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Amnesty International UK Director Kate Allen said: “The UK stands at an important crossroads – it can become a defender of human rights or continue to be a defender of torture. “Let us be clear...
Imagine a Worldá a new exhibition at Bargehouse on London's South Bank, presents work by young and established artists including New York's Guerrilla Girls, Tracey Emin, Alison Lapper, Marc Quinn...
A hithau ond yn 20 oed, fe ddaethpwyd â merch o Lithuania i Gaerdydd a’i gorfodi i fod yn butain yn nhri o buteindai’r ddinas; fe'i prynwyd am £5,000. Wedi iddi gael ei chludo i Gaerdydd gan grŵp o...
The report, entitled Eritrea: Religious Persecution, documents an increasing number of violations of the right to freedom of religion, belief and conscience in the country. Some who do not follow the...
The information contradicts assurances given last week by the US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to the Irish Foreign Minister Dermot Ahern, that Ireland’s Shannon airport had not been used for...
At the age of just 20 a Lithuanian woman was brought to Cardiff and forced to serve as a prostitute in three of the city’s brothels; she was bought for £5,000. After being brought to Cardiff by a sex...
It concludes that a new public security plan – that focuses on issues such as prevention of homicides, delivery of justice and control of small arms – is the only way to tackle violence and crime...
On Friday 2nd December 2005, Ieuan Wyn Jones AM held a coffee morning in support of Amnesty International’s campaign to Women's rights's rights's rightss rights's rights's rights's rights. The event...
Mr Richey was convicted of arson and murder in the state of Ohio in 1986 and sentenced to death in January 1987. He has been on death row for almost 19 years but has always protested his innocence...
Amnesty has provided a pack for all churches wanting to hold a special service on Sunday December 11 – the day after Human Rights Day – to remember those facing persecution, torture and other...