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Scotland: Amnesty calls for suspension of arms transfers to Israel and Hizbullah

Following the allegations in The Daily Telegraph (UK airport used to fly bombs to Israel 26.7.06) that Prestwick Airport has been used as a staging post to transport UK ‘bunker-busting bombs’, Amnesty...

Latvia: Amnesty condemns authorities’ failure to protect LGBT community

Amnesty International today condemned the Latvian authorities’ failure to protect the physical security of the LGBTI (LGBT) community as it celebrated “Riga Pride 2006” on Saturday (22 July). Anders...

Jordan: Renditions - New report says Jordan is key hub in secret CIA programme

Country’s notorious security agency’s use of torture instrumental in ‘war on terror’ Jordan is a key “hub” in the USA’s secret “renditions” programme, said Amnesty International today (24 July), as it...

China: Amnesty accuses Yahoo!, Microsoft and Google of hypocrisy in China and urges users to take action against them

Amnesty International today (20 July) urged users of Yahoo!, Microsoft and Google to use their power as consumers to help end corporate complicity in suppression of the internet in China. The call to...

Scotland: Amnesty accuses Yahoo!, Microsoft and Google of hypocrisy in China and urges users to take action against them

Amnesty International today (20 July) urged users of Yahoo!, Microsoft and Google to use their power as consumers to help end corporate complicity in suppression of the internet in China. The call to...

Wales: Amnesty accuses Yahoo!, Microsoft and Google of hypocrisy in China and urges Welsh users to take action against them

Amnesty International Wales has urged users of Yahoo!, Microsoft and Google to use their power as consumers to help end corporate complicity in suppression of the internet in China. The call to action...

Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC): Elections are a chance to embrace human rights reform

As the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) prepares to elect a new government for the first time since it achieved independence in 1960, Amnesty International today called on all candidates in the...

Guatemala: Number of Women's rights's rightss rights's rights's rights's rights being killed on the rise

The number of Women's rights's rightss rights's rights's rights's rights being murdered in Guatemala has risen for the fourth consecutive year since 2001 as the government fails to effectively...

Lebanon: UN should investigate, and arms to Israel and Hizbullah should be suspended

Amnesty International today called on the UN Security Council to meet urgently in order to adopt measures to protect civilians caught up in the deepening Israel-Lebanon conflict. Specifically, Amnesty...

Sudan: Pledging conference must commit to increasing protection of civilians in Darfur

As a critical pledging conference between the European Union and African Union opens today in Brussels, Amnesty International released a paper which called for a strengthening and reinforcement of the...