Wire

Wire is Amnesty International's new bi-monthly information and action-zine for all international members. It offers opportunities to take action in support of Amnesty International campaigns, summarizes key pieces of research, provides regular World Wide Appeals on individuals at risk, and interviews with human rights defenders.

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Wire December 2008 Action Poster
Wire December 2008 Action Postcards

Wire December 2008 Action Poster
Wire December 2008 Action Posters

Wire December 2008 Action Postcards
Wire December 2008 Action Posters

December 2008 (pdf, 24 pages, 5.5 MB) - 20 November 2008

Wire - december 2008
Happy Birthday to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights! (pages 2-5)
Defend the Defenders - the role of human rights defenders in a changing world (pages 15-19)
Interview with anti-death penalty activist Sister Helen Prejean (page 13)
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The Wire magazine - november 2008

November 2008 (pdf, 1 page, 93.4KB)

17 November 2008

Journalist silenced by terrorism legislation(page 1)
Teenage girls held without charge or trial (page 1)
Left for dead by police (page 1)
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October 2008 (pdf, 2 pages, 310KB)

15 October 2008

The Wire is changing!(page 1)
Forty years on death row (page 1)
Executions and floggings may be imminent (page 2)
The Wire magazine - september 2008

September 2008 (pdf, 4 pages, 606KB)

9 September 2008

Denying the undeniable: enforced disappearances in Pakistan (page 1)
Fears of forced returns to Eritrea (page 2)
Escaping prisoners killed in cold blood in Cameroon (page 1)
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July 2008 (pdf, 4 pages, 725KB)

24 June 2008

State of denial: Europe’s role in rendition and secret detention(p.1)
Migrants attacked in South Africa (p.1)
China's human rights record overshadows Olympic spectacle(p.2)
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June 2008 (pdf, 4 pages, 373KB)

9 June 2008

Bodies in the streets: violence in Somalia (p. 1)
Iraq refugee crisis continues to deepen (p. 1)
Thai government must uphold the rights of refugees (p. 2)
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May 2008 (pdf, 4 pages, 244KB)

1 May 2008

Leave or be killed: Mauritania’s ‘Guantanamito’(p. 1)
Azerbaijan – heightened concerns for safety of independent journalists (p. 2)
Honduras – a step closer to justice (p. 3)
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)