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The organization expressed concern at reports that the authorities in Ceuta and Melilla plan to resume their practice of systematically expelling unaccompanied and undocumented Children's rights -...

'The USA must no longer ignore the fact that it is clinging to a shameful practice that beyond its borders has almost been eradicated from the world,' the organisation added. 'It is time for US...

'Those detained in the crackdown are being denied access to any refugee determination procedure and pushed back over the border to meet an uncertain fate. This could include imprisonment, torture and...

In a report published today - Iraq: Systematic torture of political prisoners - the organisation paints a grim picture of routine torture, whereby horrendous physical and psychological suffering is...

Though the matter is still before the Supreme Court and other decision-making bodies, Governor Perry is being asked to call upon the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles to reconsider its recent...

Amnesty International also said that three, who have been identified in a Saudi Press Agency report as Jamie Patrick Leigh, James Cuttle and Les Walker, should be granted full access to lawyers and...

President Bush, currently holidaying in Texas, is being urged by the organisation to intervene to prevent an execution which is forbidden under international law and now unknown in nearly every other...

Since the announcement, there have been daily reports of violations, including extrajudicial killings, by the Macedonian police forces, while the ethnic Albanian National Liberation Army (NLA) has...

'Police are being urged to use whatever means necessary to deal with crime and are often allowed to use torture as a substitute for investigations, while action is rarely taken against the...

'Intimidation, harassment and violent attacks against indigenous communities are frequent occurrences in countries including Honduras, Brazil, Colombia, Guatemala, Mexico and Venezuela,' the...