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Title: Iraq: Ethnic Cleansing
Runtime: 3:22
Date posted: 12 years ago
Description: This short video describes the gruesome evidence of ethnic cleansing in northern Iraq as Islamic State moves to wipe out minorities. Including interview with those effected it explains the evidence uncovered by Amnesty International which indicates that members of the armed group calling itself the Islamic State (IS) have launched a systematic campaign of ethnic cleansing in northern Iraq, carrying out war crimes, including mass summary killings and abductions, against ethnic and religious minorities.

Syria - Vanished off the face of the earth

Title: Syria - Vanished off the face of the earth
Runtime: 6:34
Date posted: 12 years ago
Description: Amnesty International follows the stories of two Syrian men subjected to enforced disappearance: doctor Mohamed Bachir Arab from Aleppo and citizen journalist Ali Mahmoud Othman from Homs. For more information, please visit https://campaigns.amnesty.org/campaigns/conflict-in-syria

Nigeria: Gruesome footage implicates military in war crimes

Title: Nigeria: Gruesome footage implicates military in war crimes
Runtime: 5:09
Date posted: 12 years ago
Description: WARNING: THIS VIDEO CONTAINS GRAPHIC FOOTAGE OF DEAD BODIES AND EXECUTIONS

Gruesome video footage gathered by Amnesty International provide fresh evidence of war crimes, including extrajudicial executions, and other serious human rights violations being carried out in north-eastern Nigeria as the fight by the military against Boko Haram and other armed groups intensifies.

The footage, obtained from numerous sources during a recent trip to Borno state, reveals graphic evidence of multiple war crimes being carried out in Nigeria.

It includes horrific images of detainees having their throats slit one by one and dumped in mass graves by men who appear to be members of the Nigerian military and the “Civilian Joint Task Force” (CJTF), state-sponsored militias. It also shows the aftermath of a Boko Haram raid on a village in which the armed group killed nearly 100 people and destroyed or badly damaged scores of homes and other buildings.

Title: Bulgaria's Guardian Angel
Runtime: 2:51
Date posted: 12 years ago
Description: Angela Zhekova, 88, and her husband Vangel, 98, live in the small village of Golyam Dervent, Bulgaria. The village of 50 inhabitants is at Bulgaria's border with Turkey. Thousands of refugees, mainly from war-torn Syria, have tried to cross this border, seeking safety and sanctuary. Bulgaria's response however has been to build a 30 kilometre wide and 3 metre high fence, to the sum of an estimated 4 million Euro, to try to keep them out of Fortress Europe. Angela on the other hand is doing what she can to help. Here she describes why and how she and Vangel try to care for the refugees who pass their house.

This film was produced for Amnesty International by Giorgos Moutafis, Giuseppe Chiantera and Andrej Getov.

http://www.whenyoudontexist.eu/

Abductions and Torture in Eastern Ukraine

Title: Abductions and Torture in Eastern Ukraine
Runtime: 4:48
Date posted: 13 years ago
Description: Amnesty International has gathered graphic and compelling evidence of savage beatings and other torture meted out against activists, protesters and journalists in eastern Ukraine over the last three months.

'Abductions and Torture in Eastern Ukraine' documents allegations perpetrated by separatist armed groups and pro-Kyiv forces.

There are no comprehensive or reliable figures on the number of abductions, but the Ukrainian Ministry of Interior has reported nearly 500 cases between April and June 2014. The UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission for Ukraine has recorded 222 cases of abduction in the last three months.

To find out more please click here:

"I used to think the Marines protected us..."

Title: "I used to think the Marines protected us..."
Runtime: 4:32
Date posted: 13 years ago
Description: On 7 August 2012 at 3am, navy soldiers broke into Claudia Medina's home in Veracruz City. Her hands were tied and she was blind-folded before being put in a pick-up truck and taken to the local naval base.

Claudia was accused of being a member of a violent criminal gang which she denied. According to her testimony, she was given electric shocks before being beaten and kicked. Afterwards, she was tied to a chair and left in the scorching afternoon sun.

The next day Claudia was blindfolded and transferred with a group of other detainees to the Federal Attorney General's Office. When the blind-fold was removed, she realised her husband and brother-in-law had also been arrested. A prosecutor interrogated Claudia and a marine pressured her into signing a statement that she wasn't allowed to read. Later that day, state authorities presented Claudia and the other detainees in front of the media, announcing the arrest of dangerous criminals caught in the act of commit...

We support 'Taksim Solidarity' in Turkey

Title: We support 'Taksim Solidarity' in Turkey
Runtime: 4:00
Date posted: 13 years ago
Description: In summer 2013, Gezi Park protests, initially small scale demonstrations to stop the redevelopment of Taksim Gezi Park, swept across Turkey over several weeks. Several prominent spokespeople from Taksim Solidarity, a coalition of over 100 organisations, including professional bodies, trade unions and campaigning groups, which organised peaceful demonstrations, held press conferences and challenged the redevelopment project in court, are now facing trial. This video contains an interview with one of them, architect Mücella Yapıcı.
Since this video was made, the authorities lifted the YouTube ban, after 67 days of blocking access.

Tank Man: "It was a David and Goliath moment"

Title: Tank Man: "It was a David and Goliath moment"
Runtime: 4:45
Date posted: 13 years ago
Description: When world renowned photographer Stuart Franklin was standing on a crowded balcony five stories up from Beijing's Tiananmen Square, pointing his camera at a man standing defiant in front of a row of Chinese tanks, he thought he was too far away from the action.

But 25 years after that iconic day on 5 June 1989, the picture has become the ultimate symbol of the power of an individual against the might of the state.

Title: Tiananmen Square - "Remember 04 June"
Runtime: 1:41
Date posted: 13 years ago
Description: Amnesty International members from around the world send their messages of solidarity to the mother's of those that lost their lives in the Tiananmen Square crackdown on 3rd and 4th June 1989.

Title: No foul play Brazil!
Runtime: 1:16
Date posted: 13 years ago
Description: PROTEST IS NOT A CRIME

The lead up to the World Cup has prompted large scale demonstrations and public protests to which the police have responded with use of force, and in some cases "less lethal" weapons such as tear gas and rubber bullets.

Protests are likely to continue in coming weeks and the Brazilian Congress is considering new laws that could be used to crack down on protesters. Additionally, inadequate regulations and training for policing demonstrations pose a risk of more injuries to protesters due to excessive use of force by police.

Everyone has the right to peaceful protest -- to exercise their human rights to freedom of expression and peaceful assembly - and the Brazilian Government has a duty to ensure that they can. That's why we are giving the Brazilian Government a yellow card!
Together we can use our freedom of expression to send them a warning.

Title: Torture: Our Legacy, Our Future
Runtime: 4:21
Date posted: 13 years ago
Description: Electric shocks. Beatings. Rape. Humiliation. Mock executions. Burning. Sleep deprivation. Water torture. Long hours in contorted positions. Use of pincers, drugs, and dogs.

The very words sound like the stuff of nightmares. But every day and across every region of the world, these unimaginable horrors are the reality for countless men, women and children.

Torture is abhorrent. It is barbaric and inhumane. It can never be justified. It is wrong, self-defeating and poisons the rule of law, replacing it with terror. No one is safe when governments allow its use.

30 years ago this year the UN Convention Against Torture came into being. The Convention was groundbreaking: it offered a set of concrete steps to make the global ban on torture a reality, by establishing a set of measures, enshrined in law and specifically designed to prevent torture, punish perpetrators and ensure justice and redress to victims.

These measures intend not only ...

Title: #StopTorture
Runtime: 0:41
Date posted: 13 years ago
Description: http://www.amnesty.org/stoptorture

This new short campaign film by Amnesty International provides a powerful glimpse into the grim reality of torture. The film marks the launch of Amnesty International's new campaign 'Stop Torture' -- highlighting the fact that the barbaric practice of torture is still rife in countries all over the world.

The campaign will unite millions of us around the world to stop torture. For more information on the campaign or to take action, visit http://www.amnesty.org/stoptorture

The narration in the film is a verse from the poem "Tortures" by Nobel Prize in Literature winner, Polish writer Wislawa Szymborska - and reflects the unchanging nature of the brutality of torture. The film is directed by four-times Oscar nominated, Bafta and César awarded French film director Sylvain Chomet through production company Th1ng th2ng.

"Tortures" from 'View with a Grain of Sand' by Wislawa Szymborska, translated from ...

Nowhere Safe - Civilians Under Attack in South Sudan

Title: Nowhere Safe - Civilians Under Attack in South Sudan
Runtime: 3:16
Date posted: 13 years ago
Description: Find out more here: http://www.amnesty.org/en/news/south-sudan-civilians-killed-and-raped-violence-spirals-and-famine-looms-2014-05-08

Amnesty International's investigation into the conflict in South Sudan reveals horrific atrocities committed by both parties, with ethnically motivated attacks on civilians constituting war crimes and crimes against humanity.

Donatella Rovera, Amnesty International's Senior Crisis Researcher visited the region in March 2014 in order to document the situation and the subsequent report catalogues human rights abuses committed by the rival forces loyal to President Salva Kiir and former Vice-President Riek Machar and their respective allied militias, since the conflict erupted in mid-December 2013.

Title: Use Your Power
Runtime: 1:25
Date posted: 13 years ago
Description: Animated commercial commissioned by Amnesty Netherlands for the "Use your power" campaign, explaining what the Amnesty urgent action network can accomplish. This short film explains how Amnesty International's Urgent Action Network works, from receiving news of a prisoner of conscience being arrested or prisoners being ill treated to news being sent out to AI activists and members all over the world via text messages (SMS), email etc to individuals taking action on that persons behalf. Shows how effective these individual acts can be when coordinated to produce a 'louder voice'.

Animated by Cesare Davolio.

Title: Roma: We ask for justice
Runtime: 8:11
Date posted: 13 years ago
Description: European states are failing to curb and in some cases even fuelling discrimination, intimidation and violence against Roma. There has been a marked rise in the frequency of anti-Roma violence in Europe in the last few years. The response to this alarming phenomenon has been inadequate. It is unacceptable that in modern-day Europe some Roma communities live under the constant threat of violence and pogrom-like attacks. All too often European leaders have pandered to the prejudices fuelling anti-Roma violence by branding Roma as anti-social and unwelcome. While generally condemning the most blatant examples of anti-Roma violence, authorities have been reluctant to acknowledge its extent and slow to combat it. For its part, the European Union has been reluctant to challenge member states on the systemic discrimination of Roma that is all too evident.
Amnesty International's report, We ask for justice": Europe's failure to protect Roma from racist violenc, examines hate motivated vio...

Title: The Death Penalty in 2013
Runtime: 3:31
Date posted: 13 years ago
Description: http://www.amnesty.org/death-penalty

The death penalty is the ultimate denial of human rights. It is the premeditated and cold-blooded killing of a human being by the state. This cruel, inhuman and degrading punishment is done in the name of justice.

It violates the right to life as proclaimed in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

Amnesty International opposes the death penalty in all cases without exception regardless of the nature of the crime, the characteristics of the offender, or the method used by the state to kill the prisoner.

Body Artist working on 'My Body My Rights'

Title: Body Artist working on 'My Body My Rights'
Runtime: 2:06
Date posted: 13 years ago
Description: Japan-based artist Hikaru Cho created a series of body art images exclusively for Amnesty International's My Body My Rights campaign on sexual and reproductive rights.

You have the right to choose your partner. This includes your right to determine your own sexual orientation and gender identity, regardless of the sex to which you were assigned at birth.

The kiss
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNzT8FYwNCY

Cracked Face
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2TIwjNisJk

Books
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iF-mfcReIuw

The Key
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZU9Bs-UjaGM

Title: Trigger-happy killng in the West Bank
Runtime: 4:07
Date posted: 13 years ago
Description: Samir Awad was just 16 years old when Israeli soldiers shot and killed him in January 2013 as he fled from the place where a number of Israeli soldiers ambushed a group of Palestinian children who were protesting against the construction of Israel's fence/wall, which cuts across the village of Bodrus, near Ramallah in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT), where they lived. Eyewitnesses attested that Samir Awad and the other children were posing no serious threat to the soldiers who fired at them, or to others. Yet, more than one year later, the Israeli authorities have failed to ensure any accountability for his death or for their soldiers' use of live fire against Samir Awad and the other children.

Read more: http://www.amnesty.org/en/news/trigger-happy-israeli-army-and-police-use-reckless-force-west-bank-2014-02-27

Ethnic cleansing in the Central African Republic

Title: Ethnic cleansing in the Central African Republic
Runtime: 3:26
Date posted: 13 years ago
Description: http://www.amnesty.org/en/news/central-african-republic-ethnic-cleansing-sectarian-violence-2014-02-12

International peacekeepers have failed to prevent the ethnic cleansing of Muslim civilians in the western part of the Central African Republic, Amnesty International said in a report issued today.

To protect the country's remaining Muslim communities, international peacekeeping forces must break the control of anti-balaka militias and station sufficient troops in towns where Muslims are threatened.

"Anti-balaka militias are carrying out violent attacks in an effort to ethnically cleanse Muslims in the Central African Republic," said Joanne Mariner, senior crisis response adviser at Amnesty International.

"The result is a Muslim exodus of historic proportions."

Amnesty International criticized the international community's tepid response to the crisis, noting that international peacekeeping troops have been reluctant to c...

Ukraine must act now to stop escalation of violence

Title: Ukraine must act now to stop escalation of violence
Runtime: 2:01
Date posted: 13 years ago
Description: The use of live ammunition by police in Kyiv would only increase what is already a highly volatile situation, Amnesty International said today after four protesters were killed and the government issued a statement saying that police may start using live ammunition.

The death of a man after being brutally beaten by two riot police officers is another example of pervasive police impunity in Ukraine.

Heather McGill, Amnesty International's Ukraine expert speaks here about the overwhelmingly peaceful demonstrations in Kyiv which turned violent on Sunday night after the government introduced a series of new laws criminalizing protests and severely limiting freedom of assembly, association and expression on Thursday. The new laws came into effect at midnight on Wednesday 22 January.

Find out more here: http://www.amnesty.org

Title: The Apathetics (Official Movie Trailer)
Runtime: 2:06
Date posted: 13 years ago
Description: For more info on Syria refugee resettlement visit: www.amnesty.org/theapathetics
Take Action: Tweet #ResettleSyriaRefugees to your political leader.

European leaders should hang their heads in shame over the pitifully low numbers of refugees from Syria they are prepared to resettle, said Amnesty International. In a briefing published today, An international failure: The Syrian refugee crisis, the organization details how European Union (EU) member states have only offered to open their doors to around 12,000 of the most vulnerable refugees from Syria: just 0.5 per cent of the 2.3 million people who have fled the country."

The EU has miserably failed to play its part in providing a safe haven to the refugees who have lost all but their lives. The number of those it's prepared to resettle is truly pitiful. Across the board European leaders should hang their heads in shame," said Salil Shetty, Secretary General of Amnesty International. The closest European...

Title: Nelson Mandela, a human rights legend
Runtime: 4:52
Date posted: 13 years ago
Description: What does Nelson Mandela mean to you? Post your thoughts and read other people's here: http://www.mandelamemorial.com/

It's impossible to imagine a world without Mandela. His death will leave a massive hole, not just in South Africa but around the world.

He was a truly global leader who repeatedly rejected every injustice in the cause of human rights. He simply refused to accept injustice -- and his courage helped change our entire world.

Mandela's life of political struggle and self-sacrifice became and remains an example to millions around the globe.

In November 2006, Amnesty International declared Nelson Mandela an 'Ambassador of Conscience' in recognition of his work over many years of speaking out against human rights abuses not just in South Africa but around the world.
Accepting the award Mandela said: "Like Amnesty International, I have been struggling for justice and human rights, for long years. I have retired from pub...

Title: U.S. Drones: Will I be next?
Runtime: 4:14
Date posted: 13 years ago
Description: On a sunny fall afternoon in October 2012, 68-year-old Mamana Bibi was killed in a drone strike that appears to have been aimed directly at her. Her grandchildren recounted in painful detail to Amnesty International the moment when Mamana Bibi, who was gathering vegetables in the family fields in Ghundi Kala, North Waziristan was blasted into pieces before their very eyes. Nearly a year later, Mamana Bibi's family has yet to receive even any acknowledgment from US authorities that she was killed, let alone justice or compensation for her death.

Amnesty International's investigations into drone strikes in north western Pakistan have shown that some of these drone strikes could amount to war crimes.

It is time for the USA to come clean about drone killings in Pakistan: time to investigate those responsible and give Mamana Bibi's family and others like them justice.

Title: Evict Them in Five Easy Steps
Runtime: 2:12
Date posted: 13 years ago
Description: In every part of the world people are forced out of their homes without warning or consultation, without access to justice and without compensation. These forced evictions often involve violence. They destroy livelihoods and social networks, and drive people deeper into poverty often resulting in many becoming homeless and destitute. This is why Amnesty International and WITNESS, along with the design firm Pentagram, got together to produce this short animation showing how governments and corporations forcibly evict people.

You can help to end it by taking action:

http://www.witness.org/campaigns/forced-evictions
http://www.amnesty.org/endforcedevictions

Title: When Turkey took torture to the streets
Runtime: 6:48
Date posted: 13 years ago
Description: Turkish authorities committed human rights violations on a massive scale in the government's attempts to crush the Gezi Park protests this summer. The use of live ammunition, tear gas, water cannon, plastic bullets and beatings of protestors left more than 8,000 people injured at the scene of demonstrations, and the deaths of at least three protestors have been linked to the abusive use of force by police.

Title: Ambassador of Conscience Award 2013
Runtime: 2:30
Date posted: 13 years ago
Description: Pakistani schoolgirl and education rights campaigner Malala Yousafzai and American singer, human rights and social justice activist Harry Belafonte were announced as Amnesty International's Ambassadors of Conscience for 2013.

The award is Amnesty International's highest honour, recognizing individuals who have championed human rights through their life and by example. It was presented at a ceremony on Tuesday evening at the Mansion House, Dublin, Ireland.

The 2013 honourees join the other exceptional individuals who have been recognized as Ambassadors of Conscience since the award was established: Vaclav Havel (2003); Mary Robinson and Hilda Morales Trujillo (2004); U2 and Paul McGuinness (2005); Nelson Mandela (2006); Peter Gabriel (2008); and Daw Aung San Suu Kyi (awarded 2009, presented 2012).

Somalia still failing the most vulnerable

Title: Somalia still failing the most vulnerable
Runtime: 2:59
Date posted: 13 years ago
Description: Thousands of people are being forcibly evicted from makeshift camps in Mogadishu as the government presses ahead with plans to clean up the capital. Forced evictions have continued and gathered pace in recent months despite the authorities' failure to find an alternative safe location.

Title: Chile's Hell - Lelia Perez Interview
Runtime: 2:11
Date posted: 13 years ago
Description: The first time Lelia Pérez felt the sear of a cattle prod it was at the hands of a Chilean soldier. She was a 16 year old high school student, used as a guinea pig to help Pinochet's security services hone their skills in torture. They didn't even bother to ask any questions.

Read more here:
http://www.amnesty.org/en/news/life-under-pinochet-they-were-taking-turns-electrocute-us-one-after-other-2013-09-11

Title: Disappearances in Mexico
Runtime: 4:30
Date posted: 13 years ago
Description: Imagine if one day your father or mother or child simply didn't come home.
Since 2006, more than 26,000 people have been reported missing or disappeared in Mexico. The authorities are failing to address a problem that is tearing families apart.

Rape and sexual violence in Somalia an epidemic

Title: Rape and sexual violence in Somalia an epidemic
Runtime: 2:36
Date posted: 13 years ago
Description: Women and children living in Somalia's makeshift camps for displaced people face a high risk of rape and other sexual violence.

Amnesty International researchers spoke with dozens of women and girls who felt at risk of sexual violence. Some of them, one as young as 13, had recently been raped. Most victims said they hadn't reported the attacks to the police because they feared being stigmatised and had little confidence in the authorities' ability or will to investigate.

Amnesty's International Council Meeting 2013

Title: Amnesty's International Council Meeting 2013
Runtime: 2:25
Date posted: 13 years ago
Description: Find out more here: http://amnestyicm2013.wordpress.com/

Improving how Amnesty International operates is paramount to the success of the movement. To keep relevant there is always a need for meticulous evaluation and reporting on everything Amnesty does. For those of you reading this that don't already know, every two years around 500 delegates and supporters across the world set aside time to gather and discuss where the movement is currently at and where it needs to be. This is known as the International Council Meeting (ICM). The ICM is Amnesty's highest decision-making body and a significant element of its democracy in action.

Title: Fighting Pinochet: Amnesty remembers
Runtime: 6:28
Date posted: 13 years ago
Description: Javier Zuniga of Amnesty International has been involved with Chile since 1978. In this interview he looks back at some of the key moments and Amnesty International involvement.

Title: Children of the Jaguar
Runtime: 28:47
Date posted: 13 years ago
Description: A few years ago, the Ecuadorian government gave an oil company permission to drill for oil on land belonging to the Sarayaku Indigenous Community. The Sarayaku were never consulted and they have been fighting the decision ever since. This film shows them take their struggle to the highest regional court in the Americas. If they win, the court's decision will benefit Sarayaku and many other Indigenous groups across the region. It will send a powerful message to all governments asking them to consult with Indigenous communities and request their consent before carrying out development projects that may affect their lives.

Amnesty International has supported the Sarayaku's campaign to defend their rights and the rights of Indigenous peoples across the Americas. For more information about the campaign and the documentary, please email desc.america@amnesty.org.

Title: Hounding of Snowden must stop
Runtime: 1:10
Date posted: 14 years ago
Description: Amnesty International met with US whistleblower Edward Snowden at Moscow's Sheremetyevo Airport on Friday 12 July 2013.

Evidence of violence by Egyptian security forces

Title: Evidence of violence by Egyptian security forces
Runtime: 1:53
Date posted: 14 years ago
Description: Amnesty International's Egypt researcher, Diana Eltahawy, on the ground in Cairo, discusses the organization's findings pointing to the use of excessive force by security forces during violence outside the Republican Guard on Monday in which at least 51 supporters of deposed President Mohamed Morsi were killed.

No whitewash for investigations into Egypt violence

Title: No whitewash for investigations into Egypt violence
Runtime: 2:36
Date posted: 14 years ago
Description: Amnesty International is calling for an urgent independent investigation into the reported deaths of at least 51 people outside the Republican Guard headquarters.

"There is a crucial need for independent and impartial investigations that can be trusted by all sides. However, Egypt's authorities have a poor track record of delivering truth and justice for human rights violations," said Hassiba Hadj Sahraoui, Deputy Director of the Middle East and North Africa Programme.

"Past military investigations have white-washed army abuses, and the authorities have buried the conclusions of a fact-finding report they ordered into protester-killings, refusing to make it public. Egypt's Public Prosecution has spent more time charging government critics than it has prosecuting the police and army for human rights violations."

"Effective investigations are critical to stop officials from repeating human rights violations. The head of the army's Republican G...

How can they get away with this discrimination?

Title: How can they get away with this discrimination?
Runtime: 2:56
Date posted: 14 years ago
Description: Find out more here http://www.amnesty.org/Roma

Special thanks to the ERGO Network and Roma activists who contributed with their input and participated in the making of this video (http://www.ergonetwork.org).

Roma across Europe face widespread and systematic discrimination. Governments are failing to tackle it effectively. Shouldn't the EU intervene if the government's won't act? More than 93,000 activists - including Roma activists from communities and organizations from across Europe and beyond, joined Amnesty's campaign "Human rights Here, Roma rights Now" calling on the European Commission to step in to end discrimination against Roma.

Thousands of Syrians forgotten and stuck on the border

Title: Thousands of Syrians forgotten and stuck on the border
Runtime: 3:07
Date posted: 14 years ago
Description: Since August-September 2012, when the Turkish government closed its borders to Syrian refugees, tens of thousands of Syrians fleeing the war are stuck in sprawling makeshift camps along the border.

Close to six million Syrians have been displaced by the conflict in their country, which continues to cause more death and destruction every day. The vast majority -- 4.25 million -- of those forced from their homes are stuck in Syria. These internally displaced people (IDPs) are extremely vulnerable. Many IDPs are trapped in areas under the control of opposition forces, which are being relentlessly bombarded by government forces, and receive little or no international aid.

Roma evicted and pushed to the margins in Romania

Title: Roma evicted and pushed to the margins in Romania
Runtime: 4:58
Date posted: 14 years ago
Description: The Romanian authorities betray thousands of their citizens through broken promises and total disregard of their right to adequate housing. Take action to end forced evictions in Romania, here - http://www.amnesty.org/Roma

'Roma evicted and pushed to the margins in Romania' presents the experiences of people pushed out from their homes, out of their neighbourhoods and communities at the peripheries of their cities.

The video features interviews with Claudia, Dusia and Rodica.

Claudia Greta, now in her late twenties, lived in Coastei Street in the western Romanian city of Cluj-Napoca since she was nine until 2010, when the city authorities forcibly evicted the entire neighbourhood. The residents were relocated to Pata Rât, an area on the outskirts of the city, known for its landfill and former chemical waste dump. A number of families were not provided with any alternative housing at all.

Rodica was one of around 500 people who resi...

Title: Water canon & tear gas in Taksim Square
Runtime: 0:54
Date posted: 14 years ago
Description: Video showing Turkish Riot police attempting to clear Istanbul's Taksim Square today (June 11th). They used water canon and then tear gas on peaceful protesters. It was filmed by Amnesty International's Researcher on Turkey, Andrew Gardner.

Turkish protesters want the Prime Minister to listen

Title: Turkish protesters want the Prime Minister to listen
Runtime: 1:34
Date posted: 14 years ago
Description: Amnesty International Turkey researcher Andrew Gardner video blogs from Taksim Square Istanbul.

Title: Eritrea's forgotten prisons exposed
Runtime: 3:29
Date posted: 14 years ago
Description: On 24 May 1993, Eritrea was formally recognised as an independent nation after a UN-supervised referendum that confirmed the country's separation from Ethiopia, against whom it had fought a 30-year war. Twenty years on from the euphoric celebrations and promise of independence, thousands of prisoners of conscience and political prisoners languish in Eritrea's prisons without charge or trial, for expressing their opinion, practising their religion or attempting to flee the repression in their country.
Throughout the 20 years of Eritrea's independence, the government of President Isaias Afewerki has systematically used arbitrary arrest and detention to crush all opposition, to silence all dissent, and to punish anyone who refuses to comply with the repressive system. Thousands of prisoners of conscience and political prisoners have disappeared into secret and incommunicado arbitrary detention -- without charge or trial, and with no contact with the outside world.

Title: Human rights here, Roma rights now
Runtime: 3:55
Date posted: 14 years ago
Description: Video to promote the campaign 'Human rights here, Roma rights now'. The video includes footage from Roma communities in Romania, Czech Republic and Italy. It calls on the European commission to take stronger action to fight discrimination against Roma.

We did it! The Arms Trade Treaty is adopted

Title: We did it! The Arms Trade Treaty is adopted
Runtime: 4:28
Date posted: 14 years ago
Description: After long years of campaigning by Amnesty International and the civil society movement, most countries have agreed to adopt a global treaty that can prevent the flow of arms into countries where they will be used to commit atrocities.

The treaty also obligates all governmentsto assess the risk of transferring arms, ammunition or components to another country where they could be used to commit or facilitate serious violations of international humanitarian and human rights law. Where that overriding risk is real and cannot be mitigated, states have agreed the transfer will not go forward.

Israel must not force people into military service

Title: Israel must not force people into military service
Runtime: 0:57
Date posted: 14 years ago
Description: Since this February 2013 interview, Natan Blanc spent another 20 days in prison and is expected to return to jail in April.

A handful of Israeli teenagers go to prison every year because they refuse to serve in their country's army on grounds of conscience.

So far he has served 116 days in jail. Every few weeks he is released, then tried and imprisoned again after repeating his refusal to join the army.

Amnesty investigates war crimes in Syria

Title: Amnesty investigates war crimes in Syria
Runtime: 3:12
Date posted: 14 years ago
Description: This video was put together with footage brought back from Syria. Amnesty International researcher Donatella Rovera witnessed first hand the devastating effect the conflict is having on the population.

Title: Iraq's lethal confession culture
Runtime: 6:29
Date posted: 14 years ago
Description: Ten years since the US led invasion and Iraq remains enmeshed in a cycle of human rights abuses, including attacks on civilians, torture of detainees and unfair trials. The new Iraq has become one of the world's leading executioners with 129 prisoners hanged in 2012 and hundreds more languishing on death row.
For more info visit: http://amnesty.org/region/iraq

Title: The Syrian war on civilians
Runtime: 7:41
Date posted: 14 years ago
Description: Demand the protection of civilians in Syria sign the petitions here: http://www.amnesty.org/syriacivilians.

Since protests began in 2011, the situation in Syria has descended into an internal armed conflict -- with much of the country suffering from fighting between the security forces and armed opposition groups. Systematic and widespread human rights abuses, including crimes against humanity and war crimes, are rife, with civilians bearing the brunt. Amnesty International calls on all sides to stop indiscriminate attacks, protect civilians, and respect the 'laws of war'.

Title: Miriam's Story - Torture in Mexico
Runtime: 3:07
Date posted: 14 years ago
Description: 30-year-old housewife and mother of four children, Miriam López, from Mexico, tells her story after being arbitrarily arrested, tortured and raped by Mexican soldiers.

Take action here: https://www.amnesty.org//en/appeals-for-action/Torture-in-Mexico

Title: Revenge and repression in Cote d'Ivoire
Runtime: 3:40
Date posted: 14 years ago
Description

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