Banks think they are getting a hard time in the media And quite right too (tags: banks) Amnesty Blogs: 30 years of Amnesty trade union solidarity New blog from Shane Enright at Amnesty International UK, exploring trade union human rights issues and activism around the world. (tags: amnesty...

The International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) has condemned the Government of Guatemala for not investigating the murders of trade unionists, or punishing those responsible. In a report drawn up to highlight Guatemala's appalling record on trade union rights, the ITUC argues that this culture of impunity undermines the rights of working people to organise in trade unions, because people ...

This is the third of three postings about Kamangar's case, which looks at solidarity in his case. In the first posting you will find Amnesty's appeal and a link to our online action. In the second posting you will find Farzad's account of his treatment in his own words. Please take action now . Amnesty and the global and national trade unions have co-operated closely in the defence ...

This site is maintained by international human rights group Amnesty International. It provides free access to press releases, statements, maps, campaign materials and full text Amnesty International reports relating to human rights in the DR Congo. Thses include coverage of armed conflict, refugees, humanitarian aid, political violence, torture and ill treatment in the region. Materials generally ...

This blog is a celebration of 30 years of Amnesty trade union solidarity, or more precisely, the 30th Anniversary of the foundation of Amnesty UK's Trade Union Network in 1979, which is certainly thriving and striving these days. We're not going to celebrate on any particular day, but rather we will mark the Anniversary throughout this year with a range of events, activities, and initiat...

Amnesty International has launched a new website for people to have their say about the human rights situation in China in the countdown to the Beijing Olympics. When bidding for the Games, the Chinese authorities made commitments that hosting the Games would help improve human rights. Amnesty International has asked people to let the know whether you think they have fulfilled their promise. The C...

I am reminded by the Stronger Unions website that today marks the 25th anniversary of the banning of trade unions at the Governments' intelligence gathering centre GCHQ in Cheltenham. The denial of a basic human right to GCHQ workers &# 14 of them were sacked because of their refusal to resign their union membership &# and the “enemy within” language deployed by the gover

Amnesty International released a 22 page report on 13 october 2010 in which it raises concerns on the fairness of the trial of the Miami Five. This is a major breakthrough in the campaign for justice for the Five since the international human rights organisation had previously only campaigned on visitation rights for two of the

Foreign journalists working from the Olympics press centre in Beijing are unable to access amnesty.org - the Amnesty International website. A number of other websites are also reported to have been blocked. As Amnesty International prepares to launch a new report evaluating the Chinese authorities’ human rights performance in the run-up to the Olympics, this flies in the face of official pro...

In my last post I reported that independent Iranian trade unionists were facing harassment and intimidation over their plans to exercise their universal human rights to assembly and expression by demonstrating on the international workers' day, 1st May. When thousands of workers attempted to join the rally in Laleh Park, Kargar Street, Tehran they found police and security forces had closed