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Amnesty International has urged the Iranian authorities to release a group of Women's rights's rightss rights's rights's rights's rights who were beaten and arrested during a peaceful vigil in Tehran...
The UK government must scrap abusive, discriminatory and unlawful powers that allow the police to stop and search without reasonable suspicion, Amnesty International said today after the European...
On the eighth anniversary of the first transfers to Guantánamo, leading human rights organisations have today (11 January) urged more European countries to accept detainees held at the US detention...
Celebrities and activists caution one year to prevent war in Sudan LONDON: Thousands of activists are expected to gather at events in 15 countries – including the UK – to call on world leaders to take...
Amnesty International is marking the eighth “anniversary” of US detentions at Guantánamo Bay (11 January) with the hand-in of a letter to Prime Minister Gordon Brown from the daughter of Shaker Aamer...
The Israeli authorities must immediately release, or bring before a fair trial, three Palestinian human rights activists detained in Israel following their protests against the construction of the...
Two Azerbaijan bloggers who were jailed shortly after posting a satirical video on Youtube, should be released immediately and unconditionally, said Amnesty International today, ahead of the men’s...
Israel and Hamas have less than one month to show real progress in bringing to account those who perpetrated war crimes during the conflict in Gaza and southern Israel one year ago, Amnesty...
Amnesty International has urged the Malawi authorities to immediately and unconditionally release two Malawian men, Steven Monjeza and Tiwonge Chimbalanga, who were arrested on 28 December 2009 and...
A summary of key Amnesty International human rights concerns on Yemen: UNFAIR TRIALS AND PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE In recent years hundreds of people in Yemen have been jailed after unfair trials. Those...