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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
“We have succeeded by speaking out”
Forced sterilization of Romani women is one of the most horrendous human rights violations and forms of discrimination that Roma have suffered in Europe since their persecution and murder by the Nazis during the Second World War. According to … Continue reading
Biting the bullet – why the Arms Trade Treaty must regulate ammunition
By Conor Fortune, News Writer at Amnesty International “When she came out she was covered in blood. There are two bullets still in her head.” No mother should ever have to utter such a chilling line about her child. But … Continue reading
Why there is no peace time for women
Widney Brown is senior director for international law and policy at Amnesty International. She will attend the diplomatic conference on the arms trade treaty taking place in New York this month. That women and girls are singled out during armed … Continue reading
Li Yan is alive, but still facing execution
By Luisa De Campo from Amnesty International Australia Li Yan is on death row in China for murdering her husband after suffering repeated, horrific abuse at his hands. She could be put to death any day now. Though the Supreme … Continue reading