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Conditions in the 'F-type' prisons have been the focus of ongoing protests including a hunger strike which has continued since October 2000 and has resulted in 50 people dying and hundreds suffering...
An opinion poll carried out last month found that eight out of ten people in Britain believe there is too much secrecy surrounding UK arms exports. Two thirds think the government should give MPs the...
The organisation is concerned that most of the deaths were caused by lack of adequate medical treatment. The organisation is also concerned that conditions in this institution, which provides...
'International monitoring in Equatorial Guinea is essential, especially now when human rights violations are still being perpetrated, including the incommunicado detention for a month of more than...
On 16 April the Military Court of Appeal is due to hear an appeal against the four-year prison sentence given to Lazaros Petromelidis in April 1999 by the Naval Court of Piraeus on charges of...
'According to the principles of international law, when deaths have occurred in disputed circumstances there must be an impartial investigation with the cooperation of all sides,' said Amnesty...
The delegation, which includes Javier Zúñiga, Director of Regional Strategy in the International Secretariat of the organisation; Kathleen Cavanaugh, from the Department of Law at Galway University...
In the report 'Spain: Crisis of identity – race-related torture and ill-treatment by state agents', launched today in Madrid, the human rights organisation documented a notable increase in the cases...
The organisation vigorously condemns the killing of at least 11 protestors and injuring of over 100 others in the mass demonstration against Hugo Chávez's presidency. Supporters of the ousted...
'The US government must ensure that all its actions in relation to those in its custody in Afghanistan and Guantánamo Bay comply with international law and standards,' Amnesty International said....