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Hangings of 11 men and one woman latest in “alarming” upsurge of killings Amnesty International today expressed alarm at a new wave of executions in Iran and said that it has already recorded almost...

Amnesty International has today released new first-hand accounts of the recent crackdown on peaceful protestors in Burma We have seen police asking money from families of detainees if they want their...

'Re-education Through Labour' - detention without charge, trial or judicial review for up to four years – should be abolished, said Amnesty International today in an open letter to the Chinese...

Amnesty International today launched an urgent appeal for Ali Mahin Torabi, convicted of a murder committed when he was 16 years old and now at risk of imminent execution. Now aged 21, he is being...

Protecting victims must be ‘put at the heart’ of stamping out sex trade, says Amnesty Amnesty International has today called for the protection of the victims of sex trafficking to be “put at the...

Amnesty International today urged the Iranian authorities to provide immediate medical treatment for jailed trade union leader Mansour Ossanlu, who has been told he will go blind unless action is...

150,000 in refugee camps, families of 10 share a single room, punishments for building a wall Amnesty International is calling for an end to discrimination against Lebanon’s 300,000 refugees today, as...

Local Women's rights's rightss rights's rights's rights's rights’s Groups are launching a campaign calling for Glasgow City Council to make a Freedom of the City award to the leader of Burma’s...

Three “exonerees” who served 62 years between them speak out, including man sentenced to death for killing man later found alive Three men sentenced to death for crimes they did not commit this...

Amnesty International today officially launched a new education resource to inspire, inform and challenge young people to make their minds up about controversial human rights issues. The resource...