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As Kofi Annan announces the results of the political mediation in Kenya and the African Commission on Human and Peoples Rights begins an extraordinary session to discuss the human rights situation in...
As widespread human rights violations and harassment of opposition candidates intensifies before Pakistan’s general election on 18 February, Amnesty International calls on all political parties...
Amnesty International is warning that a Sri Lankan teenager is at risk of being beheaded in Saudi Arabia, despite having had no access to lawyers during her capital trial. A Saudi court is reported to...
ENTRIES INVITED FOR ANNUAL MEDIA AWARDS Amnesty International is inviting entries for its 17th annual Media Awards, which recognise excellence in journalism that has made a significant contribution to...
Amnesty International today condemned the detention of a woman in a basic prison cell with up to 100 men as a ‘gross abuse of her rights’. Brígida Asongsua Elo was arrested in Malabo – the capital...
Amnesty International today welcomed the Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd’s apology to the members of the “Stolen Generation” of indigenous Australians and their families. Amnesty International...
Amnesty International today reacted to the decision made by film director Steven Spielberg to cease his involvement in the Beijing Olympics. Amnesty International UK Campaigns Director Tim Hancock...
Failure to strengthen legal institution has left East Timor trapped in a cycle of violence As more peacekeepers arrive in East Timor under the state of emergency imposed following the shooting of...
Amnesty International has expressed grave concern for the life of a 66-year-old man being held in Libya who is suffering from diabetes, high blood pressure and coronary artery disease and is being...
The Pentagon’s announcement that it has charged six “high-value” detainees at Guantánamo Bay raises yet more questions about the USA’s conduct in the “war on terror”, said Amnesty International...