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Trafigura case: Authorities must ensure compensation reaches victims

Amnesty International today urged the authorities in Côte d’Ivoire to ensure that £27 million compensation paid by the oil trading company Trafigura to victims of one of the worst toxic dumping...

USA: Time running out for man facing execution after jurors used bible to decide his fate

‘And if he smite him with an instrument of iron … the murderer shall surely be put to death’ - Biblical passage relied on by jurors ‘The fact that a man’s life hangs by a thread because of scripture...

Women's rights's rights's rightss rights's rights's rights's rights: Mass lobby of parliament to demand protection

Hundreds of activists from Amnesty International and Women's rights's rightss rights's rights's rights's rights’s sector organisations will descend on Parliament today [4 Nov] to lobby their MPs for...

Spain: Allegations of torture must be investigated, says new Amnesty report

People alleging torture and other ill-treatment in Spain have been denied justice due to a lack of political will from the Spanish authorities to confront such abuses by security forces, Amnesty...

Nigeria: River state government set to demolish more homes

Amnesty International has warned hundreds of people – including many Women's rights's rightss rights's rights's rights's rights and Children's rights – may be left homeless if plans to demolish their...

Amnesty International and Alice Temperley launch limited-edition Amnesty scented candle

“It is Better to Light a Candle than Curse the Darkness” London, Autumn/ Winter 2009 - Long-time Amnesty International supporter Alice Temperley has partnered with the human rights organisation to...