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The organisation said it looked forward to the prompt appointment of an independent Special Representative, and expected the ‘UN Norms’ (1) to feature prominently in his or her work. Amnesty...

Nazime Ceren Salmanoglu, then 16 years old, and Fatma Deniz Polattaş were detained by police officers and taken to the Anti-Terror Branch of Police Headquarters in Iskenderun in early March 1999. They...

The organisation, which recently arranged for the Israeli to speak to Amnesty International UK members via live telephone link at its National Conference in Lancaster, reiterates its call on Israel to...

Amnesty International calls on Scots to ensure those they care about don’t lose out New research commissioned by Amnesty International in Scotland reveals only 45% of Scottish people have made a Will...

Amnesty International supports the call of Geraldine Finucane, Patrick Finucane's widow, to all senior judges in England, Wales and Scotland not to serve on an inquiry into her husband's case held...

Mr Richey won an appeal against his sentence in January this year. The successful appeal to the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati overturned Richey’s conviction for arson and murder in the...

Those at risk include 11 foreign nationals sentenced in an unfair trial in November 2004 following the failed "coup plot" in which Britons Simon Mann and Sir Mark Thatcher were implicated. Dozens of...

In recent weeks attempts by the Council of Europe to adopt three new treaties, one on trafficking of human beings, and two on "terrorism", have been stalled as a result of positions taken by EU...

Amnesty International understands that EU justice and home affairs ministers will discuss future co-operation with Libya on illegal immigration on the basis of a report by the European Commission...

The new report - The death penalty worldwide: developments in 2004 - shows that at least 3,797 people were executed in 25 countries in 2004 and that at least 7,395 were sentenced to death in 64...