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Sri Lanka: UN Security Council must act now to save civilians, says Amnesty in new letter

Amnesty International has demanded that the Sri Lankan authorities allow immediate and unhindered access to the troubled areas – including the "Safe Zone" – to international monitors and humanitarian...

India: Global protests & web appeal as doctor who championed the poor marks two years in jail

Amnesty International launches a new appeal on 14 May calling for the immediate and unconditional release of Dr Binayak Sen, a human rights defender and pioneer of health care to marginalised...

Northern Ireland: Amnesty makes Bill of Rights call to United Nations

* Call on United Nations to back proposals for Northern Ireland Bill of Rights * New research reveals strong Northern Ireland public support for rights bill Amnesty International has today asked the...

Saudi Arabia: Child offenders among latest to be executed

Plus - teenagers due to be “severely flogged” 1,500 and 1,250 times Amnesty International has condemned recent executions in Saudi Arabia as reports show that five people were beheaded in the kingdom...

Chad: Urgent international action needed to prevent humanitarian crisis

Amnesty International is calling on all parties to the conflict in eastern Chad not to attack civilians or place them at risk, and that the full complement of United Nations peacekeeping troops...

Iran: Release of US-Iranian journalist welcome

Amnesty International has welcomed the news that the US-Iranian journalist, Roxana Saberi, is to be released from jail in Iran later today (Monday). Hassiba Hadj Sahraoui, Amnesty International’s...

Iran: Man faces death by stoning for adultery

Amnesty International warned today that a 30-year-old man is at imminent risk of being stoned to death in the city of Rasht, northern Iran after being convicted of "adultery while being married"...

Italy/Malta: Don't play with human lives

By failing to protect the rights of migrants and asylum-seekers rescued at sea, the Italian and Maltese governments have breached their international obligations, Amnesty International said today....

Malaysia: Government crackdown on freedom of expression

Amnesty International calls on the Malaysian authorities to release five government critics arrested in the last two days, or charge them with recognisable criminal offences. This wave of arrests is...

Amnesty launches new online anti-torture film

Amnesty International has today launched a hard-hitting online film about torture, showing activists intervening to prevent a torture victim being further abused. The 90-second film, entitled “Defy...