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Vietnam: Prisoner amnesty welcomed, call for all prisoners of conscience to be released

Among those to be released are Reverend Pham Ngoc Lien, a 63-year-old member of the Catholic Congregation of the Mother Co-Redemptrix (CMC), who has spent the last 18 years in prison, and Le Thi Hong...

Yemen: Young mother faces execution for crime committed when 16

Amina Ali Abdulatif only escaped the firing squad in 2002 because the executioners noticed she was pregnant, according to reports from her lawyer. She was reportedly raped by one of the guards at al...

Belarus: Last voices of peaceful dissent suppressed

The report Belarus: Suppressing the last voices of peaceful dissent says that vocal critics of the Belarusian regime risk long-term imprisonment after unfair trials due to a flawed criminal justice...

Colombia: Justice and peace law guarantees impunity

"The draft legislation fails to comply with international standards on victims’ right to truth, justice and reparation. It will exacerbate Colombia’s endemic problem of impunity, and risks demobilized...

Israel/Occupied Territories: Poisoning of Palestinian fields condemned

In recent weeks toxic chemicals have repeatedly been spread on fields located near the villages of Tuwani, Umm Faggara and Kharruba in the southern Hebron region. The toxins have contaminated scores...

Turkey: Justice denied to tortured teenage girls as police acquitted

"This trial has already taken over four years and has been postponed more than 30 times," said James Logan, researcher on Turkey at Amnesty International. "For it to be dismissed at this stage over an...

Amnesty welcomes new UN mechanism on Business and Human Rights, and hopes for swift implementation

The organisation said it looked forward to the prompt appointment of an independent Special Representative, and expected the ‘UN Norms’ (1) to feature prominently in his or her work. Amnesty...

Turkey: Concern over trial of police accused of rape and torture of teenagers

Nazime Ceren Salmanoglu, then 16 years old, and Fatma Deniz Polattaş were detained by police officers and taken to the Anti-Terror Branch of Police Headquarters in Iskenderun in early March 1999. They...

Israel: Renewal of restrictions on Vanunu condemned

The organisation, which recently arranged for the Israeli to speak to Amnesty International UK members via live telephone link at its National Conference in Lancaster, reiterates its call on Israel to...

Scotland: Apathy is stopping Scottish people making wills

Amnesty International calls on Scots to ensure those they care about don’t lose out New research commissioned by Amnesty International in Scotland reveals only 45% of Scottish people have made a Will...