News stories - 2005

End Violence Against Women coalition

Posted: 21 Dec 2005

US LGBT Report Key Recommendations

Posted: 21 Dec 2005

USA: Police mistreatment and abuse widespread in lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender communities

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

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

EU: Counter-terrorism and human rights - the rules of the game have not changed

(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

UK: Amnesty reveals new testimony from men persecuted by UK authorities

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

GCC05: junior action december 05

GCC05: junior action december 05 Posted: 15 Dec 2005

JUA: template paper people chain

Junior Action Network: template paper people chain - december 05 Posted: 15 Dec 2005

UK: New details of CIA rendition flights refuelling at UK airports after prisoner transfers

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

Burma: New report shows courts used to silence peaceful dissent

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

UK: Reaction to Mori opinion poll on torture

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

Russia: One woman an hour being killed through domestic violence - new report calls for action

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

News stories - 2005

Letter to Charles Clark

SVAW action circular 7

Letter to MP - svaw action

US LGBT Report Summary