The Demise of the Russian President’s Pardons Commission (2002)

No heart is more merciful than the tsar’s, the old saying goes. Russian President Vladimir Putin stood that proverb on…

Someone once said … (1993)

Someone once said that we judge ourselves by our intentions and other people by their actions. Other people tend to…

Official secrecy surrounds the death penalty in Tajikistan. The picture that Amnesty International has been able to build is incomplete,…

The events in the eastern city of Andizhan of 12-13 May 2005, resulting in the killing of hundreds of people,…

I have much experience of working in international organisations while being accountable to the public – and it is a…

Since its birth in 1991, the Russian Federation has introduced substantial reforms to its legal system. This report charts the…

This 74-page study was part a project which culminated in a Regional Conference on “Prevention and Reduction of Statelessness and…

Irina SAFRONOVA. Marjorie and I met in 1991 in Moscow when Marjorie was setting up an Amnesty office there. For…

Then one night I was alone. All around was November blackness, the snow freaking down and shrouding the house, the…

Relatives of media workers killed in the NATO attack on Radio Television Serbia in 1999, along with one survivor, bring…

Guardian obituary (1 July 2016) Political scientist who worked tirelessly for human rights in Russia and around the world. Marjorie…

by Marjorie FARQUHARSON, 1991-1992 The diary Marjorie kept as she was establishing Amnesty International’s Office in Moscow, a unique venture…

“Amnesty group arrives on unprecedented Soviet tour”, UPI 22 March 1989 “Tajikistan: Amnesty Report Attacks Cruel, Random Use Of Death…

In Moscow, at the dacha, teaching human rights …

Three Poems. “He who has mastered himself” (Lao Tzu) “On The 100th Anniversary Of Anna Akhmatova” (Joseph Brodsky) …