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Thailand: Systematic torture used by government forces in the south, new report

Burying people to their necks and near suffocation with plastic bags used in counter-insurgency which continues unabated while attention is on Bangkok Thai security forces pursuing a counter...

China: Amnesty International website blocked again

Amnesty International has discovered that its main website, www.amnesty.org , is once again blocked inside mainland China. Other sites recently blocked include the popular blog…

Guatemala: Amnesty gives mixed review to Colom's first year in office

President Colom’s first year in office has produced some promising commitments to improve human rights for Guatemalans, but for those commitments to have real meaning, a lot more action needs to take...

Amnesty urges suspension of UK arms sales to Israel as evidence revealed that Israel military drones may use British-built engines

Amnesty International today called on the UK government to suspend all military exports to Israel until there is no longer a substantial risk that such equipment will be used for serious violations of...

Guantanamo: Amnesty International calls for closure date from Barack Obama

* Seventh ‘anniversary’ of detention centre looms * New ‘viral’ film to be released on 15 January ahead of Obama inauguration On the eve of the seventh anniversary (on Sunday 11 January) of the first...

Gaza: military tactics on both sides endangering civilians- Amnesty International

Amnesty International said today that both Israeli soldiers and Palestinian fighters are endangering the lives of Palestinian civilians - including by using them as human shields. Malcolm Smart...

Ghana: Amnesty International issues human rights agenda for new president

As John Evans Atta Mills takes office after a hotly contested election in Ghana, Amnesty International today released a seven-point human rights agenda for the new President. Amnesty International’s...

Sri Lanka: Amnesty International calls for independent investigation into shooting of newspaper editor

Amnesty International has today (8 Jan) urged the government of Sri Lanka to publicly condemn the killing of Lasantha Wickramatunga, the editor of the Sunday Leader newspaper, and other attacks on...

Zimbabwe: Fears for safety increase for Jestina Mukoko and other activists

Amnesty International calls for immediate and unconditional release of Mukoko and other 30 activists Amnesty International supporters have urgently appealed to the authorities in Zimbabwe for the...

Gaza: An immediate 'humanitarian truce' needed-UN must act

Amnesty International today urged the UN Security Council to demand that Israel, Hamas and Palestinian armed groups observe an immediate truce in Gaza to allow desperately needed humanitarian...