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Never work with children or animals, my mother always used to tell me, and in the main I’ve tended to follow her advice. However, here at Amnesty, we like to stage the odd demonstration and it’s a proven fact that if you want to do...
The Democratic Unionist Party have voted to agree a deal with Sinn Fein over the devolution of policing and justice powers from Westminster to Northern Ireland. Another epic Northern Irish impasse has been surmounted and much of the...
Headlines Chongqing Workers’ Rights Activist Administratively Detained Shanghai Activist Liu Yiliang Seized by Police, Held for Two Days as Warning Appeals Hearing for Li Zhuang Concludes Following Surprising Change of Plea Jiangsu...
The arrest of 21-year-old gay rights campaigner in Malawi described by the BBC as ‘gay-poster man’ is just one more step in the targeting of the LGBT community in that southern African country. The reason for Peter Sawali’s arrest...
Zhao Lianhai, a man seekingjustice for families affected by a tainted milk powder scandal in 2008,was detained on 13 November and is now in custody awaiting trial in Beijing.He is at risk of torture and other ill-treatment. Zhao...