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Amnesty International has written to Shaun Woodward, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, outlining the organisation’s serious concerns about the case of Suzanne Breen, Northern Editor for the...

“They need and are owed permanent and durable solutions” - Daniel Gorevan, Amnesty International Reports that the Pacific island state of Palau has offered to temporarily accept up to 17 Guantánamo...

Amnesty International has expressed concern for the safety of the scores of demonstrators from Indigenous communities in the Amazon who have been detained after they were forcibly dispersed in the...

The Container by Clare Bayley tells the story of immigrants trying to smuggle themselves into the UK inside a sealed container to start a new life. It takes place - actors and audience packed close...

Constitutional and legal reforms now underway in the Dominican Republic could lead to violations of Women's rights's rightss rights's rights's rights's rights’s human rights, Amnesty International...

Amnesty International UK Campaigns Director Tim Hancock said: 'The elections in Iran are taking place against a disturbing backdrop that includes massive use of the death penalty, the detention of...

Amnesty International is deeply concerned about the situation in the Peruvian Amazon following violent events in the town of Bagua on Friday 5 June which led to at least 30 demonstrators and 22 police...

The North Korean government should immediately release two US journalists, Laura Ling and Euna Lee, who were sentenced to 12 years’ imprisonment with hard labour, Amnesty International said today. The...

In a report published to mark the tenth anniversary of the end of the war in Kosovo, Amnesty International highlights the continued failure of the authorities in Serbia and Kosovo to investigate and...

Somalia: Amnesty calls for investigation into killing of radio director Muktar Mohamed Hirabe is the fifth journalist to be killed in the line of work this year Amnesty International has today [8 June...