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At least 37 people have reportedly been killed, including six police officers, and an unknown number injured when police used gas and live bullets to break-up demonstrations on the islands of Unguja...

The signatories to the letter accuse the Swiss authorities of transforming the ski resort of Davos into a 'fortress' and of curtailing 'the right of assembly and free speech.' The organisations state...

Pierre Sané, who is representing Amnesty International in Davos, said today: 'Intimidation cannot be tolerated. People must be allowed to express their opinions, no matter what those opinions are...

The Ankara headquarters of IHD was raided this morning by security police who confiscated all five of the computer hard-disks on which the Association stores information. Documents were also removed...

'As a defender of human rights the Council of Europe has a responsibility to ensure that strong pressure is applied to Russia.' Amnesty International said. 'It has an obligation to remind the Russian...

The punishment is in sharp contrast with the six and half year sentence given to Su'ad Hilmi Ghazal, a Palestinian from Sebastia village near Nablus who in December 1998 at the age of 15 and whilst...

Russian forces on sweep (in Russian, zachistka, or 'cleansing') operations in towns and villages continue to arbitrarily arrest, loot, and use disproportionate force against civilians. According to...

'The latest killings and the climate of extreme distrust which is once again taking hold in the region are an indication that ethnic violence is set to intensify and could lead to renewed large -...

'These four individuals have been imprisoned for five years without charge or trial for their non-violent political and religious activities and their detention must end,' Amnesty International said...

Amnesty International UK Director Kate Allen said: 'Iraq's appalling record of political killings and torture is well known in Britain, yet we often seem to forget that these abuses are directly...