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USA: Texas execution violates international law

The execution of José Ernesto Medellín Rojas by the state of Texas is a violation of international law, said Amnesty International today. "It undermines the authority of the International Court of...

Iran: Suspension of stoning a welcome step if carried out

Amnesty International has welcomed the announcement by the spokesperson for Iran’s judiciary that execution by stoning has been suspended, as a result of which several Women's rights's rightss rights...

Hamdan: Unfair trial compounds injustice of unlawful detention

The conviction of Salim Hamdan under procedures that do not meet international fair trial standards compounds the injustice of his more than five years' unlawful detention in Guantánamo, said Amnesty...

China: Provide justice in response to lethal attack on police in Kashgar

In response to reports that an attack on a police station in Kashgar city, Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region, killed 16 police officers, Amnesty International called on the Chinese authorities to...

China Olympics: Edinburgh protestor's arrest should highlight wider suppression

Responding to reports that an Edinburgh man has been detained by the Chinese authorities after taking part in a protest near the main Olympics stadium in Beijing, Amnesty International's Scottish...

Burma: 2,000 forgotten prisoners languish in jail 20 years after protests violently quashed

Amnesty urges United Nations to stop accepting Burma’s ‘hollow promises’ and backs London demonstration Twenty years after the start of pro-democracy demonstrations in Burma that were violently...

Scotland: Burma Demo August 8th 12.30pm

Amnesty International Scotland DIARY NOTICE and PHOTO-OPPORTUNITY: Friday 8 August, 12.30-1.00pm EDINBURGH: BURMA DEMO TO MARK 20TH ANNIVERSARY OF UPRISING Campaigners to hold aloft saffron ribbon in...

China: Unblocking Amnesty site welcomed but promised media freedom still a long way off

Amnesty International today welcomed the unblocking of its website in the Olympics media venues and reportedly in other parts of Beijing. But it insisted that the promise of ‘complete media freedom’...

Mexico: Justice system fails domestic violence survivors

Thousands of Mexican Women's rights's rightss rights's rights's rights's rights who survive violence in their homes are being put at risk of further abuse by a justice system that often fails to take...

China: IOC caves in to China's demands on internet censorship

Amnesty International today condemned the Chinese authorities’ blocking of certain websites for foreign journalists covering the Olympic Games. The organisation called on the International Olympic...