finds Saudi Led Airstrikes Were Aimed At Civilians
Saudi Arabia continues to come under fire for human rights abuses, as a new report by human rights advocate Amnesty International has claimed airstrikes in Yemen by Saudi Arabian lead coalition forces showed a pattern […]
Serial Human Rights Abuser Saudi Arabia Sentences Blogger To 1000 Lashes
In a sickening display of human rights abuses, Saudi Arabia’s supreme court upheld a sentence of 1,000 lashes and 10 years in jail against blogger Raef Badawi. The charges are for insulting Islam. “This is […]
Amnesty International Starts Movement To Obtain Pardon For Edward Snowden
Respected human rights group Amnesty International has launched a campaign to get President Obama to withdraw espionage charges against NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden. Amnesty has stepped up its campaign to get the charges against him […]
Violent Saudi Executions Show Savage Underbelly Of Ruling Regime
Longtime American ally Saudi Arabia is coming under intense pressure over human rights abuses related to its exceedingly cruel use of the death penalty. Yesterday five foreigners were beheaded in the city of Jeddah, Saudi […]