Cyber Patrol, a product developed by The Anti-Defamation League and Mattel's The Learning Company, has been found to block not only political sites it deems to be engaging in ' hate speech ' but also human rights web sites, such as Amnesty International's web page about Israel and gay-rights web sites, such as glaad. org.

* Amnesty International's Big 30 ( 1991 )

* Amnesty International's Big 30 ( 1991 )

In 2004, she received Amnesty International's Ambassador of Conscience Award for her work in promoting human rights.

The lack of access to the foreign media and the tradition of secrecy in North Korea means that there is little news about political conditions, but Amnesty International's 2003 report on North Korea says that " there were reports of severe repression of people involved in public and private religious activities, including imprisonment, torture and executions.

In October 1999 the U. S. Affiliate of Amnesty International issued a report " Summary of Amnesty International's concerns on police abuse in Chicago " summarizing on-going concerns, including those relating to brutality and improper tactics or coercion during questioning ; the detention and interrogation of children in police custody ; allegations of excessive force against suspects ; the shooting of unarmed suspects ; the disproportionate number of victims who are members of ethnic or racial minorities ; the inadequacy of police complaints and disciplinary procedures and the lack of any external oversight of the complaints process.

Throughout the 1980s she appeared in Amnesty International's Secret Policeman's Balls live benefit shows, working alongside Peter Cook and Rowan Atkinson.

She has toured on behalf of many other causes, including Amnesty International's 1986 A Conspiracy of Hope tour and a guest spot on their subsequent Human Rights Now!

Later that year, the band recorded a cover of John Lennon's " Love " for Amnesty International's charity album Make Some Noise.

In 1997, an announcement of Amnesty International's forthcoming campaign and briefing for the UN Commission on Human Rights included this quote: " The right to conscientious objection to military service is not a marginal concern outside the mainstream of international human rights protection and promotion.

" Also in 1986, Sting contributed a haunting song made famous by Billie Holiday, " Strange Fruit ," to a fund-raising compilation album entitled Conspiracy of Hope: Honouring Amnesty International's 25th Anniversary.

The Ambassador of Conscience Award, Amnesty International's most prestigious human rights award, takes its inspiration from a poem written by Irish Nobel prize-winning poet Seamus Heaney called " The Republic of Conscience.

Tango Charlie was also critically acclaimed and was part of Amnesty International's collection of anti war films.

She made her performance debut at the Festival d ' Avignon, in France, in 1979, performing the lead in the opera Un Jour comme un autre, by composer Vinko Globokar, based upon Amnesty International's documentation of the arrest and torture of a Turkish woman for alleged treason.

Lack of transparency breeds impunity ," Amnesty International's researcher said.

Mr M Warren-Smith ( who was formerly head of Darwin House and Religious Studies ) and Dr P Pack, ( former head of maths and also the chair of Amnesty International's International Executive Committee.

According to a BBC Arena documentary narrated by Dawn French it was Wax's role as backstage interviewer at Amnesty International's 1987 benefit show The Secret Policeman's Third Ball that eventually boosted her career to a higher level.

In April 1976, Edna made an appearance in A Poke in the Eye ( with a Sharp Stick ) – the first of what became Amnesty International's Secret Policeman's Ball series of benefit shows.

In June 1988, Jones performed at Amnesty International's Festival of Youth at the Milton Keynes Bowl.

Then, L ' Arc ~ en ~ Ciel improved that record The stadium played host to Amnesty International's Human Rights Now!

The arena played host to Amnesty International's legendary Human Rights Now!

JFK Stadium holding one of Amnesty International's Human Rights Now!

The stadium also played host to Amnesty International's Human Rights Now!

The arena played host to Amnesty International's A Conspiracy of Hope Benefit Concert on June 4, 1986.

On 28 September 2009, in what became known as the ' Bloody Monday ' massacre / 2009 Guinea protest, Amnesty International said that Guinea security forces killed more than 150 people and raped over 40 women during and following the protests.

* World Day Against Cyber Censorship ( requested by Reporters Without Borders and Amnesty International in 2009 )

Trade unionists initially arrested for protesting working conditions were released on the order of President Ben Ali and officially pardoned in October 2009 in a move that was welcomed by Amnesty International.

Whilst the album is yet to materialise, on 9 December 2009, the band released the song " Chase the Tear " for Human Rights Day to raise money for Amnesty International UK.

Aung San Suu Kyi of Burma, was the winner of the 2009 Amnesty International Ambassador of Conscience Award.

Amnesty International reported that he was arrested in June 2009, amidst the 2009 Iranian election protests.

Eljahmi remained imprisoned. Writing in Forbes in 2009, Fathi's brother writes that " for nearly a year, both Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch hesitated to advocate publicly for Fathi's case, because they feared their case workers might lose access to Libyan visas.

The most recent version, re-introduced on May 6, 2009, drew bipartisan support from Speaker Nancy Pelosi, as well as the endorsements of Amnesty International, Google, Human Rights Watch, Reporters without Borders,

A soldier guards the roadside checkpoint outside Srinagar International Airport in January 2009. Many human rights organizations such as Amnesty International and the Human Rights Watch ( HRW ) have condemned human rights abuses in Kashmir by Indians such as " extra-judicial executions ", " disappearances ", and torture ; the " Armed Forces Special Powers Act ", which " provides impunity for human rights abuses and fuels cycles of violence.

In 2009, both Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch were allowed entry to Libya, via Gaddafi's non-profit organization in order to gather facts about the human rights situation in Libya.

Writing in Forbes in 2009, Fathi's brother writes that " for nearly a year, both Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch hesitated to advocate publicly for Fathi's case, because they feared their case workers might lose access to Libyan visas.

She was the seventh Secretary General of Amnesty International until her resignation on 31 December 2009.

in the UK revealed that Khan had received a payment of UK £ 533, 103 from Amnesty International following her resignation from the organisation on 31 December 2009, a fact discovered in Amnesty's records for the 2009 – 2010 financial year.

In 2009, Hankyoreh joined Amnesty International, the Broadcaster Producers Association of Korea, and other civic groups airing concern atypical behavior by prosecutors in the detention Korean TV channel MBC journalists and the attack on press freedom in South Korea.

In 2009, Amnesty International counted 1718 executions as having taken place during 2008 ( which equates to 0. 0001 %, or 1 in 1, 000, 000 of the Chinese population ), based on all information available.

According to an Amnesty International report from 2009: " In June, the Estonian Security Police Board published its annual report which made serious allegations against the Legal Information Centre for Human Rights ( LICHR ), an NGO promoting and defending the rights of those belonging to linguistic minorities.

In October 2003 Amnesty International issued a report which stated that their trial had been a miscarriage of justice.

Amnesty International, referring to the Taliban offensive, wrote in a 1995 report:

( see video ) Amnesty International, referring to the Taliban offensive, wrote in a 1995 report:

According to the CIIR report, Amnesty International and Americas Watch stated that there is no evidence that the use of torture was sanctioned by the Nicaraguan authorities, although prisoners reported the use of conditions of detention and interrogation techniques that could be described as psychological torture.

Amnesty International, referring to the Taliban offensive, wrote in a 1995 report:

In December 1990 Amnesty International issued a report " Allegations of Police Torture in Chicago, Illinois " calling for a full inquiry into allegations that Area 2 Chicago Police tortured criminal suspects between 1972 and 1984.

In August 1999 the U. S. affiliate of Amnesty International issued a report " Race, Rights & Brutality: Portraits of Abuse in the USA ," prompted by high-profile excessive-force cases involving local and state police in Chicago, New York and other cities, that called on federal officials to better document excessive-force cases and to ensure that the officers responsible are prosecuted.

Despite these international conventions, organizations that monitor abuses of human rights ( e. g. Amnesty International, the International Rehabilitation Council for Torture Victims ) report widespread use condoned by states in many regions of the world.

Dr. Nafis Sadik, former director of UNFPA said her agency had been pivotal in reversing China's coercive population control methods, but a 2005 report by Amnesty International and a separate report by the United States State Department found that coercive techniques were still regularly employed by the Chinese, casting doubt upon Sadik's statements.

According to an Amnesty International report, lynchings of Haitians and Dominicans accused of various crimes, ranging from theft to murder, have continued to occur as late as 2006.

The Amnesty International 2007 report on human rights also documents widespread police misconduct in many other countries, especially countries with authoritarian regimes.

* Amnesty International report on torture in Iraq ( 2001 )

" Amnesty International went on to report that torture methods committed by Barre's National Security Service ( NSS ) included executions and " beatings while tied in a contorted position, electric shocks, rape of woman prisoners, simulated executions and death threats.

In 1982, an Amnesty International report estimated that over 10, 000 indigenous Guatemalans and peasant farmers were killed from March to July of that year, and that 100, 000 rural villagers were forced to flee their homes.

These include: questions regarding Kerik's sale of stock in Taser International shortly before the release of an Amnesty International report critical of the company's stun-gun product ; a sexual harassment lawsuit ; an alleged affair with Judith Regan ; allegations of misuse of police personnel and property for personal benefit ; connections with a construction company suspected of having ties to organized crime ; and failure to comply with ethics rules on gifts.

* Pakistan: Insufficient protection of religious minorities – Amnesty International report

Although Amnesty International criticized the new constitution as inadequate in some respects, Swaziland's reporters have told conferences with regional media houses ( MISA ) that they are generally free to report as they please.

In a report on the elections, Amnesty said laws restricting non-government organizations, police breaking up demonstrations, and harassment from critics were all part of " a systematic destruction of civil liberties in Russia.

" Amnesty International, a human rights organization, issued a chilling report of routine torture of civilian detainees at military barracks scattered across southern Uganda.

Guantánamo Detention Undermines Human Rights Worldwide, reprint from Amnesty International report, June, 2004

Allegations of abuse were documented seven-months later in a report published by Amnesty International on 11 May 2004.