http://www.wearsideamnesty.org Sunderland and Wearside local group for Amnesty International UK Sat, 17 May 2008 19:08:00 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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 ... http://www.wearsideamnesty.org/amnesty/action-to-ban-cluster-bombs/ 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 ... http://www.wearsideamnesty.org/amnesty/the-price-of-a-coffee-150-lashes/ To be shown in cinemas. Shocked? Unsubscribe. http://www.wearsideamnesty.org/amnesty/amnestys-new-video-on-waterboarding/ There's a play on in Darlington later this month that might be of interest to readers of this blog: Darlington Arts Centre Breaking the Silence Wednesday 19th March, 8pm Tickets: £10 (discounts available) 2007 was the centenary year of Rachel Carson's birth. She was a scientist, writer and ecologist who single-handedly challenged the US government ... http://www.wearsideamnesty.org/uncategorized/breaking-the-silence-at-darlington-arts-centre/ 2008 is the Universal Declaration of Human Rights 60th anniversary. It‘s a time for a global conversation about human rights. To consider the values that unite us as one human family, and one global village. But it can be more. Please sign the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. http://www.wearsideamnesty.org/human-rights/every-human-has-rights/ Amnesty's been campaigning on internet repression for some time as part of their Irrepressible Info campaign. Global Voice's excellent Accessed Denied map charts censorship efforts related to the social web and major web 2.0 websites such as blogs, wikipedia, youtube and flickr. http://www.wearsideamnesty.org/uncategorized/access-denied/ When the former Attorney General says that he would have resigned rather than vote for an extension to ninety days, and the Director of Public Prosecutions says that the case for an extension has not been made, it does make you wonder how the government will continue to justify its ... http://www.wearsideamnesty.org/war-on-terror/detention-without-charge-2/  A Liberty study has found that the current period of detention without trial in the UK, twenty-eight days, is longer than exists in any comparable democracy, including the US and Turkey. And yet the government have made clear their plans to extend the period for which terror suspects can be detained ... http://www.wearsideamnesty.org/activism/detention-without-charge/ 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 ... http://www.wearsideamnesty.org/amnesty/stand-up-for-human-rights/ 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 ... http://www.wearsideamnesty.org/amnesty/test-post/