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Ryan's mother Pauline will also be present at the event, as will leading British-born death row lawyer, Clive Stafford Smith, who worked on Ryan’s case. Ryan Matthews was sentenced to death in...

The survey, presented to this week’s World Diamond Congress (WDC) in New York, shows that almost two years after the diamond industry agreed to a system of self-regulation to prevent the trade in...

Amnesty International UK, Reprieve and Amicus have organised a special event bringing together three former death row prisoners from the USA - all since declared innocent - and two anti-death penalty...

Amnesty International believes that the trial of Mr Tsvangirai was a politically motivated prosecution in keeping with a wider pattern of arrest and trial on spurious charges as a form of harassment...

The report, 'Zimbabwe: Power and Hunger, Violations of the Right to Food,' finds that the food distribution system has been used to discriminate against supporters of the political opposition. It...

Trafficking for sexual exploitation into the UK has increased over the last few years. Home Office research estimated that up to 1,420 Women's rights's rightss rights's rights's rights's rights were...

Following an international meeting held in London last July, Colombia was the recipient of a £250 million EU aid agreement based on the need to improve human rights – the 'London Declaration'. Yet...

In advance of the Azerbaijan-England World Cup football qualifier, Amnesty International today (11 October) issued the following briefing on its key human rights concerns in the country. Election 2003...

Mr Richey, who was convicted of arson and murder in the state of Ohio in 1986 and has been on death row since 1987, has always maintained his innocence. He is presently awaiting the outcome of an...

These figures come amid further calls for an international Arms Treaty to regulate the export of arms across the globe. The campaign was given a major boost last week when UK Foreign Secretary Jack...