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Mexico: Justice system fails domestic violence survivors

Thousands of Mexican Women's rights's rightss rights's rights's rights's rights who survive violence in their homes are being put at risk of further abuse by a justice system that often fails to take...

China: IOC caves in to China's demands on internet censorship

Amnesty International today condemned the Chinese authorities’ blocking of certain websites for foreign journalists covering the Olympic Games. The organisation called on the International Olympic...

Amnesty International welcomes appointment of new UN human rights chief

Amnesty International has welcomed the UN Secretary-General's decision to appoint Judge Navenethem Pillay as the new UN High Commissioner for Human Rights. The organisation believes that Judge Pillay...

Zimbabwe: 'Don't sweep human rights under the carpet' in power sharing talks

As the Zimbabwean government and the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) prepare to enter power-sharing talks, Amnesty International called on both parties to ensure there are no pardons...

China: Promises broken and Olympic values betrayed, says new Amnesty report

The Chinese authorities have broken their promise to improve the country’s human rights situation and betrayed the core values of the Olympics, said Amnesty International in a new report published...

South Africa: Displaced people should not be forcibly removed from camps

Amnesty International has condemned the South African police’s recent forcible removals of more than 700 refugees and asylum-seekers from the Glenanda ("Rifle Range Road") displacement camp near...

Amnesty appalled at new findings showing destitution among Zimbabweans seeking refuge in UK

Amnesty International UK today said it was ‘appalled’ at the findings of new research from the Jospeh Rowntree Charitable Trust, showing a massive rise in destitution among refused asylum seekers...

Scotland - Amnesty's biggest-ever Edinburgh Festival line-up announced

Edinburgh: Amnesty International has announced its line-up for this year’s Edinburgh Festival - the human rights campaigners’ biggest and widest-ranging programme from the Festival’s main “cause”...

Scotland - Amnesty calls on Scottish birthday support for imprisoned Chinese man ahead of Edinburgh Festival

Chinese activist’s case to be highlighted at ‘Stand Up For Freedom’ comedy nights Amnesty International is asking people in Scotland to send a birthday message of support for an imprisoned man in...

China: Olympics evictions protester kept in prison unitl after Games are over in bid to silence him

Amnesty International today demanded the immediate release of Beijing housing rights activist Ye Guozhu. He was due to be released on Saturday 26 July, but will now remain imprisoned until 1 October...