‘Stop the Planes’
By Alex Neve, Secretary General, Amnesty International Canada Residential buildings in Southern Kordofan show extensive damage from indiscriminate bombing by Sudanese Antonov planes. © Amnesty...
View ArticleChild Soldiers: Will the Real Obama Please Stand Up?
Child soldier with adults, Sanghe, Democratic Republic of Congo, June 2002. By Angela T. Chang, Advocate, Crisis Prevention and Response Team, Amnesty International USA When a little boy is kidnapped,...
View ArticleSave Children’s Lives by Stopping Illicit Weapons Worldwide
Emmanuel Jal is a hip-hop artist and humanitarian, as well as a former child solider. Below is an open letter from hip-hop artist, activist and former child soldier Emmanuel Jal, urging President...
View ArticleWould You Ignore This Child Soldier?
Former child soldier, now rapper, Emmanuel Jal has an important message for President Obama that can save lives. Jal is speaking out and joining thousands of activists around the world in supporting a...
View ArticleJoseph Kony Was Here
Satellite image of likely LRA camp in Kafia Kingi. Click to see full image . (Photo Credit: Digitial Globe 2013). Now where will the US go on the ICC? While international justice has seen many...
View Article5 Things You Should Know About Enforced Disappearances
Activists hold lighted candles during a vigil on International Day of the Disappeared in Sri Lanka, where some 12,000 complaints of enforced disappearances have been submitted to the U.N. since the...
View ArticleDoes Monitoring Human Rights in Sudan Still Matter?
Three displaced Sudanese women finding refuge under a tree (Photo Credit: Jean-Baptiste Gallopin for Amnesty International). By Khairunissa Dhala, Researcher on Sudan/South Sudan Team at Amnesty...
View ArticleFirst Impressions Count: An Agenda for Secretary Kerry’s Trip to Africa
In his upcoming Africa trip, Secretary Kerry has a rare opportunity to reiterate that human rights and good governance are priorities for the United States and to ask for meaningful reforms by these...
View ArticleReal vs. Fake: How To Authenticate YouTube Videos
During crises or disasters, YouTube is widely used to share footage – including a host of videos that are old or, in some cases, staged or faked. An enormous challenge for human rights workers,...
View ArticleEveryone Has the Right to Seek Asylum
Hundreds of Rohingya refugees arrived in Indonesia on May 15, 2015. Thousands more are believed to still be stranded at sea reportedly with no country willing to take them in. Ulet Ifansasti/Getty...
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