Vote for women’s rights in Egypt
An Uighur woman protests before a group of paramilitary police.
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Q&A: The state of human rights in the Middle East and North Africa
Answering some of the important questions coming out of 2011's Arab Spring uprisings, and the human rights challenges still to come.
Activists make a daring escape from Cambodian detention
Imagine waking up to the sound of a bulldozer, with only a minute or two to grab whatever possessions you can before your home is reduced to rubble.
Victory! Egyptian blogger Maikel Nabil Sanad released
Recently released Egyptian blogger Maikel Nabil Sanad became the ‘new’ Egypt’s first political prisoner after he was for criticizing the ruling Egyptian armed forces on his blog.
Blogs
Victory! Egyptian blogger Maikel Nabil Sanad released
Michael Hayworth, 25 January 2012 Be the first to comment
Recently released Egyptian blogger Maikel Nabil Sanad became the ‘new’ Egypt’s first political prisoner after he was for criticizing the ruling Egyptian armed forces on his blog.
Activists make a daring escape from Cambodian detention
Michael Hayworth, 20 January 2012
Imagine waking up to the sound of a bulldozer, with only a minute or two to grab whatever possessions you can before your home is reduced to rubble.
The faces in the crowd
Ed Shiell, 9 January 2012
The act of individual people speaking out collectively has been at the heart of the revolution across the Middle East and North Africa in 2011.
What’s in a revolution?
Michael Hayworth, 28 November 2011
Now is the real revolution according to Mohammed Aitman, an Egyptian activist helping at an aid station near Tahrir Square, Cairo.
Human rights failure in the ‘new Egypt’
Michael Hayworth, 13 October 2011
The state of human rights in Egypt has again featured in the headlines recently with shocking reports of a Coptic protest in Cairo turning violent.
Testimonies from Bahrain: Arrested for treating the injured
Tom, 30 September 2011
A health worker from Bahrain shares her incredible firsthand story of the Bahrain revolution.
Testimonies from Bahrain: Memories of a jailed activist’s wife
Lachlan, Amnesty International Australia., 8 September 2011
A gripping piece by Khadija al-Mousawi, wife of imprisoned Bahrainian human rights defender 'Abdulhadi al-Khawaja.
The Syrian juggernaut rolls on. But for how much longer?
Lachlan, Amnesty International Australia., 31 August 2011
If Syria's President Bashar al-Assad is phased by Colonel Gaddafi's fall from power he's not showing it.
UN Security Council must act to end repression in Syria
Tom, 16 August 2011
The UN Security Council’s continuing inability to react adequately to the carnage in Syria is deeply frustrating and dispiriting.
UN inaction will not stop the tanks in Syria
Lachlan, Amnesty International Australia., 5 August 2011
The UN's non-binding statement condemning the violence in Syria won't stop the tanks - or halt the violence.
One murdered reporter is one too many.
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