• Jul 13 2012
  • 3:21pm
Bloody scenes from Syria remind us why we need an effective #armstreaty
This morning I volunteered to write Amnesty’s press blog because there’s simply so much to say in the world of guns, tanks, bullets and the like.
  • Jul 10 2012
  • 3:46pm
Looks can be deceiving. Thankfully justice is blind (or at least ought to be)
The first thing that struck me about the images of Thomas Lubanga coming out of the International Criminal Court at The Hague this morning was the same thing that caught my attenti...
  • Jul 10 2012
  • 10:00am
South Sudan - one year old and already afflicted by a human rights crisis
It is a year since South Sudan gained its independence from neighbour Sudan, but anybody hoping for a smooth separation will now be feeling sorely disappointed.
  • Jul 2 2012
  • 5:03pm
Let the #armstreaty negotiations begin!
Video Today marks the start of key negotiations for an international Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) – the treaty for which we’ve been campaigning for so long.
  • Jun 28 2012
  • 1:10pm
Weapons that pass through under the radar
So we’ve blogged quite a lot recently about guns, tanks and other such weapons.
  • Jun 25 2012
  • 6:43pm
UK policing may take a shocking turn for the worse
Today I had a rather amicable chat with a representative from the police force.  It was actually live on BBC Radio Hull, and I think our pleasant exchange took both of us &nda...
  • Jun 12 2012
  • 1:37pm
An AK-47 - often the 'credit card' for FARDC soldiers
In less than three weeks, dignitaries from all over the world will grace the corridors of the United Nations building in New York to mark the start of talks for one of the most imp...
  • Jun 1 2012
  • 3:54pm
No easy walk in (Central?) park for the barefoot lawyer
Chen Guangcheng in May 2012 Video Does it ever stop for Chen Guangcheng?
  • May 31 2012
  • 5:39pm
Atrocities in the DRC - another reason for an #armstreaty
The Guardian reports today that ‘villagers and townspeople in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo
  • May 16 2012
  • 5:20pm
A Mali catastrophe
 The worst human rights crisis to face Mali in 50 years. That’s a pretty forbidding statement.