News stories - 2005

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New Amnesty International report finds LGBT people of colour and youth most likely to suffer; calls on police to improve training and accountability. Posted: 20 Dec 2005

Mozart Birthday Fundraising Concert January 2006 PDF Posted: 16 Dec 2005

(Brussels, 14 December 2005) The current European Union's counter-terrorism strategy is failing to uphold fundamental rights, said Amnesty International in an Open letter sent today to the European Heads of State or Government, on the eve of the EU Summit. Posted: 15 Dec 2005

Amnesty International UK today (15 December 2005) called for an end to the persecution of four men previously detained at Belmarsh under anti-terrorism powers, whose testimonies it released today. Posted: 15 Dec 2005

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Amnesty International today published new details of CIA flights that used UK airfields to refuel just hours after transferring detainees to countries where they risked torture. Posted: 15 Dec 2005

The human rights situation in Burma deteriorated during 2005, with the Burmese authorities increasingly using the justice system as a tool to stifle peaceful dissent. Posted: 14 Dec 2005

Reacting to a new opinion poll on torture showing that nearly a third of respondents in the UK thought that torture could be justified in some circumstances, an Amnesty International UK Media Director Mike Blakemore said: Posted: 14 Dec 2005

With one woman every hour thought to be killed through domestic violence in Russia, Amnesty International is calling for urgent action to combat the crisis as it published a new report on domestic violence in the country. Posted: 14 Dec 2005