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Iraq: Where are Iraqis in the economic reconstruction of their country?

'It is worrying that human rights are not even mentioned on the detailed, 8-page conference agenda', said David Petrasek, Senior Director of Amnesty International's Policy and Evaluation Program, who...

Burma: Daw Aung San Suu Kyi must be released immediately

Lesley Warner, Amnesty International UK Media Director, said: 'Aung San Suu Kyi is detained under a law which allows her to be held without charge or trial and without access to legal counsel for up...

New manual for those fighting torture and treating its victims

Heightened concerns for security have led to an alarming acceptance of torture in some quarters since the events of September 11. A new manual published on Thursday 26 June by Amnesty International...

Nepal: Bhutanese refugees rendered stateless

The refugees will have just fifteen days to appeal their categorisation in a screening process that the two governments have been conducting since March 2001. In a joint statement, Amnesty...

Russian Federation/UK: Putin visit - Blair urged to break 'conspiracy of silence' on Chechnya

The human rights organisation is looking for a strong public comment from the PM on the need for justice in the Chechen Republic and a clear indication that the UK government is not prepared to ignore...

UK: New bill would inject substance into corporate social responsibility

The Corporate Responsibility Bill has been tabled following the government's failure to include clear proposals on business transparency and accountability to stakeholders in its own recently...

EU: Asylum - new report condemns EU 'transit processing centres' and warns that asylum may be driven underground

The proposals are to be discussed at this week's EU summit in Thessaloniki, Greece, starting on 20 June. The human rights organisation's 40-page report, Unlawful and Unworkable: extra-territorial...

UK: Armed forces families deserve justice

The UK government should immediately establish a full, independent inquiry into non-combatant deaths in disputed circumstances among members of the UK Armed Forces, Amnesty International said today...

UK: Asylum - new opinion poll shows many young people worryingly ill-informed

However, the poll - commissioned by Amnesty International UK, Refugee Action and Refugee Council - also shows that more than half of polled young people (51%) believe that asylum-seekers in the UK...

Bosnia-Herzegovina: Ashdown's proposal to abolish Human Rights Chamber leaves citizens unprotected

The proposal would be a serious blow to human rights protection in that country, the human rights organisation declared. Amnesty International also warned that the European Court for Human Rights...