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NI: ‘Less lethal’ doesn’t make it right

Reproduced with permission from the News Letter Amnesty International knows that the police have a difficult and dangerous job to do. Any workman wants the right tools for the job and it is perfectly...

UK: Medics condemn government over Guantánamo in new letter

Human rights group says UK must intervene in case of eight UK residents held at Guantánamo Bay Amnesty International today (18 September) called for the UK government to act over “forgotten” prisoners...

Northern Ireland: doctor leads medics' condemnation of government over Guantanamo Bay

Human rights group says Government must intervene in case of eight UK residents held at Guantánamo Bay Amnesty International today (18 September) called for the UK government to act over 'forgotten'...

Worldwide mobilisation of thousands calls for UN peacekeepers to be sent to Darfur now

Events in 32 countries: Massive show of global solidarity from Australia to Zambia Hundreds of thousands of people will today hold a global Day for Darfur and call for UN peacekeepers to be sent to...

UK: Line up confirmed for the Secret Policeman's Ball

Line up includes: Eddie Izzard, Russell Brand, The Mighty Boosh, Jennifer Saunders, Jon Culshaw, Omid Djalili, Meera Syal and the legendary Chevy Chase. Amnesty International UK today announced the...

Israel/Lebanon: Hizbullah committed War Crimes in attacks on Israel - new report

Hizbullah committed serious violations of international humanitarian law - amounting to war crimes - in its deliberate targeting of Israeli civilians during the recent conflict, said Amnesty...

Iran: “Footballer's wife” faces execution

Shahla Jahed, a "temporary" wife of Nasser Mohammad-Khani, a former striker for the Iranian national football team and former manager of a team in Tehran, is facing imminent execution in Iran after...

Worldwide: Activists from across the world target countries to demand tough arms controls

People from South Africa, India, Pakistan, Nigeria, Brazil are joining faith leaders and activists from Amnesty International and Oxfam on 13 September – the Control Arms Day of Action – to call on...

Sudan: Civilians in Darfur held hostage to deadlock between Sudan and the UN

Amnesty to take part in Global Day for Darfur, Sunday 17 September The people of Darfur are effectively being held hostage to the deadlock between the UN, the African Union and the Sudanese government...

Pakistan: Leeds man on Death Row facing imminent execution after unfair trial

Family and Amnesty International implore President Musharraf to commute sentence as he visits European Parliament in Brussels The family of joint UK-Pakistan national Mirza Tahir Hussain, who is on...