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Archie Panjabi, star of East is East and Bend It Like Beckham, fronts Amnesty campaign The star of East is East and Bend It Like Beckham, Archie Panjabi, is to front Amnesty International’s campaign...

Chad: Amnesty International questions French claims as Sarkozy prepares to visit capital

Amnesty International has received evidence that the French government knew about the whereabouts of three detained senior Chadian opposition figures as early as 11 February, although they publicly...

Nigeria: Criminal justice system is a 'conveyor belt of injustice' says Amnesty

Prisons fail Nigerian people; most inmates not convicted of any crime Amnesty International has today released a report that exposes the appalling state of Nigeria’s prison system and how the criminal...

Kenya: Nobel Peace Prize winner receives death threats

The winner of the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize, Professor Wangari Maathai, has received death threats following her plea to Kenyan political leaders to reach a peaceful agreement. On 19 February, Professor...

Amnesty International stands in solidarity with the people of Kenya in Global Day of Action

Hundreds of Amnesty International supporters across the globe – including the UK – will join in solidarity with the people in Kenya in an international Day of Action on Wednesday 27 February. More...

Chad: Human rights crisis brewing in aftermath of attack on N'djamena

Amnesty International has urged the Chadian government to stop persecuting senior members of political opposition parties, journalists and supporters of opposition political groups. Three leading...

China: Miliband must insist there is no repeat of Tiananmen square, says Amnesty

As UK Foreign Secretary David Miliband heads to China this week, Amnesty International has urged him to insist that peaceful protests during the Beijing Olympics are not met with state violence. In a...

Five African migrants shot dead crossing Egypt-Israel border

Amnesty International supporters are sending appeals to the Egyptian authorities expressing concern that three men and two Women's rights's rightss rights's rights's rights's rights have been shot...

Rendition flights: Miliband apology welcomed but more information needed

Responding to today’s apology from the Foreign Secretary David Miliband about previously failing to inform the House of Commons and the UK public about two US “extraordinary rendition” flights that...

Scotland: Rendition flights - Miliband apology welcomed but more information needed

Responding to the Foreign Secretary David Miliband's apology for previously failing to inform the House of Commons and the UK public about two US "extraordinary rendition" flights that landed in 2002...