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Urgent action needed for Women's rights's rightss rights's rights's rights's rights affected by violence The Commission for Equality and Human Rights and the coalition, End Violence Against Women's...

Abused Women's rights's rightss rights's rights's rights's rights in Northern Ireland have least access to support services in UK The End Violence Against Women's rights's rightss rights's rights's...

Protesters beaten and arrested, trials unfair, media threatened and political activist shot dead Amnesty International today expressed grave concern about the Russian authorities' systematic disregard...

If next week's Annapolis talks are to make progress towards a just and durable solution to the long-standing Israeli-Palestinian conflict, peace pledges must be accompanied by clear and concrete steps...

Amnesty International UK today released ‘Ten good reasons why extending pre-charge detention is a bad idea’, outlining the strong case against government proposals to extend the time for which police...

Women's rights's rightss rights's rights's rights's rights in Brazil are the hidden victims of a crumbling detention system that exposes them to rape and other ill treatment, Amnesty International...

Two shot dead, 12 arrested and 317 families evicted in brutal crackdown Cambodian security forces killed two – including a 29-year-old mother of four – arrested 12 and evicted 317 families last week...

Amnesty International have responded to calls from the Joint Central Committees of the Police Federation to make tasers available to all police officers in the UK. We are already seeing wider...

Amnesty issues open letter to EU leaders demanding that they put human rights abuses in Burma at the heart of forthcoming summits Amnesty International has written an open letter to all EU leaders...

Amnesty International today (21 November) issued an urgent appeal for Maryam Hosseinkhah, a journalist and Women's rights's rightss rights's rights's rights's rights's rights defender, who was...