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DRC: Kinshasa must meet its responsibility to protect civilians

Amnesty International said today that while leaders of armed insurgent groups in the Katanga and North-Kivu provinces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) must be held to account for serious...

Cymru: Meddwl eich bod chi’n ddyn go iawn?

Mae Amnest Rhyngwladol Cymru a Chymdeithas Gweithwyr Cymdeithasol Prydain (Cymru) yn herio ‘dynion go iawn’ o Gymru gyfan i chwarae rhan yn yr ymgyrch i atal trais yn erbyn menywod. Bydd y ddau...

UK: Government attempts to undermine its legal obligation to bring war criminals to justice

Amnesty International is alarmed by reports, published today in the London-based newspaper The Guardian, that the UK government is considering moves which would undermine efforts to bring war...

Wales: Cardiff marks Human Rights Day

On Sunday 11th December 2005 Amnesty International Wales teamed up with the local Cardiff Amnesty group to mark Human Rights Day (10th December). At 2.30pm volunteers met outside Boots on Queen Street...

Iran: Up to 500 Tehran bus workers imprisoned for planning strike

Amnesty International is calling on the Iranian authorities to release immediately hundreds of Tehran bus workers who were detained last week apparently to pre-empt threatened strike action. Although...

Ethiopia: Amnesty International urgently appeals for thousands of students detained

Amnesty International is appealing to the Ethiopian government against the unlawful detention of thousands of students from the Oromo ethnic group following a series of anti-government demonstrations...

Palestinian Authority: Hamas must stop targeting civilians

Amnesty International calls upon Hamas (the Islamic Resistance Movement) to commit unequivocally to abide by international law, respect the rights of all Palestinians across the political spectrum and...

UK: Citizens must be protected but not at the cost of their rights

Responding to the publication of Lord Carlile's review of anti-terrorism legislation and the Home Secretary's statement to Parliament, Amnesty International today said that the threat of terrorist...

USA: New report on execution of mentally ill prisoners

One in ten of USA's 30-year capital punishment death toll were mentally ill. Hundreds of mentally ill prisoners face execution in the USA, said Amnesty International today (Tuesday 31 January), as it...