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Kenya must comply with ICC summons on post election violence

Amnesty International has urged the Kenyan authorities to ensure that government officials suspected of being implicated in post-election violence in 2008 comply with a summons from the International...

Japan: Death row inmate, 75 today, should be granted a stay of execution

A man believed to be the world’s longest serving death row inmate, who has spent the last 43 years on death row and is 75 today, should be granted a stay of execution, removed from death row and his...

Iraqi activists' torture allegations spark fears for detained protesters

A group of anti-government protesters missing since they were arrested this week in Baghdad are feared to be at risk of torture, after other recently released protestors told Amnesty International...

Yemen urged to halt 'deadly night raids' and other attacks on protestors

The Yemeni authorities must end deadly night raids and other attacks on protesters, Amnesty International said today, after one protester was killed and around 100 injured in the capital Sana’a late...

Sudan: Crackdown on peaceful protest continues

The Sudanese authorities must release over 50 protestors arrested during a peaceful anti-government demonstration in the capital Khartoum, Amnesty International said today. Police and Agents of the...

Sri Lanka: New Amnesty paper highlights plight of thousands being held under repressive laws

Amnesty to raise concerns at Human Rights Council in Geneva today Amnesty International is calling on the Sri Lankan government to immediately release thousands of people currently being held in...

Refer Gaza situation to ICC - Amnesty call on UN Human Rights Council

The situation in Gaza should be referred to the International Criminal Court (ICC), Amnesty International said today (9 March), as it called on the Human Rights Council to pass a resolution that would...

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Almost half of young Women's rights's rightss rights's rights's rights's rights (aged 15-30) in the UK do not believe they are treated equally to men. The findings come in a new poll, published today...

Video footage shows bodies of Egyptian prison inmates apparently tortured and killed

Amnesty International has called for an urgent investigation by the Egyptian authorities after receiving video footage from inside a morgue showing the bodies of scores of prisoners, some of whom had...

Turkey must review legislation restricting freedom of expression after journalists arrested

Amnesty International has urged the Turkish authorities to review the use of a law on “incitement to hatred or hostility” after eight journalists were arrested last week for holding membership of...