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Thousands urge Royal Bank of Scotland to stop investing in cluster bomb producing companies

More than 10,000 people across the UK have directly emailed the Chief Executive of the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) in just over a week demanding that RBS stops investing in companies that produce...

Amnesty TV gets serious with comedy

London, 26th August 2011: In the fourth episode of Amnesty TV, which goes live today, comedians take time out at Edinburgh Festival to bring viewers exclusive material about the big human rights...

Libya: detainees killed by Gaddafi loyalists - new evidence uncovered by Amnesty International

Amnesty International has uncovered evidence that forces loyal to Colonel Mu’ammar al-Gaddafi have killed numerous detainees being held at two military camps in Tripoli on 23 and 24 August. Eyewitness...

First ever joint winners of Amnesty's prestigious Freedom of Expression Award

For the first time in the award’s ten-year history, Amnesty International today (25 August) announced two winners of its prestigious Freedom of Expression Award at the Edinburgh Fringe: Sold, directed...

New arrest for Anna Politkovskaya's murder - Step in the right direction, says Amnesty

The arrest of a former senior Russian police official in connection with the murder of journalist and human rights defender Anna Politkovskaya in 2006 is a major step forward, Amnesty International...

Mauritania urged to revoke anti-slavery activists sentencing

Authorities in Mauritania must revoke jail sentences given to four anti-slavery activists who protested against the enslavement of a ten-year old girl, said Amnesty International. The four men, who...

Tasers: second man in eight days to die after being shocked with Taser

Responding to reports that a second man has died after being struck by a Taser, Amnesty International’s spokesperson Eulette Ewart said: “We don’t know the full circumstances surrounding the death of...

Syria: people who pass on information to international media at risk

Torture risk for those who film protests or pass on news reports Journalists and activists in Syria who pass on information about the country's unrest to the media face torture and other ill-treatment...

Bahrain: military trial of prominent Women's rights's rightss rights's rights's rights's rights activists 'deeply disturbing'

‘Civilians should never be tried before military courts’ - Malcolm Smart The Bahraini authorities’ decision to try two prominent Women's rights's rightss rights's rights's rights's rights activists in...

Egypt: New report condemns treatment of country's poorest

The Egyptian authorities and political parties must put the rights of the country's 12 million slum-dwellers at the top of their agenda if they are to meet the demands for social justice and human...