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Israel/Gaza Strip: Israel must stop obstructing relief for Palestinians

The human rights organisation called on Israel to immediately lift unlawful and disproportionate restrictions on movement which are hampering relief efforts by humanitarian organisations. The...

UK: Government's failure to immediately establish public inquiry into killing of Patrick Finucane is shameful

Using one outstanding prosecution as the excuse further undermines the government's credibility and raises more questions as to its real intention. 'This is a major opportunity to establish the truth...

Northern Ireland: Rights groups call for public inquiries

Amnesty International, British Irish Rights Watch, the Committee on the Administration of Justice, Human Rights First and Human Rights Watch strongly believe that the public inquiries which Judge Cory...

Belarus: Human Rights Bodies Closed Over a Quotation Mark

Organisations have been closed down for such minor irregularities as having a different street address from that registered, and the absence of quotation marks surrounding their names on their...

Europe: Refugee and human rights organisations across Europe call on EU to scrap key asylum proposal

The organisations are concerned that proposals to designate certain countries as 'safe countries of origin' or 'safe third countries,' and the absence of a guaranteed right for all asylum-seekers to...

Afghanistan: International community must face up to human rights responsibilities at donors' meeting

Amnesty International said: 'We have seen some positive steps emerging in Afghanistan, such as the building of a professional police force, training of the judiciary, police and lawyers, legal reform...

Egypt: Amnesty International calls for immediate release of jailed Britons

The organisation is calling for their immediate and unconditional release, believing that they have been convicted solely for their peacefully held views. Twelve of the defendants - including the...

Israel: Children's rights must not be used by armed groups

Reports indicate that the boy was wearing an explosive belt, which would suggest that he was knowingly carrying it. According to Israeli army reports the boy may have intended to detonate the...

Burundi: Thousands of child soldiers threaten possibility of lasting peace

The report, Burundi: Child soldiers - the challenge of demobilisation , says that unless the Burundian government urgently addresses the needs of Children's rights who have been used as porters...

Iran: Channel 4 'Dispatches' torture victim denied medical treatment in prison

Arzhang Davoodi, 46, was arrested between August and October 2003 and severely beaten after criticising the Iranian authorities in a secretly filmed television documentary Iran Undercover – Inside...