• May 16 2013
  • 9:51pm
Report: Afghan women's rights workshop - solidarity and lobbying
Report of 15 May 2013:
  • Apr 30 2013
  • 3:57pm
Tackling rape as a weapon of war
Human rights breakthroughs are like buses, you wait ages for one… We’d barely recovered from the excitement of the Arms Trade Treaty vote at the United Nations on 2 Ap...
  • Apr 28 2013
  • 8:36am
Oliver Heald supports AI's campaign to stop violence against Afghan women
On Friday three members of our local group went to see Oliver Heald.  He has pledged his support for the campaign to secure the rights of all Afghan w
  • Apr 22 2013
  • 5:25pm
Afghanistan - Gordon Marsden MP Supports Women's Rights
Gordon Marsden, MP for Blackpool South, made time during a campaign in Blackpool on 19th April to talk to members of our Amnesty  Group about  women's rights in Afgha
  • Mar 8 2013
  • 4:45pm
Why do we need International Women's Day in Scotland?
Do we really need a day to support women and give special attention to their issues? This is Scotland, after all, not Iran or China or Afghanistan.
  • Mar 6 2013
  • 4:49pm
Why Alan Duncan makes more sense than Captain Raveman on women’s rights in Afghanistan
I don’t know what you do on Friday nights - all manner of interesting things probably - but I always go through the same end-of-week routine.
  • Mar 5 2013
  • 2:51pm
Maldives: 15-year-old rape survivor to be flogged for 'fornication'
Last week, a 15 year old girl who was raped by her stepfather was convicted of ‘fornication’ and sentenced to eight months’ house arrest