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A short briefing on some of the key human rights issues affecting the most popular holiday destinations for UK holidaymakers. Posted: 1 Aug 2013

The US authorities have failed to deliver justice for serious human rights violations committed during counter-terror operations dating back more than a decade, Amnesty International said as the sentencing phase opened today in the military trial of the US Army Private Bradley Manning. Posted: 31 Jul 2013

Despite an acquittal on the most serious aiding the enemy charge against him, todays verdict against the US Private Bradley Manning reveals the US governments misplaced priorities on national security, said Amnesty International this evening. Posted: 30 Jul 2013

Amnesty is urging the Yemeni authorities to investigate allegations of serious irregularities in the case of the investigative journalist Abdul Ilah Haydar Shayi. Posted: 24 Jul 2013

The Californian prison authorities have breached international human rights obligations by taking punitive measures against prisoners on hunger strike, Amnesty International said today. Posted: 22 Jul 2013

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

Todays decision by a US military judge not to drop the charge accusing the US Private Bradley Manning of aiding the enemy is a ludicrous decision which makes a mockery of the US military court system, said Amnesty International. Posted: 18 Jul 2013

The US government should immediately drop the aiding the enemy charge against Bradley Manning, Amnesty International said today after the conclusion of all testimony in the case. Posted: 12 Jul 2013

Amnesty International is appealing on humanitarian grounds for the release from prison of Herman Wallace - of the Angola 3 - who has spent over 40 years in solitary confinement in the US state of Louisiana and is now terminally ill with liver cancer. Posted: 11 Jul 2013

Amnesty International has this afternoon welcomed a decision by the US Supreme Court to strike down a provision in a law that restricted access to federal funds for those in same-sex marriages. Posted: 26 Jun 2013

Amnesty International has described the planned 500th execution in the US state of Texas tonight as a shameful milestone and is calling on the Texan governor Rick Perry to stop the execution. Posted: 26 Jun 2013

Amnesty International has launched a new call on Prime Minister David Cameron to urgently secure the release of Shaker Aamer, the last former UK resident held at Guantanamo Bay. Posted: 26 Jun 2013

The US authorities must not prosecute anyone for disclosing information about the governments human rights violations, Amnesty International has said today after the US whistleblower Edward Snowden was charged under the USAs Espionage Act. Posted: 24 Jun 2013

Bradley Manning must be allowed to argue that he acted in the public interest when he distributed information to WikiLeaks, Amnesty International said today as the court martial against the US soldier began in the US state of Maryland. Posted: 3 Jun 2013

Ahead of a scheduled speech later today from US President Barack Obama on Guantnamo and security issues, Amnesty International has launched a new appeal to the White House to end the dangerous stalemate at Guantnamo, where a mass hunger strike is now over 100 days old. Posted: 23 May 2013

Amnesty International today called on the Jamaican authorities to stop stalling and appoint a commission of inquiry into the horrific allegations of human rights abuses by the security forces during the 2010 state of emergency. Posted: 17 May 2013

The US state of Maryland has confirmed a US and global trend towards ending the death penalty, Amnesty International said today, after the state governor Martin OMalley signed the abolition of capital punishment into law in the eastern US state. Posted: 2 May 2013

Ahead of a parliamentary debate on the plight of the Guantnamo detainee Shaker Aamer tomorrow, and with hunger strikes at the US detention centre spreading, Amnesty International has issued a new call for the UK government to act on Mr Aamers behalf. Posted: 23 Apr 2013

US President Barack Obama must take the lead in securing a strong global Arms Trade Treaty, a group of 18 Nobel Peace Prize winners said in an open letter delivered to their fellow laureate at the White House today. Posted: 15 Mar 2013

Amnesty International is urging the Attorney General of the US State of Louisiana not to appeal against a federal court ruling overturning the conviction of Albert Woodfox of the Angola 3, a man who has already been held in solitary confinement for over 40 years. Posted: 28 Feb 2013