Issues

The Beijing National Stadium, also known as the Bird's Nest for its architecture, is being built for the 2008 Summer Olympics.

What human rights legacy for the Beijing Olympics?

1 April 2008

Liu Jingmin, Vice-President of the Beijing Olympic Bid Committee, said In 2001 that allowing Beijing to host the Games would “help the development of human rights."
A protester stands in front of Federal police officers in Oaxaca city’s main plaza, Mexico, 1 November 2006.

Women unite to defend their rights

6 March 2008

On 8 March, International Women’s Day, women across the world will take to the streets to express their commitment to the defence of human rights, often at great risk to their safety.
Activists in Japan prepared Close Guantánamo cake on the sixth anniversary of Guantánamo.

The world shouts 'Close Guantánamo'

16 January 2008

Thousands join worldwide protests marking the sixth anniversary of the first transfers of detainees to Guantánamo on 11 January.

Stop the human rights meltdown: make human rights real

Message from Irene Khan, Secretary General of Amnesty International, on the occasion of International Human Rights Day 2007.