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Balkans: New report exposes discrimination against Roma Children's rights

A new report released today (16 November) by Amnesty International reveals the exclusion of Romani Children's rights from primary education in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and Slovenia and the...

UK/Pakistan: Leeds man on death row in Pakistan - Amnesty welcomes commutation of death sentence

In reaction to the news that British man Mirza Tahir Hussain has had his death sentence in Pakistan commuted to a life sentence today (16 November) Amnesty International UK Campaigns Director Tim...

Israel/Occupied Territories: Call for Gaza killings investigation as Amnesty visits scene in Beit Hanoun

** Amnesty researcher in Gaza available for interview ** The killing this morning of 18 civilians in the Palestinian town of Beit Hanoun, victims of Israeli shelling, was an appalling act, Amnesty...

Sri Lanka: Attack on displaced civilians must be investigated

At least 50 people have died and over 100 have been injured after an attack on a camp for internally displaced people in Batticaloa, Eastern Sri Lanka, according to Tamil Tiger sources. In response...

Eritrea: Gospel singer freed, but religious persecution persists

Celebration for release of Helen Berhane marred by a further 160 Christians arrested Amnesty International welcomes the release of Eritrean gospel singer Helen Berhane, who had been held incommunicado...

UK: Asylum - New reports show government policy forcing refused asylum-seekers into abject poverty

Refused asylum-seekers eat out of bins and sleep in parks, public toilets and phone-boxes because of government policy The government’s policy on refused asylum-seekers does not work and is forcing...

Iraq: Saddam Hussein verdict - Amnesty International deplores death sentences after unfair trial

Amnesty International deplores the decision of the Supreme Iraqi Criminal Tribunal to impose the death sentence on Saddam Hussein and two of his co-defendants after a trial which was deeply flawed and...

NI: Guantánamo detainee tells Belfast audience:‘US and UK repeating mistakes of 1970s Northern Ireland’

Moazzam Begg, a former detainee at the infamous Guantánamo Bay speaking in Belfast tonight (Saturday 4 November), has accused the American and British governments of repeating the mistakes of 1970s UK...

Bangladesh: Call on political leaders to condemn violence and ensure it is stopped

Amnesty International strongly condemns the wave of violence that has engulfed Bangladesh over the past five days. The organisation is calling urgently on the leaders of all political parties to...

Pakistan: Call for investigation into possible extra-judicial executions in Bajaur Madrassa

Amnesty International is concerned that at least 82 people in a madrassa (religious school) may have been extrajudicially executed in an aerial attack at dawn of 30 October in Bajaur, a designated...