October 2007

Amnesty International today warned that today's Law Lords ruling may only lead to the government persisting with a watered-down Control Order regime that remains fundamentally unfair. Posted: 31 Oct 2007

Amnesty international UK Director Kate Allen said: Posted: 30 Oct 2007

Amnesty International highlights two cases of severe human rights abuses in Saudi Arabia Posted: 30 Oct 2007

Human rights organisation expresses disappointment with Constitutional Court ruling Posted: 30 Oct 2007

Gays rights conference attacked by smoke bombs after rally was banned Posted: 26 Oct 2007

From 29 to 31 October the highest court in the UK, the Appellate Committee of the House of Lords, will be hearing the case of R (Hilal Abdul Razzaq Ali Al-Jedda) v Secretary of State for Defence. Amnesty International intends to send delegates to observe the hearing. Posted: 26 Oct 2007

The head of Burma's elected 'government-in-exile' will make a historic visit to Belfast later today (25 October 2007) to call on the Northern Ireland Assembly to close any loop holes on the arms embargo to Burma. Posted: 25 Oct 2007

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On the eve of the European Union-Russia summit in Portugal on 26 October, Amnesty International is warning the Russian authorities not to repeat mistakes previously made in Chechnya in the neighbouring province of Ingushetia. Posted: 25 Oct 2007

Security forces 'guilty' of detention, torture and murder of political opponents Posted: 25 Oct 2007

On the day the United Nations celebrates its 62nd birthday, the leader of the Burmese National League of Democracy will mark her 12th year under house arrest. Posted: 24 Oct 2007

Call for human rights team to investigate; arms transfer halt call Posted: 24 Oct 2007

Amnesty International has today called on the government of Sudan to end the obstruction to the speedy deployment of the United Nations African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID), the hybrid UN/AU force due to take over from the African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS) by the end of December 2007. Posted: 22 Oct 2007

Hangings of 11 men and one woman latest in 'alarming' upsurge of killings Amnesty International today expressed alarm at a new wave of executions in Iran and said that it has already recorded almost 250 executions since the beginning of 2007. Posted: 19 Oct 2007

Amnesty International has today released new first-hand accounts of the recent crackdown on peaceful protestors in Burma We have seen police asking money from families of detainees if they want their family members to be released. Young people who are on their way to offices and schools are not only stopped and checked but also robbed.' - Testimony from prominent activist Mie Mie recorded shortly before her arrest on 13 October. Posted: 18 Oct 2007

'Re-education Through Labour' - detention without charge, trial or judicial review for up to four years - should be abolished, said Amnesty International today (18 October) in an open letter to the Chinese National People's Congress. Posted: 18 Oct 2007

Amnesty International today launched an urgent appeal for Ali Mahin Torabi, convicted of a murder committed when he was 16 years old and now at risk of imminent execution. Now aged 21, he is being held in Reja'i Shahr prison in Karaj, near Tehran and his death sentence could be carried out at any time. Posted: 18 Oct 2007

Protecting victims must be 'put at the heart' of stamping out sex trade, says Amnesty Amnesty International has today called for the protection of the victims of sex trafficking to be 'put at the heart' of measures to clamp down on the crime. Posted: 18 Oct 2007

150,000 in refugee camps, families of 10 share a single room, punishments for building a wall Posted: 17 Oct 2007

Amnesty International today urged the Iranian authorities to provide immediate medical treatment for jailed trade union leader Mansour Ossanlu, who has been told he will go blind unless action is taken immediately. Posted: 17 Oct 2007