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The Lib Dem MP Alistair Carmichael has spoken out over the plight of a prisoner on death row in Japan, dubbing the case of Hakamada Iwao “a tragedy and a scar on the conscience of Japan”. Mr Hakamada...
New report exposes endemic corruption as cases increases Survivors of rape in Cambodia face limited access to justice, medical services and counselling despite the number of rapes increasing in the...
March on Millennium Bridge to call for greater investment in Women's rights's rightss rights's rights's rights's rights and maternal health Hundreds of thousands of pregnant Women's rights's rightss...
Amnesty demo highlights global problem of maternal mortality Pictures available on request Hundreds of Amnesty activists descended on Liverpool Street Station earlier today to stage a mass ‘die-in’ of...
Amnesty International has strongly opposed any withdrawal or reduction of the numbers of UN peacekeepers from the Democratic Republic of Congo, after the government requested that the current force...
Amnesty International has condemned the trial of young blogger in Egypt, calling on the Egyptian authorities to immediately and unconditionally release Ahmad Mostafa, 20, a blogger and prisoner of...
* Ali Smith takes up case * Photograph of Raghdah Sa'id Hassan available Amnesty International is increasingly concerned for the fate of a Syrian novelist detained over three weeks ago. Raghdah Sa'id...
Baroness Ashton to visit region in mid March. The EU’s foreign ministers and its High Representative for foreign affairs Baroness Ashton must insist on their right to visit Gaza, say 17 European human...
Amnesty International today accused the Mexican authorities of misusing the justice system to detain three community leaders following their protests against high electricity prices in the state of...
PANEL DISCUSSION ON: SHELL OIL AND HUMAN RIGHTS IN NIGERIA The Niger Delta is one of the world's 10 most important wetland and coastal marine ecosystems and is home to about 31 million people. Its...