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Canada: Police killing of Dudley George - questions still unanswered after eight years

George was fatally wounded on 6 September 1995 when heavily armed police officers attacked a much smaller group of protestors occupying Ipperwash Provincial Park. Amnesty International said: 'Year...

Serbia and Montenegro: Torture allegations must be investigated

Amnesty International is demanding immediate access to prisoners arrested in Serbia and Montenegro's 'Operation Sabre' after its latest report released today details torture allegations including...

Burma (Burma): Aung San Suu Kyi must be freed immediately

Amnesty International UK Media Director, Lesley Warner, said: 'Prisoner of conscience Aung San Suu Kyi should never have been arrested in the first place. The SPDC must release her immediately.' While...

DRC: UN Force Must Not Stand-By as Massacres Take Place

Amnesty International UK Media Director, Lesley Warner, said: MONUC has a new, more robust mandate and it must use this to assure the civilian population that it will not stand by and watch people...

East Timor: International community must press for justice for crimes against humanity

Amnesty International UK Media Director, Lesley Warner, said: 'The plight of the survivors and families of those who were attacked, killed, tortured or raped must not be forgotten. 'The persistent...

Viet Nam: Dramatic rise in use of death penalty

Amnesty International UK Media Director, Lesley Warner, said: 'The recent dramatic rise in the use of the death penalty is seriously alarming. Trials are routinely unfair, with people unable to...

Brazil: New report shows police killings rife ten years after massacres

The report documents consistent evidence that ten years on from the massacres at Candelária and Vigário Geral, in 1993, little has changed. Statements made in public by elected officials even appear...

Colombia: Trade unionists and human rights defenders under attack

The arrests came only days after President Álvaro Uribe criticized several military commanders for a lack of operational results, apparently including commanders in the department of Arauca. 'Trade...

Peru: Truth and reconciliation commission's report - an essential step towards truth, justice and reconciliation

'The report is an important step towards truth and justice in Peru, after two decades of internal armed conflict in which grave human rights violations and abuses were committed by the state and by...

UK: Asylum statistics - setting targets an 'insult' to persecuted and tortured

The new Home Office asylum statistics, showing that human rights abuses are driving asylum claims from countries like Somalia and Zimbabwe, also show a significant drop in applications compared with...