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Celebrities and activists caution one year to prevent war in Sudan LONDON: Thousands of activists are expected to gather at events in 15 countries – including the UK – to call on world leaders to take...

Amnesty International is marking the eighth “anniversary” of US detentions at Guantánamo Bay (11 January) with the hand-in of a letter to Prime Minister Gordon Brown from the daughter of Shaker Aamer...

The Israeli authorities must immediately release, or bring before a fair trial, three Palestinian human rights activists detained in Israel following their protests against the construction of the...

Two Azerbaijan bloggers who were jailed shortly after posting a satirical video on Youtube, should be released immediately and unconditionally, said Amnesty International today, ahead of the men’s...

Israel and Hamas have less than one month to show real progress in bringing to account those who perpetrated war crimes during the conflict in Gaza and southern Israel one year ago, Amnesty...

Amnesty International has urged the Malawi authorities to immediately and unconditionally release two Malawian men, Steven Monjeza and Tiwonge Chimbalanga, who were arrested on 28 December 2009 and...

A summary of key Amnesty International human rights concerns on Yemen: UNFAIR TRIALS AND PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE In recent years hundreds of people in Yemen have been jailed after unfair trials. Those...

Amnesty International is calling for the execution of a man in the US state of Texas who may be brain-damaged to be stopped. Kenneth Mosley, 51, faces execution by lethal injection in three days’ time...

Reacting to news that British man Akmal Shaikh was executed in China earlier this morning, Amnesty International Asia Programme Director Sam Zarifi said: "Akmal Shaikh's execution highlights the...

Amnesty International today condemned the kidnapping and killing of Luis Francisco Cuéllar Carvajal, Governor of the Colombian department of Caquetá in the south of the country. Luis Francisco Cuéllar...