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The Hamas authorities in Gaza must halt several executions they say they plan to carry out after this weeks Muslim religious festival of Eid al-Fitr, Amnesty International said today. Posted: 8 Aug 2013

The Israeli authorities must avoid using excessive force on demonstrators planning to protest against a plan to forcibly evict tens of thousands of Arab Bedouins from their homes in southern Israel, said Amnesty International. Posted: 31 Jul 2013

Israels military response to protests in the West Bank is failing to respect the human rights of Palestinians, Amnesty International has said in response to growing number of deaths of Palestinian civilians killed by Israeli fire in the territory. Posted: 5 Apr 2013

Israels fence/wall through the occupied West Bank - and the settlements that take over even more land - are violations of international law, Amnesty International said today, as the organisation called on the US President Barack Obama to visit affected villages for himself. Posted: 21 Mar 2013

Illegal demolitions of Palestinian homes by Israel will come under the spotlight in Belfast next week at an Amnesty International public meeting. Posted: 20 Feb 2013

Amnesty International has denounced raids earlier today by the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) on three Palestinian NGOs in Ramallah in the West Bank. Posted: 11 Dec 2012

The Israeli governments announcement that it is to expand settlements in the West Bank in response to the United Nations vote on Palestinian statehood violates human rights and international humanitarian law, Amnesty International said today. Posted: 3 Dec 2012

Amnesty International has criticised the Foreign Secretary William Hague for his stance on the vote today over whether Palestinians are to become a non-member observer state at the United Nations. Posted: 29 Nov 2012

As the conflict escalates between Israel and Palestinian armed groups in Gaza, Amnesty International is calling for an international arms embargo and for the immediate deployment of international monitors. Posted: 20 Nov 2012

Israels assassination of the head of Hamas military wing Ahmad al-Jaabari today has placed civilians in Gaza and southern Israel at grave risk by re-igniting the armed conflict there, said Amnesty International this evening. Posted: 14 Nov 2012

The 16-year-old son of Bassem Tamimi, a detained Palestinian rights activist in the occupied West Bank, was himself arrested by Israeli soldiers today during the regular weekly protest against the encroachment of Israeli settlers onto Palestinian land. Posted: 2 Nov 2012

The Israeli authorities must release or admit to hospital Palestinian hunger striker Samer al-Barq, who has been held without charge or trial since July 2010, Amnesty International said today. Posted: 6 Sep 2012

Amnesty International has condemned an Israeli courts verdict that the government of Israel bears no responsibility in the death of Rachel Corrie, saying the verdict continues a pattern of impunity for Israeli military violations against civilians and human rights defenders in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT). Posted: 29 Aug 2012

Amnesty International is calling on the Israeli authorities to investigate allegations that two Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike in protest at their administrative detention have been ill-treated while in detention, Amnesty International said today. Posted: 9 Aug 2012

The Olympic Games start in a weeks time and will see representatives of hundreds of different nations taking part. Amnesty Internationals annual report details the human rights situation in 155 different countries and provides a unique insight. Posted: 20 Jul 2012

The release of Palestinian footballer Mahmoud al-Sarsak from Israeli detention today highlights the secretive and arbitrary nature of administrative detention of Palestinians by the Israeli authorities, Amnesty International has said. Posted: 10 Jul 2012

Amnesty International UKs London office will host a free screening of an acclaimed new documentary on house demolitions in Israeli-occupied East Jerusalem on Tuesday 3 July. Posted: 28 Jun 2012

A Palestinian footballer who is at risk of death after more than 90 days on hunger strike in protest against his detention by Israel should immediately be admitted to a civilian hospital or released so that he can receive life-saving medical care, Amnesty International said. Posted: 15 Jun 2012

Strong arms trade treaty needed as UN Security Council increasingly looks unfit for purpose Posted: 24 May 2012

A prominent journalist has told Amnesty International how Syrian government forces tortured and detained him in deplorable conditions before deporting him to Jordan on Monday. Posted: 17 May 2012