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This report has been compiled in response to the UK government’s failure to exercise leadership to ensure that the finance sector does not continue to undermine global policy objectives in areas...
Amnesty International has studied the use of Tasers in the USA where the electro-shock weapon is widely used. The organisation found: Deaths: Nearly 150 people have died after being ‘Tasered’ in...
Following media reports that the authorities may be planning to extend Daw Aung San Suu Kyi's house arrest for another year, Amnesty International called for her immediate and unconditional release...
Ddydd Gwener 25 Tachwedd 2005, cafwyd gwasanaeth arbennig yn Eglwys Gadeiriol Llandaf, er mwyn cefnogi’r Ymgyrch i Atal Trais yn Erbyn Menywod. Fe fu’r noson cynnau canhwyllau yn gyntaf mewn cyfres o...
Ddydd Gwener 25 Tachwedd 2005, cafwyd gwasanaeth arbennig yn Eglwys Gadeiriol Llandaf, er mwyn cefnogi’r Ymgyrch i Atal Trais yn Erbyn Menywod. Fe fu’r noson cynnau canhwyllau yn gyntaf mewn cyfres o...
On Friday 25th November 2005, there was a special service at Llandaff Cathedral, in support of the Women's rights's rights's rightss rights's rights's rights's rights Campaign. The candle lighting...
In a briefing paper issued today, "Ten years of EUROMED: Time to end the human rights deficit" (available at www.amnesty-eu.org ), the organisation warns that by not making…
The methods used to torture or ill-treat detainees, as indicated in reports received by Amnesty International since the “Rose Revolutionâ€, include: electric shocks putting plastic bags over the...
Amnesty International staged a poetry event featuring four highly acclaimed Scottish Women's rights's rightss rights's rights's rights's rights poets in Edinburgh on 24th November. The event was part...
The assumption that people can return to Iraq in safety and with dignity because they are returned to Kurdish areas is a dangerous proposition. The UK should carefully consider the consequences that...