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Stephen Fry, Nelson Mandela, Gandhi and Hobnobs at Amnesty 'Dream Tea Party'

Stephen Fry, Nelson Mandela and Mahatma Gandhi would be the guests of honour and chocolate Hobnobs the biscuit of choice at people’s ‘Dream tea party’, according to a new online survey to mark the...

Children's rights's rights 20th anniversary: Amnesty appeal to Albania to stop placing kids in orphanages unecessarily

On the 20th anniversary of the adoption by the UN General Assembly of the Convention on the Rights of the Child today (20 November), Amnesty International calls on the Albanian authorities to ensure...

China: Activists under threat after Obama visit

Chinese authorities must stop the harassment and arbitrary detention of dozens of human rights lawyers and activists who were targeted during US President Obama’s visit to the country earlier this...

Danish government must arrest Sudan president if he attends Copenhagen climate conference, says Amnesty

The Danish government must arrest Sudanese President al Bashir if he attends the Copenhagen climate conference next month, said Amnesty International today. Amnesty has learned that the Danish...

Ground-breaking education resource brings human rights to Northern Ireland classrooms

A brand new teaching resource, developed specially for the revised curriculum in Northern Ireland, is set to bring human rights to every post-primary school here. The teaching resource, Making Human...

Bosnia and Herzigovina: International support for the country's judiciary still needed

Amnesty International is calling on the international community and the authorities in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) to take all necessary measures to ensure that the international judges and...

Afghanistan: New warning about human rights ahead of inauguration

Ahead of tomorrow’s inauguration of Hamid Karzai as Afghan president, Amnesty International is urging Mr Karzai to prioritise human rights and the rule of law in his second term to strengthen the...

Amnesty Condemns RBS over funding of cluster bombs

Report shows Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) invests millions in the producers of these shameful and indiscrimate weapons The Royal Bank of Scotland, together with other well known high street financial...

Australia: Government must overturn law which discriminates against Aboriginal people

Slamming decades of failure by Australian governments to address the dire living conditions and discrimination faced by many of the country’s Indigenous peoples, Amnesty International’s Secretary...

Decision to allow secret proceedings in Guantanamo compensation case condemned

Amnesty International has today expressed its deep disappointment after a High Court judge ruled this morning that British intelligence services facing a civil lawsuit over alleged complicity in the...