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Iran: Joint statement by Shirin Ebadi and Irene Khan

Find out more about the current situation in Iran The human rights crisis in Iran is deepening daily and next week’s expected inauguration of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for a second term as president may...

Irish gay people being treated like second-class citizens

Amnesty International Ireland Executive Director Colm O’Gorman is to say the Irish Government’s proposed Civil Partnership Bill would create “a second-class form of marriage for what the Government...

Nicaragua: Shocking abortion ban denies life-saving treatment to girls and Women's rights's rightss rights's rights's rights's rights

Read the report: 'The Total Abortion Ban In Nicaragua' (PDF) Nicaragua’s total ban on abortions is endangering the lives of girls and Women's rights's rightss rights's rights's rights's rights...

U2 join forces with Amnesty to give Aung San Suu Kyi prestigious award

Burmese leader named Amnesty International’s ‘Ambassador of Conscience’ Amnesty International today gave Aung San Suu Kyi is most prestigious honour – the “Ambassador of Conscience” Award for 2009...

Greece: Further forced evictions leave large numbers homeless

Amnesty International is again calling on the Greek authorities to ensure that people made homeless following forced evictions are provided with suitable alternative accommodation, in line with the...

Iraq: Nine Women's rights's rightss rights's rights's rights's rights face imminent execution

One of condemned Women's rights's rightss rights's rights's rights's rights says she was tortured into falsely confessing Amnesty International is warning that at least nine Women's rights's rightss...

Zimbabwe: Thousands face mass eviction in Harare

Thousands of people across the capital of Zimbabwe face the threat of mass eviction from homes and forced removal from their market stalls, according to Amnesty International. The organisation’s...

Maldives: 180 people face flogging for extramarital sex on honeymoon islands

Amnesty International has learned that at least 180 people face being flogged in the Maldives as a punishment for extramarital sex. The vast majority of those who are flogged in the Maldives are Women...

Northern Ireland joins global day of action for Iran

Northern Ireland campaigners will be joining activists from throughout the world this Saturday (25 July) to hold a Global Day of Action for Iran . Activists, including Nobel Peace Prize winner Mairead...

Saudi Arabia: 'Dire' human rights situation made 'even worse' by counter-terrorism drive

* New report condemns detention without trial of thousands in Kingdom * UK resident Shaker Aamer faces Saudi detention without charge or trial if transferred from Guantánamo Amnesty International has...