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Iraq: Kurdistan authorities must investigate new journalist killing

The Kurdistan Regional Government must take immediate steps to investigate the abduction and murder earlier this week of Sardasht Osman, 23, a university student who worked as a journalist for the...

Baltic Pride march gets green light reprieve in final hours

Amnesty International has welcomed a Lithuanian court’s u-turn decision to allow Saturday's 2010 Baltic Pride march in Vilnius to go ahead. The Supreme Administrative Court decided today that the...

Baltic Pride march gets green light reprieve in final hour

Amnesty International has welcomed a Lithuanian court’s u-turn decision to allow Saturday's 2010 Baltic Pride march in Vilnius to go ahead. The Supreme Administrative Court decided today that the...

UK: Imminent plans to remove 60-year old Eritrean asylum-seeker puts him at risk of torture, warns Amnesty

A 60-year old Eritrean asylum seeker will be at risk of arrest, incommunicado detention and torture if the UK removes him to Eritrea as planned, warned Amnesty International today. The forced removal...

UK: Court of Appeal rules that secret procedures violate fair trial rights in civil proceedings

The Court of Appeal ruled on 4 May 2010 that the UK government cannot rely on closed material procedures in the civil lawsuit brought by six former Guantánamo Bay detainees over alleged complicity in...

Media Awards 2010 shortlists announced

Amnesty International UK today announced the shortlists for its prestigious annual Media Awards. The awards recognise excellence in human rights reporting and acknowledge journalism’s significant...

Lithuania's blocking of 'Baltic Pride' condemned

Amnesty International has condemned the suspension by a Lithuanian court of the 2010 “Baltic Pride” march, set to take place in the Lithuanian capital Vilnius on Saturday 8 May. The city’s...

Lithuania blocking of 'Baltic Pride' Condemned

Save Baltic Pride now Amnesty International has condemned the suspension by a Lithuanian court of the 2010 “Baltic Pride” march, set to take place in the Lithuanian capital Vilnius on Saturday 8 May...