Search
-
Read WIRE Amnesty International’s magazine for people who are passionate about human rights
Calendar
Categories
Tag Cloud
16 days of activism Armed conflict Arms Trade Treaty asylum seekers ATT civilians conflict Corporate Accountability death penalty Demand Dignity detention disappearances dissent Egypt ESCR Forced Evictions Gaza Greece Haiti IDPs impunity indiscriminate bombing international humanitarian law international human rights law Israel journalists LGBTI migrants Morsi Niger Delta Nigeria protest rape Refugees Roma rights Sexual violence against women Shell Southern Kordofan Sudan torture UN war crimes West Bank women Write for Rights 2012–
Category Archives: Europe And Central Asia
Ricky, Noris and the dream to escape segregation in Italy
Matteo de Bellis, Amnesty International Campaigner on Italy, has just returned from the country where he visited La Barbuta, a Roma-only camp near Rome. The bus ride I met Ricky, a friendly 10-year-old boy, on the school bus from Tor … Continue reading
Posted in Demand Dignity, Discrimination, Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, EU, Italy, Uncategorized
Tagged Roma rights
Leave a comment
Amnesty International and Russia’s stifled voices
By Lydia Aroyo, Europe and Central Asia Press Officer at Amnesty International, who recently returned from Moscow. The press centre of the Russian Interfax news agency was rapidly filling up with journalists and the pile of press packs that we … Continue reading
Welcome to WIRE – Amnesty’s global campaigning magazine
Our huge recent win of a new global Arms Trade Treaty shows that when people take injustice personally, it can grow into a powerful force for change. In WIRE May/June, read interviews with people who have been arrested just for … Continue reading
“I’m not illegal, I’m a human being”
Ahmed, born in Somalia, has settled in Sweden. He is speaking to the European Parliament today about his dramatic experiences on the way to his new home. He told Amnesty International how he came to be there and what his … Continue reading
‘What does Europe want from us?’ – Migrants detained for months on end in Greece
By Irem Arf Rayfield, Researcher on Refugee and Migrants’ Rights in Europe Flying back from our research mission in Greece, I can’t shake off the image of exhaustion in the eyes of the newly arrived migrants on the island of … Continue reading