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EU: EU must take its head out of the sand over abuses in the 'War on terror'

(Brussels/Vienna, 13 January 2006) One of the main challenges for the Austrian Presidency is to reaffirm the primacy of human rights inside and outside EU borders, said Amnesty International in its...

Sri Lanka: Concern over escalation of violence

Amnesty International is appealing to all parties to halt the killings, abductions and "disappearances" being reported daily from the north and east of Sri Lanka. Over one hundred people including...

USA: Schwarzenegger should grant clemency for 76-year-old wheelchair-user with suspected brain damage facing execution

Amnesty International is calling on California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger to grant clemency to a seriously ill man with possible brain damage facing execution on Tuesday 17 January, the day after...

USA: Guantánamo, new torture testimony released as fourth 'anniversary' of illegal detentions marked

Former British detainee Moazzam Begg issues fresh condemnation Amnesty International has today (11 January 2006) published new torture testimony from Guantánamo Bay to mark the fourth 'anniversary' of...

Egypt: Amnesty International opposes deportation of Sudanese nationals and seeks inquiry into killings of protesters

Amnesty International has urged thousands of its members around the world to appeal to the Egyptian government against the deportation of more than 650 Sudanese nationals, some of whom are reported to...

Scotland: Kenny Richey is remembered at the Scottish Parliament on Burn’s Night

While Scotland celebrates the birthday of its favourite poet, performers will also be remembering Kenny Richey, the Scottish man on Death Row in the USA for the last 19 years. Tomorrow also marks the...

UK: Leading charities call for protection for all trafficked people in Government action plan

Response to Home Office announcement of consultation on trafficking. Joint statement by Amnesty International UK, Anti-Slavery International, ECPAT UK and UNICEF UK. We welcome the Government's launch...

USA: Police mistreatment and abuse widespread in LGBTI communities

“The police are not here to serve; they are here to get served…every night I’m taken into an alley and given the choice between having sex or going to jail.” Amnesty International interview with a...

EU: Counter-terrorism and human rights - the rules of the game have not changed

With continuous disclosures suggesting complicity from EU Member States in CIA transfers and detention of suspects, and actual investigations on secret detention sites on EU territory starting to take...

UK: Amnesty reveals new testimony from men persecuted by UK authorities

The men – Mahmoud Abu Rideh and three Algerians known as “A”, “G” and “H” - were interviewed by an Amnesty delegation including Secretary-General Irene Khan and Amnesty International UK...