AI launched the long awaited microsite for the Beijing Olympics this week. It is called The China Debate. The purpose of the site is to raise awareness of human rights violations in China and promote a balanced debate on how improvements can be achieved. There is a series of videos that goes along with [...]...

The Beijing Olympics is starting in less than a month. Earlier this week, AI issued an open letter to Chinese President Hu Jintao urging him to take steps towards improving human rights. On this Saturday July 12 - one day before the anniversary of Beijing awarded the Olympics in 2001, AI activists in [...]...

Zeng Jinyan, the wife of imprisoned human rights activist Hu Jia, responded to the mail sent to her by members of Amnesty International. She posted her thank-you letter on her blog. Here's the English translation: Dear members of Amnesty International, Dear Christine, Morag Anne Elder, Elisabeth Flett, James, Mel, Anna Ferretti … and many, many [...]...

Today has been marked for Bloggers Unite for Human Rights. I was super busy with my day job and Amnesty work lately that I haven't touch this blog for a while. I have ideas running in my head the last few weeks but when it's time to blog for human rights today, I [...]...

The primary message of the AI's Beijing Olympics campaign focuses on the legacy of the Games. The "Legacy of the Beijing Olympics" or "Olympic Legacy" has been the key phrase. It is not very catchy but it relies on the fact that China would definitely prefer to have a positive legacy for the [...]...