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IMAGES OF WORLDWIDE EVENTS ORGANIZED BY AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL

Video: Riz Ahmed reads Poems from Guantánamo - 12 December 2007

Riz Ahmed, the actor who appeared in the film "Road to Guantánamo

“To My Father” by Abdulla Thani Faris al Anazi

Two years have passed in far-away prisons,
Two years my eyes untouched by kohl.
Two years my heart sending out messages
To the homes where my family dwells,

Mexico: Release of Magdalena García Duran: a glimmer of hope for all Atenco detainees? - 12 November 2007

Amnesty International welcomes the release on 9 November of prisoner of conscience Magdalena García Durán, and calls on the state and federal authorities

Video: Sending a message to the Pakistan government - 16 November 2007

As People around the world took to the streets to call for the restoration of human rights and justice in Pakistan, a sizeable crowd gathered In London.

Video: Marching for Myanmar - 8 October 2007

People across the globe took to the streets this weekend in support of the people of Myanmar, who continue to be subjected to mass arrests and brutal repression.

Audio: Monks in Myanmar tell of police raid - 9 November 2007

On 25 September, U Thilavantha's monastery was raided by police. Beaten in detention, he died the next day.

Repression unrelenting in Myanmar - 10 December 2007

When the Elders meet in South Africa to begin marking the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, one notable figure will be missing.

Guantánamo detentions set for legal showdown - 7 December 2007

The US Supreme Court has begun considering whether Guantánamo detainees should have access to the courts to contest their detention.

Trade unionists at risk in Zimbabwe - 2 April 2007

Amnesty International is concerned that activists from the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) are at risk of being arrested, beaten by police and tortured whil