Kali Mercier, Amnesty International, Jeremy Dear, National Union of Journalists and Owen Tudor, Trades Union Congress, at the Gambia demonstration
Despite the imminent threat of rain, fifty outraged people gathered outside the Gambia High Commission in Kensington, London today (21 July) to protest the lack of freedom for people living in the Gambia. Specifically, we were keen to highlight the lack of press freedom in the country.
Amnesty International’s section in the UK was joined in the protest by the Trades Union Congress and the National Union of Journalists, as well as by a contingent of Gambians living in the UK – including a number of refugees, driven out of the country by human rights abuses there.
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As time goes on, the official Iranian figures of up to 21 people killed during the demonstrations against the disputed election result look increasingly meagre.
Information remains extremely hard to come by, with swingeing restrictions in place on the transfer of news and videos out of Iran. Over the last week, the number of photo-journalists in detention has risen to seven.
Many Iranians are now simply too frightened to pass on verifiable details of human rights violations. Yet the stories which are trickling out of Iran show a different picture.
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The Annual General Meeting (AGM) of Amnesty International in Switzerland offered an excellent opportunity to launch the Saudi Arabia photo petition on 26 June 2009.
The sustained assault on human rights in the name of security and fighting terrorism undertaken by the Saudi Arabian authorities is shocking, especially in view of this country’s significant power and influence on the political and economic world stage, playing a leading role in the Arab and Islamic worlds. We want to lift the veil and expose the human rights abuses.
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Unas 400 personas provenientes de diferentes organizaciones, tanto campesinas como indígenas, así como de distintos movimientos sociales y grupos de defensa de derechos humanos atendieron a la audiencia en La Paz, Bolivia. © Amnistía Internacional
El día de ayer Amnistía Internacional asistió a la audiencia de la Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos, junto a 400 personas provenientes de diferentes organizaciones tanto campesinas, como indígenas, así como de distintos movimientos sociales y grupos de defensa de derechos humanos, para escuchar al Estado paraguayo rendir cuentas de lo que se ha avanzado en la protección de la comunidad indígena Sawhoyamaxa. Amnistía ha estado movilizándose junto con esta comunidad desde 2008.
La comunidad Sawhoyamaxa comenzó su lucha por recuperar sus tierras ancestrales hace 18 años en 1991. La comunidad esta constituida por entre 400 y 500 personas y se ha visto forzada de vivir en un estrecho de terreno al costado de una carretera principal, mientras aguardan la resolución de su reclamación de tierras.
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Some 400 people from a range of human rights, campesino and Indigenous organisations and social movements attended the hearing in La Paz, Bolivia. © Amnesty International
Amnesty International went yesterday today to a public hearing of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights in La Paz, Bolivia with 400 people from a range of human rights, campesino and Indigenous organizations and social movements.
They went to hear the Paraguayan state held to account for progress it has made in safeguarding the survival of the Sawhoyamaxa Indigenous community. Amnesty International has been campaigning with this community since 2008.
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