An list of news items available on Amnestyhttp://www.amnesty.org.uk/news_details.asp?NewsID=18614An alumina refinery operated by a subsidiary of UK-based FTSE 100 company Vedanta Resources in Orissa, India, is causing air and water pollution that threatens the health of local people and their access to water, says a new report from Amnesty International released today. Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.amnesty.org.uk/news_details.asp?NewsID=18615Amnesty International today (9 February) called on the Chinese authorities to release human rights activist Tan Zuoren, who was sentenced to five years in prison today for inciting subversion of state power. Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.amnesty.org.uk/news_details.asp?NewsID=18616Amnesty International is calling on Afghan President Hamid Karzai and the Afghan Parliament to immediately suspend controversial legislation that will give immunity from prosecution for serious violations of human rights, including war crimes and crimes against humanity, committed in the past 30 years. Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.amnesty.org.uk/news_details.asp?NewsID=18617Amnesty International is calling on the Iranian authorities to allow peaceful demonstrations, including by those opposed to the current government, on 11 February, the 31st anniversary of the Islamic Revolution in Iran. Various officials from the police and the judiciary have warned in recent days that anti-government demonstrations will be not be tolerated. Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.amnesty.org.uk/news_details.asp?NewsID=18613Amnesty International is being accused in a media article today of putting the human rights of some people above those of others. This is not, and has never been, true. Sun, 07 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.amnesty.org.uk/news_details.asp?NewsID=18610Amnesty International is calling on the UK government and the Northern Ireland Executive to uphold victims' rights by ensuring there is an effective inquiry into the extent of child abuse in State run or church operated institutions in Northern Ireland. Fri, 05 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.amnesty.org.uk/news_details.asp?NewsID=18611Amnesty International UK today reacted to news that the Church of England is to disinvest from UK-based FTSE 100 company Vedanta Resources. Fri, 05 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.amnesty.org.uk/news_details.asp?NewsID=18612UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moons failure to make an assessment of Israeli and Palestinian investigations into violations of international law during the conflict in Gaza and southern Israel a year ago is deeply disappointing and a missed opportunity to help secure accountability for the conflicts hundreds of victims, said Amnesty International today. Fri, 05 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.amnesty.org.uk/news_details.asp?NewsID=18608On 2 February, in a letter to the Czech Minister of Education, Youth and Sports, Miroslava Kopicov, Amnesty International, the European Roma Rights Centre and the Open Society Justice Initiative cautiously welcomed, as a first step, the Ministers letter to elementary school directors of 19 January 2010, calling on them to ensure that only pupils with a genuine mild mental disability are assigned to the practical elementary schools. Thu, 04 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.amnesty.org.uk/news_details.asp?NewsID=18609The United Nations should urge Nicaragua to repeal its ban on abortion after it reviews the countrys human rights record next Monday [8 February], said Amnesty International. Thu, 04 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.amnesty.org.uk/news_details.asp?NewsID=18605Israels latest response to the UN on its investigations into alleged violations of international law by its forces in Gaza a year ago is totally inadequate, Amnesty International has said. Wed, 03 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.amnesty.org.uk/news_details.asp?NewsID=18606Amnesty International has launched a campaign for 11 students jailed in Morocco after they protested for better conditions and greater freedom of speech at their university. Wed, 03 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.amnesty.org.uk/news_details.asp?NewsID=18607Responding to news that Strathclyde Police officials will meet on Thursday 4 February to discuss the supply of Taser weapons to more police officers, Amnesty International said that it was "dismayed" at the prospect of increased numbers of these dangerous weapons on Scottish streets. Wed, 03 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.amnesty.org.uk/news_details.asp?NewsID=18604In a report launched today, Amnesty calls on the government of Papua New Guinea to investigate the conduct of police who burnt down homes and threatened people with guns while illegally evicting them from land next to one of the biggest gold mines in the country. Tue, 02 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.amnesty.org.uk/news_details.asp?NewsID=18599Amnesty International today called on the Iranian authorities to reveal the whereabouts of two music journalists, Behrang Tonekaboni and Kayvan Farzin and the reason why they have been detained. Both were arrested at the offices of Farhang va Ahang, a monthly music journal, on 5 January. Mon, 01 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.amnesty.org.uk/news_details.asp?NewsID=18601Campaigners today (1st Feb) say that women in Wales have one month to press the Assembly Government to deliver an effective, integrated strategy to tackle violence against women and girls. Mon, 01 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.amnesty.org.uk/news_details.asp?NewsID=18602Amnesty International UK today issued a call for the UKs Control Orders regime to be scrapped, as Lord Carlile published his review into Control Orders and reports emerged of the soaring cost of legal battles over Control Order cases. Mon, 01 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.amnesty.org.uk/news_details.asp?NewsID=18603On Friday 26th February, the winning play of iceandfire & Amnesty Internationals 2008 Protect the Human playwriting competition, After the Accident by Oxford-based Julian Armitstead will be aired as BBC Radio 4s Friday Play at 9pm. Mon, 01 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.amnesty.org.uk/news_details.asp?NewsID=18596Amnesty International today issued a series of recommendations to newly elected Honduran President Porfirio Lobo to repair the damage done to human rights since the June 2009 coup d'etat, which left hundreds seeking justice. Fri, 29 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.amnesty.org.uk/news_details.asp?NewsID=18597Amnesty International has voiced its fears that the forthcoming trial of a prominent photographer in Uzbekistan is just the latest attempt by the Uzbek authorities to suppress freedom of expression in the country. Fri, 29 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT