• May 3 2013
  • 6:17pm
Come on shine a light on me!
This morning I received an email from the Foreign Office letting me know of some of the positive initiatives that they had undertaken to mark World Press Freedom Day.
  • Apr 5 2013
  • 4:43pm
Urgent Actions for April
Urgent Actions support individuals in immediate danger around the world by flooding the relevant authorities with faxes, emails, telegrams and letters. Please help us if you can.
  • Jan 7 2013
  • 6:58pm
Chinese censor censured
Video There’s a Harry Belafonte song about how you can cage the singer, but not the song.
  • Dec 10 2012
  • 10:09am
Turn your text into a postcard for Azerbaijani activist
Update: Thank you for all your messages!
  • Aug 8 2012
  • 5:56pm
Jihadists in Mali target journalists.
Please read this report from Reporters Without Borders which documents how the Movement for Unity and Jiha
  • Aug 1 2012
  • 11:40am
Aleppo’s agony
Watching Ian Pannell and Darren Conway’s BBC report from Aleppo earlier this week I was once again stunned by the risks that
  • Jun 12 2012
  • 3:56pm
Student Human Rights Reporter of the Year
Today's blog is written by Amy Mackinnon, who was awarded Student Human Rights Reporter 2012 at the Amnesty Media Awards on Tuesday 29 May for her article
  • May 30 2012
  • 6:12pm
The media awards, Mani and the future of journalism
One of the effects of the Leveson inquiry has been to chip away at the reputation of journalism (not a very sturdy edifice even before the hacking scandal), as I‘ve said befo...
  • Apr 19 2012
  • 3:10pm
Award-winning journalists targeted
Journalists are often key players in the human rights struggle. By turning a spotlight on injustice, they help expose abuses and draw attention to human rights issues.
  • Jan 23 2012
  • 2:55pm
On the eve of the Iran's parliamentary elections silencing journalists is on top of menu!
In recent weeks, detention of journalists has increased to an alarming scale.