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Human rights group says US authorities must act on medical experts’ call for independent examination. Belfast-born consultant Dr David Nicholl is the man behind a remarkable open letter from leading...
Reacting to the news of Merseyside Police dawn raids in Greater Manchester and North Wales, Amnesty International UK Director Kate Allen said: "Amnesty welcomes the police crackdown on traffickers and...
Amnesty International utterly condemns the multiple bombings that took place on Monday 7 March in the north Indian city of Varanasi, claiming 21 lives and injuring more than 60 others. Reports suggest...
Amnesty International members around the world are writing to the US government asking it to not to derail the creation of an effective new UN Human Rights Council at the UN this week. The proposed...
As the Policing Board reveal the Chief Constable of PSNI's plans for the introduction of electro-shock ‘Tasers’, Amnesty International issued the following briefing detailing its concerns that Tasers...
According to a poll by Amnesty International Scotland, the vast majority of respondents believe violence against Women's rights's rightss rights's rights's rights's rights is still a problem in...
Amnesty International expresses grave concern about the recent escalation of violence in a remote forest region of Chattisgarh, central India. On 28 February, suspected Maoists belonging to the People...
Amnesty International has today (6 March) called for an end to the internment of thousands of detainees in Iraq by the Multinational Forces, as it released a new report showing that approximately 14...
Drive-by thieves who use violence may now face the death penalty, according to an alarming announcement by the Guangdong provincial authorities. The Vice-President of the Guangdong High People’s Court...
Reacting to the news of the South Wales police raids on brothels in Swansea, Cardiff and Bridgend during the night of Thursday 2nd March 2006, Amnesty International Wales Director Eleanor White says:...