Irene Khan ©Amnesty International
Amnesty International’s Secretary General will be taking part in two interviews today where people will have the opportunity to send in their questions.
Irene Khan will first be taking part in the BBC’s World, Have Your Say programme at 1700GMT. Visit http://worldhaveyoursay…amnesty-international/ to submit questions or comment via the show’s blog or try http://worldhaveyoursay…about/ to get in touch with the programme in another way.
Then, at 1900GMT, she will be taking part in a Spanish interview with Mexican website Reforma.com. To find out how to get in touch, visit http://www.reforma…1000184/, to listen to to http://gruporeforma.reforma….com/.
Amnesty International Report 2009 ©Amnesty International
Five o’clock this morning has come and gone and this year’s Amnesty International report on the state of the world’s human rights is now available to the world. Some of the team stayed up all night to make sure it was all there.
The site contains the usual mix of materials, including the A-Z list of countries detailing the issues in 2008, the Foreword by Amnesty International Secretary General Irene Khan presenting the organization’s case to the world and a range of video and audio materials and images.
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The first ever Baltic Pride march has concluded successfully.
Participants are now listening to speeches from the stage in the park in and around which the march took place.
Amnesty International’s John Dalhuisen told the crowd “we’re proud to be marching with you here today. It’s a march and a celebration.
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The first ever Baltic Pride march is taking place in Riga, Latvia.
LGBT activists from Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia have come together to excercise their rights.
Latvian police are in place to separate the march from the noisy counter-demonstrators.
Continue reading ‘First Baltic Pride demo takes place in Riga’
LGBT activists from the Baltic states are gathering, with Amnesty International joining in solidarity, in a central Riga park in Latvia.
Baltic Pride is almost ready to start and lots of colourful rainbow flags are in evidence.
Continue reading ‘Baltic Pride gathers as counter-demo makes noise’
