Russia: Activists arrested at U2 concert

August 27th, 2010

Police arrested human rights campaigners and prevented them from gaining signatures for petitions at U2′s first concert in Russia, on 25 August. The tents of Amnesty International, Greenpeace Russia, and U2′s own charity the ONE campaign for Aids, were all removed by police. Campaigners were not allowed to hand out leaflets or talk to any of the 75,000 fans at the Moscow venue. Head of Amnesty International in Russia, Sergei Nikitin, said that the organistation had carried out similar publicity events at many of the band’s concerts in Europe.

Human rights in changing times

April 12th, 2010

In a speech to Amnesty International’s national conference John Kampfner talks self-censorship, Nick Griffin and why free speech means fighting for the rights of people whose views you find obnoxious
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Amnesty award for jailed Azeri journalist

June 3rd, 2009

Azerbaijani newspaper editor, Eynulla Fatullayev who was jailed after criticising his government has been given Amnesty International’s award for journalism under threat. Read more here