No child should be sentenced to death. And no mother should go through the anguish of burying a child who has been executed... Add your name to end child executions?... Amnesty International is part of the World Coalition against the Death Penalty.

Tomorrow, July 22, 2009, two imprisoned indigenous rights activists will appeal their case before Colombian courts to have the baseless charges against them dropped. Arney Antonio Tapasco Reyes and Felix Antonio Hernandez Alcalde have long advocated for

Schools torched. Classrooms hit with poison gas. Acid thrown in their faces. Girls risk life and limb to learn even as attacks by insurgents mount. You can help: The Afghan Women Empowerment Act would fund educational opportunities and keep them safe.

Ban Ki Moon, the UN Secretary-General, asked the leader of Burmese junta to release the detained democracy leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, today but was refused the chance to meet her in an unpromising start to an important two-day visit.

Children in Australia's aboriginal communities are six times more likely to be abused or neglected than the country's non-indigenous children. Young girls are also routinely raped, often by packs of men, amidst an entrenched culture of silence.

Private investment in the Amazon brought misery to its indigenous people. Logging and other activities ruined tribal lands and set off protests leading to the revocation of laws to further open the Amazon to outsiders. The Indians beat them by a knockout.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad declared that his disputed reelection gave him a mandate to continue his domestic and international policies and spoke out defiantly against the West in a televised speech meant to shore up his legitimacy.

Demonstrations are planned in more than 200 cities and towns across the country, protesting last month's disputed election. Participants are advised to carry nothing heavier than a rose. They are struggling for freedom, spirituality and human rights.

Iran - Break The Blackout The crackdown and blackout on Iran's streets and internet is silencing the voices of protesters. Iranians urgently need internet access to communicate with each other and world.

New Zealand escaped serious damage after a magnitude-7.8 earthquake struck off South Island, triggering a tsunami alert that extended to Australia. The quake, which hit at 9:22 p.m. local time yesterday, was the largest since 1931, when a temblor