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A major public advertising campaign in support of a Bill of Rights in Northern Ireland has been launched by a coalition co-led by Amnesty International. The Human Rights Consortium – which is made up...

Jail sentences upheld in YouTube ‘gay’ party video case Amnesty International has today issued a fresh call for the release of six men in Morocco jailed because of their presumed sexuality. The six...

Move puts civilian population back at risk Amnesty International today condemned the Sri Lankan government’s withdrawal from the ceasefire with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), commonly...

As nine Women's rights's rightss rights's rights's rights's rights and two men in Iran wait to be stoned to death, Amnesty International today called on the Iranian authorities to abolish death by...

Amnesty International is marking the sixth anniversary of US detentions at Guantánamo Bay (11 January) with protests in Belfast and around the world as part of its campaign to close the US-run prison...

Reacting to the news of PSNI raids on a brothel in Belfast last night, Amnesty International Northern Ireland Programme Director Patrick Corrigan said: "Amnesty welcomes the police crackdown on...

Protestors take to streets around the world On the sixth ‘anniversary’ of the first prisoners being taken to the US prison camp at Guantánamo Bay, over 1,200 parliamentarians from around the world -...

Amnesty International is marking the sixth anniversary of US detentions at Guantánamo Bay (11 January) with protests around the world, including in Edinburgh, as part of its campaign to close the US...

Amnesty International is marking the sixth anniversary of US detentions at Guantánamo Bay (11 January) with protests in London and around the world as part of its campaign to close the US-run prison...

Amnesty International has stated today that until the processes of an Equality Impact Assessment and compliance with human rights standards are satisfactorily completed, the organisation remains...