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UK: Amnesty International Secretary General meets McCartney sisters

At the meeting, the Secretary General pledged the organisation's full support for the McCartney family's call for justice and not revenge for the murder of Robert McCartney. The McCartney family's...

UK: CoE report vindicates criticisms of UK terror measures

Amnesty International fears that several hundred Addis Ababa University students, who were arrested during demonstrations earlier this week, are being held incommunicado without charge, and are being...

Equatorial Guinea: New report shows trial of alleged 'mercenary coup plotters' unfair

In a report released today, Equatorial Guinea - A trial with too many flaws , Amnesty International exposes in detail the series of human rights violations seen throughout the uncovering and...

Former Yugoslavia: Tribunal must be allowed to finish its job

The Security Council is preparing to consider reports on the implementation of the "completion strategy". To date only 37 people have received a final sentence for their crimes in the Yugoslav wars...

Sudan: Government must give full support to the ICC investigation in Darfur

Kolawole Olaniyan, Director of Amnesty International’s Africa Programme, "This announcement brings hope for justice and accountability for the victims of killings, massive forced displacement and...

China: As Tiananmen anniversary approaches, tragedy still alive

The organisation also called for the release of those imprisoned in 1989 or jailed since for seeking a reassessment of events at Tiananmen. Amnesty highlighted the case of Shi Tao, a writer and...

Syria: Leading Kurdish Islamic cleric 'tortured to death'

According to information received by Amnesty International, Sheikh Muhammad Ma’shuq al-Khiznawi, 48, died on 30 May, 20 days after he “disappeared”, apparently detained by Syrian Military...

UK: Amnesty launches appeal calling on judges to boycott sham inquiries

An inquiry under the 2005 Act, railroaded through Parliament on the last possible day before it was dissolved for the election, would lack independence and be largely controlled by the executive, says...

Zimbabwe: Call on government to end forced evictions and violence immediately

Over the past two weeks the Government of Zimbabwe has orchestrated the forced eviction of thousands of informal traders and families living in informal settlements across the country as part of a...

EU: New analysis reveals lack of human rights safeguards undermining EU counter-terrorism effort

The organisation was launching a new detailed analysis of the EU’s counter-terrorism measures in the area of criminal law since 11 September 2001. The Analysis highlights the lack of judicial...