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They were confronted by law enforcement officials of both countries who used force to prevent them from entering the enclaves. Hundreds of migrants, including possible asylum seekers, were rounded up...
Amnesty International UK Director Kate Allen said: "Torture and suspicious deaths in custody are still being reported in Libya and it’s dangerously misguided to expect countries with a known record...
Two Belfast schools were among the first of over one thousand in the UK staging special assemblies for Amnesty International’s ‘Protect The Human Week’ (from 17-23 October). Pupils from Knockbreda...
Lawyers representing Amnesty International and 13 organisations will be in court from today asking the Law Lords to overturn a 2004 judgment by the Court of Appeal of England and Wales permitting the...
Some 300,000 Protect The Human mini-placard badges will go on sale as the campaign symbol, with an unusual twist on charity badges - each one carries a unique access code for…
Lord of War stars Nicolas Cage, Ethan Hawke and Ian Holm. It follows arms dealer Yuri Orlov (Cage), who sells weapons from the former Communist Bloc into African conflict zones, taking advantage of...
"The Tribunal recognized that Zimbabweans who seek asylum in the UK are at special risk. This is correct. These people are presumed to be supporters of "regime change" for Zimbabwe. "Amnesty hopes the...
"Tearing up rights and freedoms that date back to Magna Carta will only hand a victory to the criminals who carry out atrocities like those of 7 July. Effective counter-terrorism measures are...
The USA is one of only a few countries in the world that actually permits Children's rights to be sentenced to LWOP and there are thought to be only 12 young offenders outside of America who are...
The human rights organisation said not only was the direction of EU policy ill-guided, but individual countries such as Spain may be guilty of breaking their own EU and international commitments. In...