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Sandi Toksvig; Mark Thomas; Lucy Porter and Nish Kumar join Amnesty at Underbelly this week
Amnesty International today announced the guests due to appear on the Secret Comedy Podcasts: Live from the Underbelly this coming week including; Sandi Toksvig; Mark Thomas; Lucy Porter and Nish Kumar. Posted: 6 Aug 2013
Media briefing: the human rights reality of Britain's favourite holiday destinations
A short briefing on some of the key human rights issues affecting the most popular holiday destinations for UK holidaymakers. Posted: 1 Aug 2013
CIA agent Robert Seldon Lady must face justice in Italy over rendition
Amnesty International is calling for the return of the CIA agent Robert Seldon Lady to Italy to face justice for his part in the US-led rendition programme. Posted: 19 Jul 2013
Italy: full accountability needed in Kazakhstan expulsion affair
The Italian government must investigate and make public all the facts behind the recent illegal expulsion of the wife and daughter of the Kazakhstani opposition politician Mukhtar Ablyazov, said Amnesty International today. Posted: 16 Jul 2013
New Amnesty briefing reveals UK Government is sacrificing human rights on altar of foreign trade
A new hard-hitting briefing from Amnesty International launched today accuses the UK Government of allowing businesses to dip under the human rights radar when it comes to trade and investment. Posted: 15 Jul 2013
Arms to Syria debate: strong warning issued over risk of 'fuelling' human rights abuse
Amnesty International has issued a strong warning about the dangers of arming opposition groups in Syria ahead of a debate in parliament on the issue tomorrow. Posted: 10 Jul 2013
Response to Jimmy Mubenga inquest
Responding to the finding of an inquest jury today that the death of the Angolan man Jimmy Mubenga during his removal from the UK in 2010 was the result of an unlawful killing, Amnesty International called for root-and-branch overhaul of the immigration removal system. Posted: 9 Jul 2013
Greece: Lives at risk as refugees pushed back to Turkey, Amnesty warns in new report
Refugees trying to reach the EU via Greece from conflict-torn countries like Syria and Afghanistan are being unlawfully returned to Turkey by Greek coast and border guards, Amnesty International reveals in a new report out today. Posted: 9 Jul 2013
Nearly 100,000 people join call to end discrimination against Roma in Europe
Amnesty International will hand in a petition tomorrow signed by nearly 100,000 people across the globe calling on the European Commission to take action to end the continuing widespread discrimination faced by Roma people across Europe. Posted: 26 Jun 2013
Rt Hon John Bercow MP, Speaker of House of Commons, to deliver Amnesty International Belfast Pride Lecture
House of Commons Speaker, Rt Hon John Bercow MP, will deliver the Amnesty International Pride Lecture next month in Belfast. Posted: 20 Jun 2013
Romania: Amnesty's new report labels treatment of Roma as 'total betrayal'
The Romanian authorities betray thousands of their citizens through broken promises and total disregard of their right to adequate housing, Amnesty International said in a new report published today on forced evictions in the country. Posted: 18 Jun 2013
Spanish attitude to justice a 'slap in the face' for the victims of Franco
A new report from Amnesty International has revealed that the Spanish authorities are routinely failing to investigate crimes committed during the Civil War and Franco period. Posted: 17 Jun 2013
Guantanamo detainee seeks victim status in Polish investigation into secret CIA prison
A Yemeni man held at Guantnamo has become the third person to seek victim status in an ongoing investigation by the Polish Prosecutors Office into Polands involvement in the US-led rendition and secret detention programmes. Posted: 12 Jun 2013
Amnesty announces 2013 human rights media awards winners
Amnesty International UK has announced the winners of its prestigious annual media awards 2013 for human rights journalism. Posted: 12 Jun 2013
Poland: New report calls for end to delays and secrecy in CIA 'black site' investigation
Guantnamo detainee Abu Zubaydah thought to have been waterboarded in Poland Posted: 12 Jun 2013
Amnesty media awards 2013 to be announced on Tues 11 June at 10pm
Amnesty International UK will be announcing the winners of its prestigious annual media awards 2013 for human rights journalism at 10pm on Tuesday 11 June. Posted: 6 Jun 2013
Government's legal aid cuts threaten to 'decimate' access to justice - new warning
The governments proposed cuts to legal aid and restrictions to the judicial review process constitute an unprecedented threat to accessing justice in England and Wales, Amnesty International has said ahead of a demonstration outside the Ministry of Justice tomorrow. Posted: 3 Jun 2013
Amnesty welcomes United Nations recommendation to NI Executive to investigate Magdalene Laundry and clerical child abuse
Amnesty International has welcomed recommendations from the United Nations Committee Against Torture that the Northern Ireland Executive should establish inquiries into clerical child sex abuse and abuses in Magdalene Laundry-type institutions in the region. Posted: 3 Jun 2013
Greece must stop discriminating against Roma schoolchildren
Amnesty International today called on the Greek authorities to immediately stop segregating Romani schoolchildren from their peers, after the European Court of Human Rights ruled that the practice in a local school district in central Greece amounted to discrimination. Posted: 31 May 2013
Amnesty International reveals its Young Human Rights Reporters of the Year
Posted: 30 Apr 2013
