Bahrain: free political prisoners
Campaign Features
Dying too young
Maternal mortality claims the life of one woman every minute. More than half a million women die needlessly each year from complications related to pregnancy and childbirth - one every minute. Most of these deaths could have been prevented by high-quality accessible, affordable and timely medical care.
Closing the accountability gap
Globalisation has brought unprecedented power and influence for corporations, along with jobs and investment returns for millions.
How to break the cycle of poverty
An approach to poverty eradication that focuses only on economic growth is fragile and unsustainable. Governments must create the conditions that allow people living in poverty to claim their human rights.
World poverty - where to start?
Over the next six years – at least – Amnesty International will initiate the biggest piece of research, campaigning and empowerment work in its history.
Human rights = less poverty
We're launching a new campaign on human rights and poverty. It's called Demand Dignity. If you want to change the fact that at least 963 million people go to bed hungry every night stay tuned.
The lived experience of those in poverty
When people in poverty talk of their experiences, they don't just talk of deprivation. They talk of whether they can send their children to school, and whether that school will be bulldozed in the morning.
Testimonies from Group 78
Amnesty International Cambodia Researcher Brittis Edman spoke with some of the people who live in Group 78. Here are some of the testimonies from residents who fear they will lose their homes at the hands of the Cambodian authorities.
Mythbusting poverty - can you help?
We're pulling together some materials which will help bust some myths about poverty. Can you help?
Forced evictions a reality in Cambodia
Forced evictions are a real problem in Cambodia where people are losing their homes, livelihoods and families.
Access to justice becomes a reality
On the 60th anniversary of the UN Declaration of Human Rights, Australia will have the chance to support the UN, to take a crucial step in securing access to justice for everyone, whose rights are violated and who is denied a remedy at the national level.
A policeman's job is to protect all citizens, even those he or she doesn't like. I'd have thought that a pretty basic concept.
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21 May 2012, 03:59PM