The Wire Magazine

The Wire is Amnesty International's monthly newsletter, sent to all our international members. It summarizes key pieces of Amnesty International research, provides updates on campaign issues and individual cases, and offers opportunities to take further action.

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Latest editions

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May 2008 (pdf, 4 pages, 244KB) - 1 May 2008

The Wire - May 2008 cover
Leave or be killed - women in Brazil's shanty towns (p. 1)
Mauritania's 'Guantanamito' (p. 1)
Thousand reach out to end violence in Kenya (p. 4)
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The Wire - April 2008 cover

April 2008 (pdf, 4 pages, 504KB)

15 April 2008

Inside US network of secret jails (p. 1)
Conveyor belt of injustice in Nigerian prisons (p. 1)
Liberian women struggle to rebuild their lives after war (p. 2)
The Wire - March 2008 Cover

March 2008 (pdf, 4 pages, 536KB)

6 March 2008

Stolen childhood, lost learning (p. 1)
Women act against repression in Iran (p. 1)
Women unite to defend their rights (p. 2)
The Wire - February 2008 Cover

February 2008 (pdf, 4 pages, 369kb)

7 February 2008

Cambodia burns the homes of its poor (p. 1)
Palestinian children still wait for their parents' release (p. 1)
A bleak year for journalists and freedom of speech (p. 2)
The Wire - December 2007 Cover

December 2007 (4 pages, 289kb)

1 December 2007

No charge, no trial, no legal redress (p. 1)
Needed but unwanted (p. 1)
Education system still failing Romani children in Slovakia (p. 2)
The Wire - November 2007 Cover

November 2007 (4 pages, 526kb)

1 November 2007

Forgotten victims (p. 1)
International forces fail Afghan detainees (p. 1)
Thousands raped in Burundi (p. 2)
The Wire - October 2007 Cover

October 2007 (4 pages, 532kb)

1 October 2007

Fear and violence in the wild north (p. 1)
Bush gives green light to CIA secret detention (p. 1)
Stop the death penalty - the world decides (p. 2-3)
The Wire - September 2007 Cover

September 2007 (4 pages, 580kb)

1 September 2007

Peace talks ignore rights (p. 1)
Impunity entrenched in Oaxaca City (p. 1)
Arms trade treaty must have human rights at its heart (p. 2)