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Jun 01 2012 12:00 am
The end of Egypt’s 31-year state of emergency must signal a return to the rule of law, Amnesty International said after the measure timed out on Thursday, two years after it was last renewed by the go...
May 31 2012 12:00 am
Patrick Corrigan, Northern Ireland Programme Director of Amnesty International, said: "We have long urged the Northern Ireland Executive to establish an independent, impartial and effective inquiry in...
May 30 2012 12:00 am
Top journalists and other high profile guests including BBC foreign correspondent Sue Lloyd-Roberts and Sunday Times photographer Paul Conroy, who was injured in the February attack in Homs, Syria tha...
May 30 2012 12:00 am
Call for Public Prosecution Service to release guidance to ensure more prosecutions Anna Lo MLA, Chair of All Party Group on Human Trafficking at the Northern Ireland Assembly, has welcomed the recove...
May 30 2012 12:00 am
Human rights campaigners in Northern Ireland have welcomed the announcement of details of the visit by Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi to Ireland next month. Patrick Corrigan, Northern Irela...
May 30 2012 12:00 am
APGHT welcomes recovery of victims of Human Trafficking following brothel raids Call for Public Prosecution Service to release guidance to ensure more prosecutions Anna Lo MLA, Chair of All Party Grou...
May 30 2012 12:00 am
*Events in Middle East loom large in awards *Marie Colvin wins posthumous award for her reporting from Syria - mother Rosemarie speaks of her ‘pride’ in video tribute message Amnesty International UK...
May 29 2012 12:00 am
Responding to the publication earlier today of a Justice and Security Bill, Amnesty International researcher on the United Kingdom Alice Wyss said: “We still need to carefully examine the details of t...
May 29 2012 12:00 am
The hunt is on to find the nation’s new top protest songwriter. Amnesty International today launched the search as part of its new education pack The Power of Our Voices . The interactive pack on prot...
May 29 2012 12:00 am
A new Amnesty International briefing on Poland issued today paints a picture of a country struggling to tackle a rise in racism and with a police force which frequently relies on excessive force to qu...