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The winners of the prestigious 19th annual Amnesty International UK Media Awards were announced last night. The coveted awards recognise excellence in human rights reporting and acknowledge journalism...

Highbury and Purley pupils win awards Amnesty International today announced the winners of its inaugural Young Human Rights Reporter of the Year competition. Nearly 450 Children's rights from across...

Amnesty International has condemned the reported execution by firing-squad of 18 people, many of them foreign nationals, in Libya on Sunday. Cerene , a newspaper closely affiliated with Saif al-Islam...

Amnesty International has warned that a Malawian gay couple given a presidential pardon following their conviction of “gross indecency” and “unnatural acts” could face further harassment unless the...

UN Experts’ Joint Global Study on Secret Detention presented to UN Human Rights Council underscores need for states to end the use of secret detention United Nations human rights experts are scheduled...

Amnesty International interim Secretary General called for an international inquiry into the deaths caused by the raid on the aid flotilla in international waters outside Gaza today. “Given the...

Amnesty International has called for Israel to launch an immediate credible and independent investigation into the killing by its armed forces of at least 10 activists on boats protesting the Israeli...

Amnesty International has called for a thorough investigation into the deaths of dozens of people during the recent security operation in Kingston, Jamaica to arrest an alleged drug dealer. Amnesty...

Torture in 111 countries, free speech curbs in 96, unfair trials in 55, prisoners of conscience in 48 Three deaths of security force members in Northern Ireland, mixed progress on historical public...

Torture in 111 countries, free speech curbs in 96, unfair trials in 55 A global justice gap is being made worse by power politics despite a landmark year for international justice, said Amnesty...