Author Archives: Amnesty International Blogger

WIRE – Passionate about human rights

Posted on 6 November 2012 by Amnesty International Blogger

In WIRE November/December, find out how a grassroots idea became a global force for change. Join in the world’s largest human rights event – Write for Rights 2012 – from 7-16 December. Meet the people we’re taking action for this … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | 2 Comments

Bosnia’s war crimes should haunt Europe

Posted on 10 April 2012 by Amnesty International Blogger

By Steve Crawshaw, Director of the Office of the Secretary-General at Amnesty International. Twenty years ago on 6 April 1992, gunmen opened fire on a peace protest in Sarajevo. Five people died that day. There was a terrible sense of … Continue reading →

Posted in International Organizations | 1 Comment

‘I am because you are’ – the first ever UN panel on sexual orientation and gender identity

Posted on 23 March 2012 by Amnesty International Blogger

By Emily Gray, Amnesty International’s researcher on sexual orientation and gender identity. On 7 March 2012, sitting in the Human Rights Council in Geneva, under Barcelò’s oceanic dome, I was excited, and a little apprehensive, to be witness to the … Continue reading →

Posted in International Organizations | 1 Comment

Palestinian prisoner of conscience on trial for defending right to protest

Posted on 23 March 2012 by Amnesty International Blogger

By Amnesty International’s Israel/OPT/PA Campaigner It’s a year since Bassem Tamimi was arrested by the Israeli army for organizing non-violent protests against the expansion of illegal Israeli settlements on land belonging to his village. The 44-year-old father of three lives … Continue reading →

Posted in Israel and Occupied Palestinian Territories | Leave a comment