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Amnesty International Middle East and North Africa Programme Director Malcolm Smart said: "Torture remains widespread and systematic, and security forces have been allowed over many years to act with...

At the last EU-China Ministerial Troika in May 2005, in relation to future consideration in lifting the arms embargo, the EU expressed human rights concerns on four areas, specifically: the need for...

Luka Tsuladze and Giorgi Kandelaki, who were visiting Belarus from Georgia, were detained on 24 August in Minsk. The two were held without charge for six days in incommunicado detention before being...

“The assumption that people can return to Iraq in safety and with dignity because they are returned to Kurdish areas is a dangerous proposition,” said Amnesty International. “The UK should...

The boys - Mostafa (surname unknown), a student, aged, 16, and Sina (surname unknown), a musician, aged 17- are at risk of imminent execution for murder. Their sentences have reportedly been upheld by...

The Home Secretary Charles Clarke ordered an immediate review of his powers to exclude and deport non-British citizens suspected of "justifying or glorifying terrorism, seeking to provoke terrorist...

At least eight people who spoke out against human rights abuses in Bangladesh have been assassinated since 2000, and scores of others have been violently attacked and seriously injured. These include...

Amnesty International is gravely concerned that this delay at the initial crucial stage of the investigation may have critically compromised its effectiveness. Relevant international and domestic law...

The winners of the 14th annual Amnesty International UK Media Awards, sponsored by PCI:Fitch, will be announced at an awards ceremony at Banqueting House, London, on Wednesday 21 September, hosted by...

The footage graphically illustrates the plight of the victims of the Zimbabwean government's Operation Murambatsvina, also known as Operation "Drive out the rubbish". The footage was filmed earlier...