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Ethiopia: Amnesty International urgently appeals for thousands of students detained

Amnesty International is appealing to the Ethiopian government against the unlawful detention of thousands of students from the Oromo ethnic group following a series of anti-government demonstrations...

Palestinian Authority: Hamas must stop targeting civilians

Amnesty International calls upon Hamas (the Islamic Resistance Movement) to commit unequivocally to abide by international law, respect the rights of all Palestinians across the political spectrum and...

UK: Citizens must be protected but not at the cost of their rights

Responding to the publication of Lord Carlile's review of anti-terrorism legislation and the Home Secretary's statement to Parliament, Amnesty International today said that the threat of terrorist...

USA: New report on execution of mentally ill prisoners

One in ten of USA's 30-year capital punishment death toll were mentally ill. Hundreds of mentally ill prisoners face execution in the USA, said Amnesty International today (Tuesday 31 January), as it...

Bosnia and Herzegovina: Widespread discrimination blocking refugee return

"During the war we wanted to keep the factory going, even though it was being shelled. But then they [Aluminij's management] fired us, because we were Serbs or Muslims." - Nebojša Spajic, a former...

China: Google and others must end complicity in restricting freedoms

Amnesty International today (26 January) called on Google and other internet companies operating in China to respect people's rights to freedoms of opinion, expression and information. The...

UK: Film-goers shocked by new advertisement offering AK47s for sale

Cinema-goers around the country will be shocked this week by a new advertisement offering AK47 machine-guns for sale among the ads for cars and soft drinks. They will see presenters talking up the...

NI: Belfast film-goers shocked by new advertisement offering AK47s for sale

Belfast cinema-goers will be shocked this week by a new advertisement offering AK47 machine-guns for sale among the ads for cars and soft drinks. They will see presenters talking-up the firepower and...

Nigeria: Forced evictions in Lagos make thousands homeless

Hundreds of Nigerians are still sleeping out in the open nearly nine months after bulldozers and armed police arrived in the Makoko community of Lagos, demolishing homes, churches, a mosque and a...

Rwanda: Harassment of journalists puts freedom of expression under attack

Amnesty International today expressed concern for the safety of Bonaventure Bizumuremyi, the editor of the independent fortnightly Rwandan newspaper, Umuco, who has recently been the target of...