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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'...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Hundreds of thousands still live in sub-standard conditions one year after Operation "Drive out the Rubbish" One year after more than 700,00 people were forcibly evicted from their homes during...
The US government must clarify the fate and whereabouts of all people who have been secretly detained and guarantee fair trials for all people in its custody, Amnesty International said today....