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Press releases in 2006

NI: Belfast primary school wins cross-border human rights art competition

The theme of the competition was 'co-operation' and Children's rights from schools all over Ireland were asked to put into practice the co-operative skills they had been honing all year through this...

NI: Amnesty welcomes anti-trafficking team, but calls for proper victim protection

Reacting to the announcement that the Government is setting up an anti-trafficking team in Northern Ireland to tackle the reported increase in the number of foreign Women's rights's rightss rights's...

NI: AK-47: Northern Ireland paramilitary 'weapon of choice' is world's worst regulated weapon according to new report

The AK-47 assault rifle 'the so-called' weapon of choice of Northern Ireland's paramilitaries through the years - will remain the most widely-used weapon in conflict zones for at least the next 20...

NI: Could your face be on the big screen? Northern Ireland people support controls on the Arms

The Control Arms Million Faces Petition has been collecting photos of supporters from around the world to reach the target of one million faces by the start of a crucial UN Review Conference on Small...

Worldwide: AK-47 is world's worst regulated weapon according to new report

New report from Control Arms campaign: Amnesty International, Oxfam International and the International Action Network on Small Arms (IANSA) The Kalashnikov assault rifle will remain the most widely...

Jamaica: Political will needed to end violence against Women's rights's rightss rights's rights's rights's rights and girls

Women's rights's rightss rights's rights's rights's rights’s rights groups in Jamaica are urging the country’s authorities to fight discrimination and sexual violence against Women's rights's rightss...

UK: Sex Trafficking - Amnesty applauds Pentameter, but calls for victim protection

Reacting to the conclusion of Operation Pentameter today (21 June), Amnesty International UK Director Kate Allen said: “Operation Pentameter’s crackdown on the trafficking and forced prostitution of...

UK: Foreign Secretary, Arms Campaigners and UK Defense Industry join forces for tough arms controls

At a press conference held today, UK Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett, joined Control Arms campaigners (Amnesty International, Oxfam and IANSA) and the Defence Manufacturers Association in a call...

UK: New survey shows over 80 per cent of Britons fear foreign guns on our streets

Over 80 per cent of people in the UK (81%) fear guns coming in from overseas and ending up on British streets, according to a new survey released today (19 June). And these fears are well-founded as...

Scotland: Amnesty International at Pride Scotia - Love is a human right

LGBT people around the world face discrimination and worse - almost 80 countries have laws that criminalise same sex relations. In Afghanistan, Sudan, Iran, Saudi Arabia and Yemen people convicted of...