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Safe return across ‘twilight zone’ needed One hundred days after this autumn’s Georgia-Russia conflict, over 20,000 ethnic Georgians are still unable to return to their homes in South Ossetia, said...
The hunger strike staged since 2 October by former political prisoner, Abdellatif Bouhajila, to protest against the authorities’ denial to grant him access to medical care and to issue him a passport...
As the civilian death toll in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) continues to rise, Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and more than 40 other organisations active in Africa warned today...
Hundreds of thousands of men, Women's rights's rightss rights's rights's rights's rights and Children's rights who were abducted, raped or beaten by the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) during the 20-year...
Human rights campaigners today (15TH November) published information showing deep-rooted prejudice and intolerance towards LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transsexual) people across Eastern Europe...
“We are sitting at home in the dark; the Children's rights don’t know what to do with themselves. We can’t do anything. For how long must we live like this?” - resident of Gaza City Amnesty...
"A woman is like wool; the more you beat her, the softer she'll be” -Armenian saying A new report from Amnesty International today exposes rape, domestic violence and sexual harassment against Women's...
In order for the EU to genuinely engage in a constructive relationship with Russia there are serious human rights issues that should be addressed, said Amnesty International ahead of tomorrow’s summit...
Amnesty International has called on the Spanish government to protect victims’ rights by ensuring there is an effective judicial enquiry into the enforced disappearances committed during the Civil War...
Amnesty International has launched its new 2008 catalogue containing scores of gift ideas for Christmas and beyond. The illustrated catalogue contains a wide range of high-quality, ethically-sourced...