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Lord of War stars Nicolas Cage, Ethan Hawke and Ian Holm. It follows arms dealer Yuri Orlov (Cage), who sells weapons from the former Communist Bloc into African conflict zones, taking advantage of...

"The Tribunal recognized that Zimbabweans who seek asylum in the UK are at special risk. This is correct. These people are presumed to be supporters of "regime change" for Zimbabwe. "Amnesty hopes the...

"Tearing up rights and freedoms that date back to Magna Carta will only hand a victory to the criminals who carry out atrocities like those of 7 July. Effective counter-terrorism measures are...

The USA is one of only a few countries in the world that actually permits Children's rights to be sentenced to LWOP and there are thought to be only 12 young offenders outside of America who are...

The human rights organisation said not only was the direction of EU policy ill-guided, but individual countries such as Spain may be guilty of breaking their own EU and international commitments. In...

There are at least six UK residents among an estimated 210 of the camp's 500 detainees currently on hunger strike in protest at their continuing detention without charge or trial at the military...

The report Out of the spotlight: The rights of foreigners and minorities are still a grey area highlights the failure of the Greek authorities to combat discrimination. Olga Demetriou, Amnesty...

According to reports, at least six of the Women's rights's rightss rights's rights's rights's rights are being held in a detention centre, treatment that is more suited to criminals than to victims of...

Amnesty International today released disturbing new findings from its latest field research mission which show there is no end to gross human rights violations in Chechnya and Ingushetia with the...

"At the moment these Women's rights's rightss rights's rights's rights's rights have no guaranteed protection in the UK. The law treats them as illegal immigrants and people in the UK would be...