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Uzbekistan: New report denounces persecution after Andizan killings

The 34-page report, Lifting the siege on the truth about Andizhan, says that the Uzbek authorities have arrested thousands of people since 12-13 May, when security forces reportedly fired...

Liberia: Peace elusive as Liberians prepare to elect new government

Kolawole Olaniyan, Director of Amnesty International's Africa Programme, said: "Although some progress has been made during the transitional period, outbreaks of violence, inter-communal...

Iraq: Amnesty International strongly condemns the latest suicide bomb attack

A suicide bomber drew scores of people to his van with promises of work and then detonated a bomb in al-'Uruba Square in al-Kadhimiya, a predominantly Shi'a district of Baghdad. In addition to the...

UK Terrorism Bill: Extension of detention is internment in all but name

Amnesty International Senior Director for Regional Programmes said: "While we need to look at the proposals in depth, what is immediately striking is the proposed extension of detention without charge...

UK: Seven held on security grounds: Reaction

“Detainees must be allowed to properly challenge the grounds for their deportation including the evidence on which the Home Secretary has made his decision to deport them. This is particularly...

UK and Israel/Occupied Territories: Amnesty deplores failure to arrest Israeli war crimes suspect

A warrant for the general's arrest for alleged war crimes had been issued by an English court the previous day. The organisation is now calling on the UK authorities to urge Interpol to circulate the...

UK: Amnesty hosts special screening of Bullet Boy

Amnesty International UK will host a special screening of the acclaimed film 'Bullet Boy' (cert 15) on Tuesday 18 October 2005 as part of its new 'Behind The Screen' film screenings at its east London...

UN Summit: Amnesty condemns betrayal of human rights

The proposed text on the Human Rights Council is woefully inadequate in failing to call for minimum elements essential for an improved and more authoritative human rights body. It offers people around...

Burma (Burma): New report reveals tens of thousands facing forced labour, beatings and theft

"Everything is upside down. People's properties and livelihoods are destroyed. They are so stressed, they have become like homeless beggars on the road. I am so angry about what the military is doing...

Chad-Cameroon Pipeline: New report accuses oil companies and governments of secretly contracting out of human rights

Andrea Shemberg, legal advisor to Amnesty International UK, said: