CoVer image A man protesting against Egypt's President Mohamed Mursi shows used shotgun cartridges from bullets he said were fired by riot police during clashes along Qasr Al Nil bridge, which leads to Tahrir Square in Cairo, January 27, 2013.
enough! A quick activists’ guide to securing a bullet-proof Arms Trade Treaty in March. Join our campaign!
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no more losT generaTions Romani activists talk about their fight against discrimination in Europe, for the launch of our new global campaign.
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WorldWide appeals Write a letter, change a life – here’s all the information you need to take action for individuals at risk of human rights abuses. page 22
also in Wire Get an insight into Amnesty’s work in the agenda and the upfronT column from South Sudan (pages 23), unloCKing The TruTh about secret renditions in Europe (page 7), and iraQ 10 years after the US invasion (page 20).
lighTs, Camera… aCTiVism! Celebrating Art for Amnesty’s work with actors, artists and musicians to raise awareness about human rights worldwide.
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from ‘days of rage’ To raging ConfliCT A look back at two years of turmoil in Syria since the uprising began, and its terrible human cost.
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‘i Can’T belieVe he’s noT here any more’ Lubou Kavalyoua’s son was executed and buried in secret in Belarus after an unfair trial. She talks to WIRE about his life, and her fight to end the death penalty.
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a forCe for good How writing letters became one of Amnesty’s most powerful ways to campaign for change.
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When a leTTer is all ThaT is needed “I have been covered with an avalanche of letters and postcards.” A big thank you from people featured in our record-breaking Write for Rights 2012 letter-writing event.
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