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Is the UN Security Council becoming irrelevant after failing to stop the bloodshed in Syria?

News

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Syria: concrete action needed

Russia, China and the other Security Council members should urgently refer the situation in Syria to the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court.

Egypt unrest

The state of the world’s human rights

Our latest report on the state of the world's human rights details how failed leadership has gone global.

Bahrain flag © AI

Bahrain: free prisoners of conscience

The ongoing detention and trials of these prisoners of conscience shows that little has changed behind Bahrain’s thin veneer of reform.

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Blogs

Syria protest © AFP

Blood on the Security Council’s hands

The massacre of women and children in Houla this week is shocking, grotesque and unfortunately familiar.

Aung San Suu Kyi being sworn into parliament © AFP PHOTO/Soe Than WIN/FILES

The changing tide in Burma

Relaxed sanctions, footage of elections and open political campaigning and activism. Is Burma emerging from behind a cloud of repression?

Bahrain protesters © AFP

US resumes arms sales to Bahrain

The US has resumed arms sales to Bahrain as a human rights crisis continues to rage in the small island country.

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What's on

Amnesty rights readers

Where: West Perth, WA
When: Thursday 7 June, 6:30 pm

Panel: leading from the streets

Where: Sydney, NSW
When: Thursday 14 June, 6:30 pm

Annual quiz night

Where: Woden, ACT
When: Friday 15 June, 7:30 pm

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Our Successes

campaigning for Patrick Okoroafor

Former child prisoner freed

After receiving 10,000 letters from Amnesty supporters, Patrick Okoroafor, 31, was freed after spending half his life in prison for a crime he says he did not commit.

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