quash the convictions of two teachers."  Compare this to the headline of a post 4 minutes later "Saudi Arabia urged to allow prisoner of conscience to visit ill mother".  Surely the latter is better.  Telling people what to do when you don't have the power to make them is dumb. More importantly it can easily back-fire.  Psychologists (and many others) have known for years that people strongly motivated by power are inclined to do the exact opposite of what they are told to do to show they can't be bossed around.  Generally people who run governments and high level administrators are highly motivated by power.  Making the whole thing worse is the fact that we (Amnesty) are seen as a white and Western group (in some ways accurately) telling darker skinned people as though we know best.  That may not be fair but that's how we are seen by non-Western dictators. I can't help thinking titles like this one are more about looking good to supporters rather than really thinking of the most professional way to go about our business Our successes Here's where the hard work, the research, the campaigning and the letter writing pays off. Every year survivors of human rights abuses thank us for our work. They show that together, we make a difference. Read More About Frequently asked questions In response to requests for more information about who we are and what we do, we have provided the following answers to commonly asked questions. What are