Category: MIL-OSI

Source: Greenpeace Statement –

Belém, Brazil, November 2025 As the first week of COP30 ends, Greenpeace is calling on world leaders to turn promises into action by adopting a clear plan to end deforestation by 2030, phase out fossil fuels, and deliver fair climate finance that keeps the 1.5°C goal alive.

Jasper Inventor, Deputy Programme Director at Greenpeace International, said: “We still need this COP to deliver a real plan to bridge the 1.5°C ambition gap. There has been some progress this week, but what the world needs now is not another roadmap. It is action.”

The latest UN report shows that countries’ current plans would reduce global emissions by only 12% by 2035, far below the 60% cut needed to avoid climate catastrophe. Greenpeace’s projections and imagery displayed at the COP venue reminded negotiators of the devastating climate impacts already unfolding around the world.

The 2025 Land Gap Report revealed that governments are far from meeting the global target to stop deforestation by 2030. Bonaventure Bondo, Forest Campaigner at Greenpeace Africa, said: “We are failing to protect our forests. The Congo Basin is a critical piece of the 1.5°C solution. COP30 must deliver a concrete action plan to halt deforestation and reverse forest degradation by 2030.”

Greenpeace is calling for a new permanent UNFCCC agenda item to track and deliver the New Collective Quantified Goal on climate finance, which should replace the outdated 100 billion dollar target. The organisation is urging developed countries to provide public, grant-based funding and to advance polluter-pays taxation that secures predictable support for developing nations.

Anna Carcamo, Climate Politics Specialist at Greenpeace Brazil, said: “This COP has been described as the COP of Implementation and the COP of Truth. To live up to those names, it must deliver finance that is real, fair and accessible. For millions of people, this is not about opportunity. It is about survival. Climate finance is, above all, climate justice.”

Greenpeace concludes that COP30 can still be a turning point if governments follow their words with immediate and measurable action that protects people, forests and the planet.

ENDS

[1] UNFCCC NDC Synthesis Report

[2] The Land Gap Report

Contact :

Ibrahima Ka NDOYE, Coordonnateur des Communication Internationales, Greenpeace Afrique, +221 77 843 71 72 / [email protected] 

Source: Amnesty International –

Responding to today’s decision by Bangladesh’s International Crimes Tribunal to sentence former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and former Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal to death after convicting them in absentia of crimes against humanity, Amnesty International’s Secretary General, Agnès Callamard, said: 

“Those individually responsible for the egregious violations and allegations of crimes against humanity that took place during the student-led protests in July and August 2024 must be investigated and prosecuted in fair trials. However, this trial and sentence is neither fair nor just. Victims need justice and accountability, yet the death penalty simply compounds human rights violations. It’s the ultimate cruel, degrading and inhuman punishment and has no place in any justice process. 

“More than 1,400 people were killed and thousands injured between July and August 2024. Justice for survivors and victims demands that fiercely independent and impartial proceedings, which meet international human rights standards are conducted. Instead, this trial has been conducted before a court that Amnesty International has long criticized for its lack of independence and history of unfair proceedings. Further, the unprecedented speed of this trial in absentia and verdict raises significant fair trial concerns for a case of this scale and complexity. Although Sheikh Hasina was represented by a court-appointed lawyer, the time to prepare a defence was manifestly inadequate. Such unfair trial indicators are compounded by reports that defence cross examination of evidence deemed to be contradictory was not allowed. 

Justice for survivors and victims demands that fiercely independent and impartial proceedings, which meet international human rights standards are conducted

Amnesty International’s Secretary General, Agnès Callamard

“This was not a fair trial. The victims of July 2024 deserve far better. Bangladesh needs a justice process that is scrupulously fair and fully impartial beyond all suspicion of bias and does not resort to order further human rights violations through the death penalty. Only then can genuine and meaningful truth, justice and reparations be delivered.” 

Amnesty International opposes the death penalty in all cases without exception, regardless of the nature or circumstances of the crime; guilt, innocence or other characteristics of the individual; or the method used by the state to carry out the execution.  

Background 

Mass protests erupted in July 2024 in response to the reinstatement of a 30% quota in government jobs for the children of freedom fighters, which the protesters felt favoured supporters of the ruling party. The protests intensified after Bangladeshi authorities used unlawful violence against largely peaceful protesters, and calls mounted for the resignation of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s government. Hasina fled Bangladesh following the deadly violence and prosecutors filed charges against her, other members of government and security forces before the International Crimes Tribunal in June. 

Last year, Amnesty International  documented the violence and repression in Bangladesh in response to the students-led quota-reform protests across the country. We published a video verification series documenting evidence of the unlawful use of both lethal and less-lethal force against student protesters. 

Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun, the former police chief who turned into a state witness, was sentenced to five years in prison. He plead guilty, and was tried in-person. 

Amnesty International has repeatedly criticized Bangladesh’s International Crimes Tribunal for politically influenced trials and systemic fair trial violations, including pressure for death sentences and contempt proceedings against critics (2013 statement, 2014 statement). 

Source: Amnesty International –

The Dominican Republic has among the lowest levels of public investment in health in Latin America and the Caribbean. But instead of strengthening its system, the government has blamed the population perceived as Haitian and has introduced a protocol in public hospitals that ties care to migratory status and puts these people at risk of being arrested and deported, Amnesty International warned today in the report Health without stigma: How the Dominican Republic’s migration policies affect the right to health.

“This protocol is a smokescreen used by President Luis Abinader to try to hide the fact that his administration and the ones before it have not invested enough to guarantee the right to health”, said Ana Piquer, Americas Director at Amnesty International. “Dominican hospitals should be places of care and protection, not spaces of fear and surveillance. The government must invest sufficient resources in health and immediately roll back all measures that scare people away from getting medical care because of their nationality or migratory status“, she added.

This protocol is a smokescreen used by President Luis Abinader to try to hide the fact that his administration and the ones before it have not invested enough to guarantee the right to health 

Ana Piquer, Americas Director at Amnesty International.

On 6 April 2025, President Luis Abinader implemented a set of migration-related measures, including the “Procedure for the management of health services for foreign patients.” This protocol requires foreigners to present identification, a passport with a valid visa, a work card issued by the Directorate of Migration, and proof of home address as requirements for hospital admission. Foreigners who do not present these documents face being arrested and deported after receiving care. According to the president, these measures aim to “control the surge of patients in public hospitals” and guarantee the rights of Dominicans. 

Amnesty International has analysed this issue using data from Dominican National Health Service facilities and household surveys, as well as from interviews with experts and health service users. According to the information the organization examined, health care access and availability issues in the country are not caused by Haitian refugees overwhelming the services. Rather, they can be explained by the state’s gradual failure to invest in health, in spite of its international obligations to use the maximum available resources possible to guarantee the right to health.

Amnesty International also finds that implementing the protocol impedes Haitians’ right to health, increasing inequality in access to health and limiting public health efforts for the country’s entire population.

Source: Greenpeace Statement –

Belém, Brazil, 15 November 2025 — Greenpeace joined more than 40,000 people at the Global Climate March in Belém to end the first week of the UN climate conference, today.

Activists carried messages demanding respect for the Amazon and to make polluters pay using a giant climate polluters bill showing projected loss and damage attributed to top oil and gas corporations[1]. The Global Climate March was organised by civil society organisations and Indigenous Peoples groups from several parts of the world.

Photos and videos of the Global Climate March will be available in the Greenpeace Media Library.

Carolina Pasquali, Executive Director, Greenpeace Brazil said: “We are tens of thousands here today, on the streets of Belém, to show negotiators at COP30 that this is what people power looks like. Yesterday we found out that one in every 25 COP30 participants is a fossil fuel lobbyist, proportionally a 12% increase from last year’s COP. How can the climate crisis be solved while those creating it are influencing the talks and delaying decisions? The people are getting fed up – enough talking, we need action and we need it now.”

Abdoulaye Diallo, Co-Head of Greenpeace International’s campaign to make polluters pay: “We are taking to the streets because, while governments are not acting fast enough to make polluters pay for their climate damages at COP30, extreme weather events continue to wreak havoc across the globe. That is why we are here, carrying the climate polluters bill, showing the projected economic damages of more than US$5 trillion from the emissions of just five oil and gas companies over the last decade. Fossil fuel companies are destroying our planet, and people are paying the price. Negotiators must wake up to the growing public and political pressure to make polluters pay, and agree to new polluter taxes in the final COP30 outcome.”

Sherelee Odayar, Oil & Gas campaign lead, Greenpeace Africa said: “Across Africa, the climate crisis is showing up as flooded homes, failed harvests and heatwaves, not as lines in a negotiation text. Governments are being pushed to take on more debt and cut public services just to pay for the damage. Making polluters pay is about flipping this injustice: instead of communities in Africa footing the bill, the fossil fuel corporations that knowingly caused this crisis must cover the costs of loss and damage, adaptation and a just energy transition. If COP30 does not agree on polluter taxes and new public finance for the global south, it will be choosing corporate profits over African lives and futures.” 

At COP30, Greenpeace is calling for a Global Response Plan to address the 1.5°C ambition gap and accelerate emissions reductions in this critical decade; a new, dedicated 5-year Forest Action Plan to end deforestation by 2030; and the establishment of a new standing UNFCCC agenda item to drive New Collective Quantified Goal (NCQG) delivery, particularly scaling-up public finance from developed countries, and advance polluter-pays taxation to unlock scaled-up public finance for developing countries.

ENDS

Notes

[1] The quantification of economic damages since 2015 was provided to Greenpeace International by Prof. James Rising of the University of Delaware and Dr. Lisa Rennels of Stanford University. The analysis uses data from the Carbon Majors Database and the SCC methodology. The SCC was used by former US administrations and policy analysts to assign a dollar value to future damages from an additional ton of CO₂ between the year of its emissions through to the year 2300. 

Emissions data for the oil and gas companies was provided by the Carbon Majors Database, which in turn sources emissions data from publicly available company reports.

Contact:

Greenpeace International Press Desk, +31 (0)20 718 2470 (available 24 hours), [email protected]

Join the Greenpeace UNFCCC WhatsApp Group for more updates. 

Source: Greenpeace Statement –

BELÉM, BRAZIL, Monday 17 November 2025 — Ten years after the Paris Agreement, Greenpeace International has launched a new report at COP30, revealing the insufficient climate ambition in the 2035 NDCs of the G20 countries.

The report, 2035 Climate Ambition Gap, was released at the UN climate change conference in Belém as part of Greenpeace’s call for governments, including Australia, to agree on a Global Response Plan to ensure the 1.5°C limit remains in reach.

Australia’s new 2035 NDC submitted in September is not aligned with what the science says is needed to limit warming to 1.5°C — the limit agreed by countries under the landmark Paris Agreement 10 years ago.

Tracy Carty, Climate Politics Expert, Greenpeace International, said: “When the G20 countries – responsible for 80% of global emissions – deliver collective ambition that falls dangerously short, the world has a problem. With 85% of the global economy behind them, the G20’s decisions shape trade, investment and technology worldwide. Their choices will make or break the 1.5°C goal, but their plans amount to just a 23-29% cut in emissions towards the 60% reduction globally that is needed.”

“Given their historic responsibility for emissions and greater capacity to act, developed G20 countries should be out front, cutting emissions far in excess of the 60% global average needed. But taken together, G20 developed country NDCs amount to only a 51% – 57% cut from 2019 levels – a striking failure to lead from those expected to drive global ambition.” 

The Greenpeace analysis also assessed the energy related content of G20 NDCs and found that none of them have credible plans to phase out the fuels driving the climate crisis.

Australia is one of the world’s top fossil fuel exporters, yet its 2035 NDCs fails to include a plan or a timeline to phase them out. 

Jasper Inventor, Deputy Programme Director, Greenpeace International, said: “At this COP we are fighting for a Global Response Plan to bridge the 1.5°C ambition gap. That must include a roadmap to phase out fossil fuels and include an action plan to end deforestation. We’ve seen progress in week one, but we need an outcome that leads to change and not just another roadmap to nowhere.”

“We must ensure COP30 leads to urgent action to phase out fossil fuels and fast-track renewables. But it must also yield progress for crucially needed climate finance, including steps towards making polluters pay for climate damages and a just transition. COP30 must deliver an outcome that accelerates real action.”

-ENDS-

Download the report The 2035 Climate Ambition Gap

Photos are available from the Greenpeace Media Library

For more information or interviews contact Kate O’Callaghan on +61 406 231 892 or [email protected]

Source: Amnesty International –

Moldova’s diverse and multi-lingual media face multiple challenges, including restrictions based on vague national legislation, penalties that are unwarranted and fail to follow due process, harassment, as well as direct reporting restrictions in Russian-occupied Transnistria, Amnesty International said in a new report published today.

The report, Media freedom in Moldova: Fragility, undue restrictions and self-censorship in the face of polarized politics, documents the risks to media due to measures taken by the Moldovan authorities, including the introduction and abuse of emergency powers, particularly since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. It shows how the authorities have resorted to the suspension of broadcasting licenses without transparency or judicial oversight to counter the spread of Russia-originated disinformation and misinformation and alleged Russian attempts to illegally sway Moldova’s politics, underlined by the Russian war of aggression in neighbouring Ukraine.

“The Moldovan authorities argue that such measures are a necessary response to the country’s security needs. Yet, this response to external threats fails to comply with the requirements of legality, necessity and proportionality. It puts independent journalism and freedom of expression itself at risk,” said Veaceslav Tofan, Executive Director of Amnesty International Moldova.

“In government-controlled Moldova, these emergency measures alongside a lack of protection against harassment and vague legislation, have led to self-censorship even among some pro-European media. Elsewhere, the situation is plainly dire. The authorities must not put fundamental freedoms at risk.

“Moldova’s authorities must protect media freedom and develop media regulations in consultation with media and civil society, not seek to control the country’s information space through controversial legislation and extrajudicial punitive measures.”

Moldova’s authorities must protect media freedom and develop media regulations in consultation with media and civil society, not seek to control the country’s information space through controversial legislation and extrajudicial punitive measures

Veaceslav Tofan, Executive Director of Amnesty International Moldova

Introduction of new controversial legislation and sanctions for media

Following the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, Moldova’s parliament imposed a new state of emergency which granted the Commission for Exceptional Situations (CES), a non-judicial authority, the powers to introduce new media regulations and impose sanctions on media for breaking them. Before the state of emergency expired, the CES suspended the broadcasting licenses of 12 TV channels, and blocked access to dozens of websites, in response to alleged media-related threats from Russia.

The CES’s non-judicial powers expired at the same time as the state of emergency, on 30 December 2023, only to be transferred to the Council for the Promotion of Investment Projects of National Importance (CPIPNI), under swiftly passed legislation which, absurdly, purported to ensure “integrity and functionality of the electricity market.” The CPIPNI has de-licensed without due process guarantees, permanently or temporarily, at least 18 TV and radio channels, for either belonging to physical and legal persons of interest to the security services or merely suspected of belonging to such persons due to opaque ownership arrangements.

Apart from swiftly passing controversial new laws, the government continues to rely on earlier, overly restrictive and vaguely worded legislation, which prohibits dissemination of disinformation, without clearly defining the term, and retransmission of “audiovisual television and radio programmes with informative, informative-analytical, military and political content” produced outside of a limited list of countries, which manifestly excludes Russia.

Journalists from the affected media outlets complained to Amnesty International that the authorities disallowed coverage of certain topics, like the Russian authorities’ position on the Russian war against Ukraine, from an alternative – that the authorities would understand as pro-Russian – point of view.

A high-ranking Moldovan official argued that de-licensing media outlets outside of a judicial process was a “war-time measure” needed in response to media-related threats posed by Russia, compounded by the challenges posed by the “dysfunctionality” and slowness of the courts in Moldova.

For affected media, the only option is to challenge the penalties after they are applied. Six of the TV channels delicensed by the CES challenged the decision in court. The judge upheld the penalty in a ruling based solely on a review of procedural compliance, and not the lawfulness of the CES’s decision with regards to its compliance with Moldova’s international human rights obligations.

“When the government decides it can bypass judicial oversight when applying penalties as severe as media de-licensing, and rushes through legislation which ‘legalizes’ this approach, it harms all Moldova’s media and undermines human rights. It leads to self-censorship, stifles free expression and obstructs access to legal remedies. Such measures directly contravene international human rights law, and must be promptly reversed,” said Veaceslav Tofan.

When the government decides it can bypass judicial oversight when applying penalties as severe as media de-licensing, and rushes through legislation which ‘legalizes’ this approach, it harms all Moldova’s media and undermines human rights

Veaceslav Tofan, Executive Director of Amnesty International Moldova

Harassment of journalists in Gagauzia and suppression of freedom of expression in Transnistria

The challenges faced by media are even more visible in Moldova’s regions. In the autonomous region of Gagauzia, journalists from media outlets that criticize regional authorities complain of harassment and obstruction. A journalist who worked for the regional public broadcaster felt compelled to resign from her job after publishing an article presenting an alternative view to that of local leaders on gas supplies from Russia.

In the Russian-occupied region of Transnistria, freedom of expression is virtually non-existent, with local legislation criminalizing the “insult” of officials, criticism or “distortion” of “the positive peacekeeping role” of Russian troops, as well as “rehabilitation of Nazism” and “dissemination of deliberately false information” about the USSR’s activities during World War II. Journalists from the government-controlled territory of Moldova are regarded as “foreign,” and cannot work freely in Transnistria.

Amnesty International calls on the Moldovan authorities to revise all media-related legislation in line with international standards, end the misuse of legislation against journalists and broadcasters, and ensure that all restrictions and sanctions against media are subject to independent judicial review. The organisation also urges the authorities to protect journalists from harassment and violence, including online threats, and to guarantee the human right to freedom of expression across the entire territory of Moldova, including Gagauzia and Transnistria.

Source: Greenpeace Statement –

BELÉM, BRAZIL, Sunday 16 November 2025 – Australia’s bid to host COP31 in partnership with the Pacific hangs in the balance as Climate and Energy Minister Chris Bowen lands in Belém, Brazil for the second week of the UN climate summit.

Minister Bowen arrives in the Amazon city for the crucial second week of talks, with the COP31 hosting standoff finally due to be settled, and countries potentially on the cusp of a breakthrough on fossil fuels. 

Speaking from Belém, Dr Simon Bradshaw, COP31 Lead at Greenpeace Australia Pacific, said: “As Minister Bowen lands in Belém, it’s clear there’s now everything to play for. Now is the time for bold climate leadership, true partnership, and for resisting the fossil fuel industry. 

“With the US absent and detached from reality, the world desperately needs countries like Australia to step up. There has never been more at stake, or more opportunity to be a force for good in the world.

“All talk here in Belém is about building a new ‘roadmap’ to guide the transition away from fossil fuels — the fundamental challenge in limiting warming to 1.5°C and protecting communities from the ravages of climate chaos.

“It looks likely the work begun here on a fossil fuels roadmap will then be handed to the next COP host to finish the job. This could place Australia and the Pacific in a powerful position to help accelerate the world’s phase out of fossil fuels. But first we need to secure COP31.

“Pacific leadership and diplomacy were on full display over the first week, setting the agenda on closing the 1.5°C emissions gap. It’s time for Australia to get off the fence and get squarely behind its Pacific family. It’s time to show the world that a COP31 in Australia, if it is a true partnership with the Pacific, is a vital opportunity to accelerate global climate action during this make-or-break decade.”

-ENDS-

Greenpeace has a range of spokespeople on the ground in Belém, Brazil including Pacific leaders, climate and policy experts. 

For more information or interviews contact Kate O’Callaghan on +61 406 231 892 or [email protected]

Source: Greenpeace Statement –

BELÉM, BRAZIL, Saturday 15 November 2025 — Greenpeace Australia Pacific joined an estimated 40,000 people in the Global Climate March today in Belém, the end of the first week of the COP30 climate summit.

Photos and videos of the Global Climate March are available in the Greenpeace Media Library.

The Global Climate March was organised by civil society organisations and Indigenous Peoples groups from around the world. Activists carried messages demanding ‘Respect for the Amazon’ and to ‘Make Polluters Pay’, using a giant climate polluters ‘bill’ showing projected loss and damage attributed to top oil and gas corporations[1]. 

The figure includes Australian gas multinational Woodside, whose climate damage bill was calculated at over US$ 110 billion (AUD $168 billion) since the Paris Agreement was signed ten years ago. Research compiled by Greenpeace in 2024 showed the emissions from Woodside’s Burrup Hub gas project in WA, which includes its planned Browse gas field, was 125 times the annual emissions of Pacific nations combined.

Shiva Gounden, Head of Pacific at Greenpeace Australia Pacific, said: “As we’ve just seen from the devastation caused by Typhoon Fung-Wong that barrelled through the Philippines, the costs of the ongoing failure to confront our fossil fuel addiction is overwhelmingly clear.

“Fossil fuel corporations like Woodside are making huge profits from doubling-down on gas extraction and blocking climate action, while ordinary people around the world pay the price. 

“At a time when the UN warns how dangerously off course we are from the 1.5°C target, Woodside plans to drill for more dirty gas underneath Scott Reef off the coast of Western Australia as part of its Browse project, currently undergoing federal approvals. 

“It’s time to make polluters pay for the destruction they are causing, to people and our planet, driven by greed. There is no scenario where new fossil fuels are compatible with a 1.5°C world — our lives and livelihoods are at stake.”

Carolina Pasquali, Executive Director at Greenpeace Brazil, said: “We are tens of thousands here today, on the streets of Belém, to show negotiators at COP30 that this is what people power looks like. 

“Yesterday we found out that one in every 25 COP30 participants is a fossil fuel lobbyist, proportionally a 12% increase from last year’s COP. How can the climate crisis be solved while those creating it are influencing the talks and delaying decisions? The people are getting fed up – enough talking, we need action and we need it now.”

In Belém at COP30, Greenpeace Australia Pacific is calling on the Australian government to:

• Keep the 1.5C Paris Agreement goal alive by halting new fossil fuel projects, committing to a fast, fair phase out of fossil fuels including exports, and revising Australia’s NDC to a science-aligned target.
• Ensure more grant-based climate finance for mitigation, adaption, and loss and damage. 
• Introduce a polluters pay mechanism that would unlock climate finance, and ensure fossil fuel corporations pay their fair share for climate damage.
• Support action to protect forests and biodiversity, including a new 5-year Forest Action Plan to fulfil the goal of ending deforestation and forest degradation by 2030.

-ENDS-

Notes to Editor:

[1] The quantification of economic damages since 2015 was provided to Greenpeace International by Prof. James Rising of the University of Delaware and Dr. Lisa Rennels of Stanford University. The analysis uses data from the Carbon Majors Database and the Social Cost of Carbon (SCC) methodology. The SCC was used by former US administrations and policy analysts to assign a dollar value to future damages from an additional ton of CO₂ between the year of its emissions through to the year 2300. 

Emissions data for the oil and gas companies was provided by the Carbon Majors Database, which in turn sources emissions data from publicly available company reports.

For more information or interviews contact Kate O’Callaghan on +61 406 231 892 or [email protected]

Source: Amnesty International –

Let love win this Christmas and choose gifts with purpose from the Amnesty Shop  

Samples and high-res images available  

‘Giving and receiving a gift from the Amnesty shop feels like a giant hug and a high five for humanity’ – Kerry Moscogiuri 

Amnesty International UK has launched its Christmas Catalogue 2025, with hundreds of ethical and sustainable gift ideas that will bring joy to friends and family whilst supporting vital human rights work.  

From homeware and quirky stocking fillers, to a whole range aimed to show support for the people of Palestine, Amnesty’s diverse and unique gift collection means you will find something for everyone.   

Kerry Moscogiuri, Amnesty International’s Director of Campaigns and Communications, said:   

“When the world feels more divided than ever, choosing your gifts from Amnesty International UK’s beautiful array of ethically sourced items is a small act of kindness and solidarity.  

“It’s a gesture that goes a long way to support our vital human rights work and means you can share the ever-important messages of freedom, justice and equality with your loved ones.  

“Giving and receiving a gift from the Amnesty shop feels like a giant hug and a high five for humanity.” 

Proceeds will be used to enable vital human rights work in the UK and around the world – wherever it is needed most. 

Messages of love and light 

Amnesty’s creative range of sustainable festive cards, sold in packs of ten, mean that there is no need to leave anyone off your Christmas list this year. Designs include snowy puffins, cuddly hedgehogs and candles for peace and include a message of ‘Seasons Greetings’ in 9 different languages with space for your own message. For those who prefer not to send a paper card, why not send a Virtual Gift via one of our e-gift cards. Amnesty’s virtual gifts provide minimum fuss and maximum impact.  

Our fragrant, hand-poured candles are another meaningful way to share the message of peace in the world this year. Choose from our Amnesty International Christmas Candle with notes of nutmeg, orange and cinnamon or the ‘Gaza in our Hearts’ candle made with grape and fig (part of the Gaza Pride and Resilience collection).  

Secret Santa and stocking fillers 

Ditch the tat and nab ethically sourced and fairtrade gifts for under a tenner. Try the mulled wine vegan soap bar, mini matchbox cross stitch packs  or hangover incense as welcome relief after the office Christmas party.  

We’ve got you covered with keeping the kids entertained while you cook the Christmas feast this year. From Love Wins activity packs and stickers to gingerbread decorating kits, eco dough, spiral designers and puzzles, there is no need to look anywhere else for gifts for your little ones.  

Home is where the heart is 

There is a delightful range of handmade homeware to bring warmth and cosiness during the cold winter months. Shoppers can choose from hand-knitted water bottle covers, quirky Ian Snow candle stick holders, and embroidered cushion covers to bring style and comfort to their homes.  

For foodie friends and family there are some delicious ethical food gift ideas for the Christmas menu which could all be displayed beautifully on our vibrant fairtrade linen tablecloths and traditionally made Palestinian ceramics.  

Why not try some Palestinian artisan foods including olive oil, dates and roasted nuts, add flavour with a Spice Kitchen feasting kit, or indulge with hot chocolate kits and Delicious Dissent chocolate bars in a range of flavours, including Christmas Pudding!   

So, whatever you do this Christmas, fill up your Christmas shopping trolley with ethical, fair-trade gifts and support our fight for human rights.  

Source: Amnesty International –

Military courts continue to investigate possible human rights violations and crimes under international law committed by members of the Colombian security forces, despite express prohibitions in national and international standards, Amnesty International said today in a new report.

The report Insist, persist, resist and never give up? Impact of the use of military criminal justice on impunity for human rights violations in Colombia shows that use of the military criminal justice system (JPM) prevents access to justice, violates the rights of victims and exacerbates the damage caused by impunity.

“The use of military criminal justice in possible human rights violations is not a technical error: it is a structural obstacle that contributes to impunity,” said Ana Piquer, Americas director at Amnesty International.

The use of military criminal justice in possible human rights violations is not a technical error: it is a structural obstacle that contributes to impunity.” 

Ana Piquer, Americas director at Amnesty International.