May'08
17
Action to Ban Cluster Bombs
Cluster bombs scatter hundreds of small-but-lethal bomblets over a wide area, many of which don’t explode on impact and so remain deadly to the civilian population, even years after the war has finished. Children can pick up unexploded bomblets thinking that they are toys and then are severely injured or even killed as a result.
Earlier […]
May'08
08
The price of a coffee? 150 lashes.
Dr Muhammad ‘Ali Abu Raziza, professor at a Saudi university had a call from a woman he thought was one of his psychology students, asking to meet him in a coffee shop in Mecca. As Saudi law prohibits a man from being alone in the company of a woman who is not a relative, he […]
Oct'07
29
Stand Up For Human Rights
Weekend before last was the Amnesty conference on terrorism, security and human rights in Newcastle. A good day, with lots of useful discussion and debate, and excellent to see so many people there. Thanks to the Newcastle group for organising the venue, and to AI UK for taking conferences like this out to the regions.
At […]
Oct'07
21
Welcome
Welcome to the blog for the Wearside local group of Amnesty International UK. For those of you not familiar with the area, the Wearside group is based in Sunderland, but open to members from anywhere nearby which isn’t covered by an existing Amnesty local group (groups exist in Durham and Newcastle).
If you live in that […]