Microsoft: Don't Be a Partner of Censorship
Amnesty International is concerned about the ways Microsoft may be aiding the repression of freedom to information and expression in China. According to recent reports, Microsoft's search engine blocks searches under key words such as "freedom", "democracy", "human rights", "Falun Gong", and "demonstration", among others. Users of Microsoft Spaces are also prohibited from using these and other words on the weblogs they create.
Help Prevent the Execution of a Juvenile in Saudi Arabia
Domestic worker Rizana Nafeek was sentenced to death in Saudi Arabia for a murder committed when she was just 17 years old. Saudi Arabia is a state party to the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), which expressly prohibits the execution of offenders for crimes committed when they were under 18 years old. The case has been sent to the King for ratification of the death sentence; if the King does ratify the death sentence, Rizana Nafeek will be at imminent risk of execution by beheading.
Lift the Gaza Blockade!
More than 1.5 million Palestinian men, women, and children have been trapped in the Gaza Strip for over three years by the Israeli blockade.
Call on President Obama to urge Israel to lift the blockade of Gaza.