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Andrea Shemberg, legal advisor to Amnesty International UK, said:

In the lead-up to the summit Amnesty International has sent a briefing paper to the British Government which currently holds the Presidency of the EU. The briefing raises concerns in relation to the...

Thursday 1st September 2005 "Love is a Human Right" says Amnesty International Wales, as it launches Sex, Love and Homophobia, an exhibition on its world premier tour, at 5.30pm in Chapter Arts Centre...

These governments have thrown negotiations on the final outcome text into crisis just days away from the biggest meeting of world leaders in history on September 14-16 in New York. The three...

Amnesty International is calling on the UK and other members of the international community not to provide political and economic support to the demobilisation process until the Colombian authorities...

Amnesty International Middle East and North Africa Programme Director Malcolm Smart said: "Torture remains widespread and systematic, and security forces have been allowed over many years to act with...

At the last EU-China Ministerial Troika in May 2005, in relation to future consideration in lifting the arms embargo, the EU expressed human rights concerns on four areas, specifically: the need for...

Luka Tsuladze and Giorgi Kandelaki, who were visiting Belarus from Georgia, were detained on 24 August in Minsk. The two were held without charge for six days in incommunicado detention before being...

“The assumption that people can return to Iraq in safety and with dignity because they are returned to Kurdish areas is a dangerous proposition,” said Amnesty International. “The UK should...

The boys - Mostafa (surname unknown), a student, aged, 16, and Sina (surname unknown), a musician, aged 17- are at risk of imminent execution for murder. Their sentences have reportedly been upheld by...