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Tune into Episode 2 of Amnesty TV at amnestytv.co.uk To coincide with the 50th anniversary of the world’s biggest human rights organisation, Amnesty International UK has launched Amnesty TV, a new...

Freedom of Expression at heart of world’s largest arts festival Amnesty International today announced a record number of entries for its Freedom of Expression Award at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival...

‘Parody of justice must end here’ - Hassiba Hadj Sahraoui Iran must release two US nationals held for the past two years apparently for political reasons, Amnesty International said today, ahead of a...

Security forces and a state-backed militia in Ivory Coast are creating a climate of fear that is preventing hundreds of thousands of people, displaced by post-election violence from returning to their...

The Burundian government should immediately release two prominent lawyers jailed amid an ongoing dispute with the government, Amnesty International said today, as a national lawyers’ strike continues...

One of only two Women's rights's rightss rights's rights's rights's rights still held after protests was reportedly tortured in detention The Bahraini authorities must immediately release two teachers...

Amnesty International today condemns the comments by Paul Evans Aidoo, Ghana’s Western Region Minister, who recently called for the arrest of all gay men and lesbians in the country. Amnesty is...

Authorities in Nigeria must immediately put a stop to unlawful killings by security forces, said Amnesty International after at least 23 people were killed by police following a bomb blast on Saturday...

Amnesty International has urged the Vietnamese authorities to immediately and unconditionally release a Catholic priest who was returned to prison yesterday while on parole to treat serious health...

Europe’s last executioner kills 28-year-old without informing family first The recent execution of a Belarusian man convicted of assault and murder does nothing to advance the cause of justice...