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UK: Amnesty deeply concerned over Cable's comments on the importance of human rights in China trip

Amnesty International UK today reacted with dismay to comments from the Business Secretary Vince Cable on the Today programme this morning that suggested a UK Government-led delegation to China will...

Russia: 'Chilling trend' of attacks on journalists condemned

Amnesty International has called on the Russian authorities to ensure the protection of journalists after several attacks in and near Moscow in the past four days. Late on Friday, Oleg Kashin of the...

Syria: Prison cell attack on award-winning human rights lawyer must be investigated

Amnesty International has called on the Syrian authorities to investigate an assault on an award-winning human rights activist and lawyer in prison by another inmate and whether prison officials were...

Nigeria: Amnesty International welcomes decision to make greater Port Harcourt master plan available to public

Just days after Amnesty International published its report highlighting the threat of forced eviction of more than 200,000 people in Port Harcourt for urban regeneration, the authorities in the region...

Burma: Government has compromised election

Enough is enough. The sham nature of these elections should convince even the military government’s allies to side with the people of the country instead The government of Burma has compromised the...

Indonesia: New report- denial of access to sexual health services proving deadly

A new Amnesty report will be launched in Jakarta on Thursday 4 November and will detail the fatal consequences of denying access to sexual health services for Women's rights's rightss rights's rights...

Forced psychiatric assessment of Ukraine trade union activist

Amnesty International has urged the Ukraine authorities to stop the harassment of a trade union activist who remains in hiding after a court ordered him to undergo a forced psychiatric examination...

Ashtiani stoning case: Fears grow for lawyer and son

Amnesty International today called on the Iranian authorities to immediately release the lawyer and son of Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, an Iranian woman who is at risk of execution by stoning, if they...

Singapore convicts the UK author of death penalty book

Singapore’s conviction of the author Alan Shadrake, for contempt of court will further stifle freedom of expression and legitimate criticism of the Singaporean judiciary, Amnesty International said...

Iraq: Sunday's Church killings a 'war crime'

Amnesty International has condemned as a war crime Sunday’s attack on a Catholic church in Baghdad by an armed group, in which about 100 worshippers were taken hostage and more than 40 then killed as...