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May
24

World

Nazanin Afshin-Jam On Saving Another Nazanin's Life

Nazanin Afshin-Jam's book, 'The Tale of Two Nazanins', tells the tale of her struggle to help an 18-year-old - also named Nazanin - who was on death row in Tehran for stabbing a man who had tried to rape her...

May
22

Social Issues

IMAGES OF THE DAY: Rallying For Gay Rights In Tehran

Gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people are all subject to horrific punishment inside the Islamic Republic of Iran...

May
18

Social Issues

Marine Die-Ology? Biologists Say Underwater Species Are In Trouble

According to marine biologist Callum Roberts, the oceans have changed more in the last 30 years than in all of human history before...

May
18

World

NOT SO AWESOME THING OF THE DAY: What's With The Website For North Korea?

Sometimes you come across things that are just ... unlikely. Like the official webpage of the Democratic People's Republic of North Korea...

May
16

Canada

Nahlah Ayed On Her Relationship To The Middle East

Nahlah Ayed spent seven years working as a reporter in the Middle East. For her, it was a return to a region she had come to resent...

May
10

Social Issues

A Vicious Cycle: How Climate Change May Be Affecting The Sahel

Africa's Sahel region continues to suffer from severe drought and famine, and climate change may be one of the reasons...

May
10

World

VIDEO OF THE DAY: How Humanity Has Changed The Earth

From the beginning of the Industrial Revolution to today, new discoveries and new technology have led to major shifts...

May
3

Social Issues

'Toast To Freedom': It's World Press Freedom Day

Today is World Press Freedom Day. To commemorate the occasion, Amnesty International has released a song produced by the great Levon Helm...

May
2

World

THE OVERVIEW: Why Did Chinese Dissident Chen Guangcheng Leave The U.S. Embassy?

Uncertainty over why Chinese civil rights activist Chen Guangcheng left the U.S. embassy at Beijing today may lead to major tensions...

Apr
29

World

IMAGES OF THE DAY: Los Angeles, April 29, 1992

Twenty years ago today, a Los Angeles jury acquitted three police officers of assault in the case of Rodney King, a black man whose violent beating at the hand of white officers from the Los Angeles Police Department was caught on videotape ...

Apr
26

Social Issues

VIDEO OF THE DAY: Hunger Is A Solvable Problem

With one billion people facing malnutrition and a looming food crisis in Africa, world hunger can seem like a daunting issue, but the World Food Programme's new video campaign reminds us that it is the world's greatest solvable problem ...

Apr
26

World

The Verdict: Charles Taylor Is Guilty Of War Crimes

A United Nations-backed tribunal at The Hague has found Charles Taylor, the former president of Liberia, "criminally responsible"...

Apr
25

World

Let's End It: April 25th Is International Malaria Day

Nearly half the world's population is at risk of contracting malaria: In a single year, up to 216 million people contract the disease, while close 655,000 will die from it - the majority of them children ...

Apr
24

World

INFOGRAPHIC: Who's Arming The World?

While regulations govern the international exchange of everything from fruit to biotechnology, there is still no global treaty for the trade of arms. Amnesty International shows us what that trade looks like ...

Apr
23

World

UPDATE: Burma's Military Regime Earns A Break From The EU And A Boycott

Recent political reforms in Burma have paved the way for a suspension of EU sanctions against the country's military rulers, but have not yet satisfied Aung San Suu Kyi's party, who are boycotting parliament over the oath of office ...