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UK: call on Government to help British man held by Yemeni Houthis for nearly five years
Amnesty International is calling on the UK government to do more to secure the release of a British man who has been detained without charge in Yemen for almost five years.

02 Feb 2022 Press release
Germany/Syria: life sentence for former intelligence officer is 'historic victory'
Response to a decision by the Higher Regional Court in Koblenz, Germany this morning, which has seen the conviction of former Syrian intelligence officer Anwar Raslan and his sentencing to life in prison for crimes against humanity - including torture,…

13 Jan 2022 Press release
Guantánamo: renewed call for closure of infamous prison ahead of 20th anniversary
'This is an anniversary that should never have been reached' - Daphne Eviatar

07 Jan 2022 Press release
Liu Xiaobo, human rights hero, dies aged 61
Today we grieve the loss of a giant of human rights. Liu Xiaobo was a man of fierce intellect, principle, wit and above all humanity.

13 Jul 2017
Between prison and the grave – enforced disappearances in Syria
Tens of thousands of people in Syria have vanished without a trace. They are the victims of enforced disappearances – cut off from the outside world, packed into overcrowded, secret cells where torture is routine, disease is rampant and death is…

04 Nov 2015