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Child soldiers: Governments failing generations of Children's rights

The Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers today released the most comprehensive global survey of child soldiers to date. It said that Children's rights are fighting in almost every major...

Iraq: Urgent action needed to prevent war crimes

According to the US television network NBC, US Marines left five wounded Iraqi men in a mosque after a battle. The next day, last Saturday, another group of Marines entered the mosque, and an NBC...

Sudan: New report shames countries and companies cashing in on slaughter by selling arms

A new report from Amnesty International today (16 November 2004) reveals details of uncontrolled arms exports involving the UK, Ireland, France, Russia and Poland amongst others, that have fuelled...

UK: Bustiers and Bustles for celebrity guests at Burlesque Ball in aid of Amnesty International

Jade Jagger, Helena Bonham Carter, Jemima Khan, Sophie Dahl, James Purefoy, Tom Hollander, Mariella Frostrup, Keith Allen, Tim Burton, Vernon Kaye, Brian Dowling, Jasmine Guinness, Jacquetta Wheeler...

Iran: Activists and human rights defenders under attack

Efforts by Iran’s judiciary to curtail freedom of expression and association are now increasingly encroaching on human rights defenders and civil society activists, said Amnesty International today...

UK/USA: Tony Blair must raise Guantánamo concerns during Washington visit

Our spokesperson continued: “He should use this meeting with George Bush to highight the cases of people held at Guantánamo Bay – whether they are British nationals or not. “It is two years this week...

Colombia: Rap trio brings truth about Colombia to the UK

The group has faced paramilitary death threats for their lyrics, which tell of the killings and disappearances that have beset ordinary Colombians. Civilians have been drawn into the conflict between...

Sudan: Attacks on camps for displaced people must stop immediately

The latest assault on residents at the El-Geer camp near Nyala is the fourth time over the past ten days that displaced persons’ camps have been attacked. Police fired tear gas, assaulted residents...

UK: Government human rights report - tough words on torture but UK still accepts torture evidence

The UK government’s failure to fully incorporate the UN Convention Against Torture into UK law has left the door open for UK authorities to rely on evidence obtained through torture by foreign agents...

Iraq: Falluja - assurances needed for the protection of civilians

Military actions by US and Iraqi forces in the past few months on Falluja and other Iraqi cities have resulted in scores of civilian casualties and destruction of civilian property. Amnesty...