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Gaza: Fears for civilian population as new appeal issued

Amnesty International has issued an urgent appeal on behalf of civilians in Gaza amid continuing Fatah-Hamas violence that has already seen the deaths of scores of unarmed civilian bystanders...

UK: Deputy leader candidates in call for ‘multilateral’ foreign policy

The Labour Party deputy leader candidates have today called for “greater multilateralism” in UK foreign policy at an event hosted by Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, Oxfam and Save The...

Scoltand: Herald Journalist Scoops Scottish Human Rights Award

The Herald’s Lucy Adams today (Wednesday 13 June) scooped a prestigious human rights award for her Herald Magazine feature highlighting how Africa’s first female leader is overseeing reconstruction...

UK: Amnesty International’s reaction to Law Lords’ judgment in the Al-Skeini & Others case

Amnesty International today calls on the UK authorities to act decisively to ensure accountability for actions of UK armed forces and officials in Iraq for alleged violations of human rights and...

Greece: Justice and protection for trafficked Women's rights's rightss rights's rights's rights's rights and girls

Despite the enormous scale of trafficking of Women's rights's rightss rights's rights's rights's rights and girls for forced prostitution in Greece, the government has failed to guarantee them...

Vietnam: Internet dissident Nguyen Vu Binh released

Amnesty International today welcomed the news that Internet dissident Nguyen Vu Binh has been released from Ba Sao prison after spending almost five years behind bars. Amnesty International has...

Worldwide: Instant Karma - Lennon covers released on iTunes

Double CD for Amnesty with U2, Avril Lavigne, R.E.M., Aerosmith, Christina Aguilera, Green Day, The Cure, Youssou N’Dour and 20 others to follow Amnesty’s new global Darfur petition coincides with...

Worldwide: Amnesty applauds action from Yahoo shareholders on Internet repression

Amnesty International has today (11 June) expressed its support for two shareholder resolutions up for vote at tomorrow’s Yahoo! annual meeting in California, one calling on the company to oppose...

Belarus: Protestant Pastor to be deported for taking part in prayer meeting

Amnesty International has written to the Belarusian Minister of the Interior and to the Procurator General to protest against the planned deportation of Jaroslaw Lukasik, a Protestant pastor and...

Europe: Renditions - Amnesty response to Council of Europe findings

New report comes after ‘ghost detainees’ prisoner list published Responding to today’s Council of Europe report into “renditions” and secret detentions, Amnesty International said: “Amnesty...