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Tutu and thousands of others submit solidaity petition to Nick Clegg ahead of ASEM meeting Amnesty International today delivered a photographic petition to Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg ahead of...
Governments cannot celebrate the UN World Habitat Day on 4 October while ignoring one billion people living in slums, said Amnesty International. Amnesty International’s Senior Director of...
Amnesty International has expressed its extreme disappointment at the limited scope of measures adopted yesterday by the European Commission to address human rights violations against Roma people in...
The publication of the UN mapping report documenting gross human rights violations in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is a significant first step, but concrete action is needed to ensure that...
Amnesty International has written to King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia urging him to commute death sentences imposed on two men convicted of “sorcery”. Lebanese national ‘Ali Hussain Sibat and ‘Abdul...
Thailand must cease invoking the Emergency Decree and the Internal Security Act, as they flout international human rights law and standards, Amnesty International said today. Benjamin Zawacki, Amnesty...
Amnesty International has urged thousands of activists to appeal to the Zimbabwean authorities to stop the pending evictions of up to 20,000 people from an informal settlement on the outskirts of...
Amnesty International has today expressed concern over the sentencing of an Iranian-Canadian blogger to more than 19 years in prison for his online comments. According to the Iranian website...
Amnesty International response to the conferring of an Honorary Doctor of Laws (LLD) on Prince Turki bin Faisal Al Saud of Saudi Arabia: Amnesty International's Northern Ireland programme director...
Amnesty International has expressed grave concern that the Taser XREP projectile and X12 shot gun were used without having gone through the official weapons testing and approval process. The...