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HUMAN rights group Amnesty International has launched a global “Write for Rights” campaign to help people facing human rights abuses around the world.
The campaign will involve millions of letters and emails in support of nine individuals who have been persecuted, jailed or face human rights abuses for standing up for their rights.
Sacha Deshmukh, chief executive of Amnesty International UK, said: “Sending a letter or email might seem like a small act, but when sent in their thousands they can change lives: those in power are forced to take notice.”
As the US intensifies its economic and political pressure it is now vitally important to demand the British government intervene to end US aggression, writes GEOFF BOTTOMS
As peers prepare to debate reform of the 1861 Offences Against the Person Act, Labour MP Tonia Antoniazzi leads a bid to end the criminalisation of women who end pregnancies at home. LYNNE WALSH reports
Groups are urging the US government to secure the 16-year old’s release as his mental and physical health decline dramatically after nine months inside Ofer prison, writes LINDA PENTZ GUNTER
Mental health fears push Peers to change law on IPP torture sentences, reports Charley Allan