Tag archive: Amnesty

Influential human rights group Amnesty International has criticized the Global Network Initiative, the new human rights organization backed by Microsoft, Google and Yahoo. In a statement, Amnesty – which had been involved in discussions about the group, but which backed out of involvement after seeing the final draft of its principles – said: "Following careful consideration of these documents, Amnesty International has… Read More

Amnesty International has launched a new campaign that will harness the power of social networking sites. Known as Unsubscribe, the aim of the new initiative is to get those on social networks involve in human rights campaigning online.   With their connections betweenpeople, social networks make the perfect medium for quickly spreading the word, and the fact that they’re mostly used by the young can only help the cause.  … Read More

As Amnesty International celebrates the first birthday of its web site irrepressible.info, it’s issued a direwarning about the erosion of online freedom.   Coming just before a conference organized by Amnesty, “Some People Think theInternet is a Bad Thing: The Struggle for Freedom of Expression in Cyberspace,” the organization hasn’t been shy in pointing fingers at the big three of Microsoft, Google and Yahoofor… Read More

At this point, most technologically-savvy individuals are used to the idea of satellites in orbit around the earth, enabling everything from international phone calls and Internet connectivity to GPS systems and the hundreds of channels of television we seem to think are part of our everyday live. Now, in a first for a human rights organization, Amnesty International is using satellite imagery technology for a purely humanitarian purpose:… Read More

Those wanting their cellular minutes to stretch a little bit further for a good cause will be interested to know Amnesty International USA, working in conjunction with telephone services provider Working Assets, is now offering a cellular service for supporters of its organization. This new service is dubbed Amnesty Wireless. Amnesty Wireless, which costs $29.99 a month with a two-year agreement, offers 200 anytime minutes plus… Read More