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.

Latest editions

You can download PDFs of the last few editions of Wire by clicking on the links below.

June - July 2009 (pdf, 24 pages, 2 MB) - 28 May 2009

The Wire magazine june july
Demand Dignity (pages 2)
Indigenous Rights in Paraguay (page 5)
Human Rights Defenders (pages 15-17)

World Wide Appeals and postcards Jun/July 2009
Demand Dignity activism tool June/July 2009
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The Wire magazine april may

April - May 2009 (pdf, 24 pages, 1.6 MB)

3 April 2009

When Rescuers Become Casualties (pages 2-4)
On the right way to justice (page 5)
Childhood Denied (pages 15-17)

World Wire Appeals April/May 2009
Action postcards April/May 2009
The Wire magazine february march

February - March 2009 (pdf, 24 pages, 2.1 MB)

9 February 2009

Women make history (pages 4-6)
'I had to stay quiet...' Sexual violence during haiti carnival(pages 7-8)
War in Eastern Congo(pages 17-19)

World Wide Appeals February March 2009
Violence Against Haitian Girls Action Postcards
Zimbabwe: Hunger Is Not A Political Tool Action Postcards
Wire - december 2008

December 2008 (pdf, 24 pages, 5.5 MB)

20 November 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)
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)